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Rafael A. Lecuona
1928Jun, 2

Rafael A. Lecuona

Rafael A. Lecuona, Cuban-American gymnast and academic (d. 2014)
Rafael Argelio Lecuona (June 2, 1928 – June 7, 2014) was from 1944 to 1955 a member of the Cuban gymnastics team and from 1970 to 2002 a political science professor at Texas A&M International University in Laredo, Texas. He competed in the Pan American Games in Buenos Aires (1951) and Mexico City (1955), in three consecutive Olympic Games from 1948 to 1956, and he was a member of the Florida State University men's gymnastics team from 1953 to 1956.

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