What is Rafael Lecuona?
[[File:Diana and Rafael Lecuona IMG 0703.JPG|thumb|250px|Lecuona (right) and wife, Diana, in 2010.]] '''Rafael Argelio Lecuona''' (June 2, 1928 &ndash; June 7, 2014) was a [[Cuba]]n-[[Americans|American]] [[Gymnastics|gymnast]] and later [[political science]] professor. He was a competive gymnast from 1948 until 1956. Lecuona represented Cuba three times at the [[Summer Olympics]]: [[1948 Summer Olympics|1948]] in [[London]], [[England]], [[1952 Summer Olympics|1952]] in [[Helsinki]], [[Finland]], and [[1956 Summer Olympics|1956]] in [[Melbourne]], [[Australia]]. He was also in the [[Pan American Games]] twice: in [[Buenos Aires]] [[Argentina]] (1951) and [[Mexico City]], [[Mexico]] (1955). He was a member of the [[Florida State University]] men's gymnastics team from 1953 to 1956. Later, he was a science professor at [[Texas A&M International University]] in [[Laredo, Texas|Laredo]], [[Texas]] from 1970 to 2002. Lecuona was born in [[Havana]], the [[nephew]] of [[Ernesto Lecuona]], the Cuban [[composer]] and [[musician]]. He left Cuba for the [[United States]] after [[Fidel Castro]] rose to power. He was [[anti-communist]] and never returned to Cuba again. He was married twice in the U.S. and had two children with his first wife. Lecuona died on June 7, 2014 in [[San Antonio]], [[Texas]], aged 86.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.lmtonline.com/articles/2014/06/11/obituaries/doc53980e6d32d5c764689420.txt|title=Dr Rafael A. Lecuona|newspaper=[[Laredo Morning Times]]|date=June 11, 2014|accessdate=June 12, 2014}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} ==Other websites== * {{IMDb name|0496372}} * [https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/le/rafael-lecuona-1.html Rafael A. Lecuona] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418015120/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/le/rafael-lecuona-1.html |date=2020-04-18 }} at [https://www.sports-reference.com/ Sports-Reference] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100201172906/http://www.sports-reference.com/ |date=2010-02-01 }} {{US-s