Eduardo Paret

Eduardo Paret Pérez (born October 23, 1972, in Santa Clara) is a Cuban baseball player. He is a shortstop for Villa Clara of the Cuban National Series, and for the Cuban national baseball team.

Paret was the starting shortstop on the Cuban teams that won gold medals at the 1996 and 2004 Summer Olympics and second place at the 2006 World Baseball Classic. He was named most valuable player of the 2005 World Cup of Baseball after going 12 for 19 with 8 stolen bases in the tournament.

In July 1997, Paret and his Villa Clara teammates Osmani García and Angel López spoke with Cuban defector Rolando Arrojo by telephone. As a result, they were banned from Cuban baseball for "maintaining contact with baseball traitors." The ban has since been lifted. On July 28, 2006, ESPN.com reported that Paret and Yulieski Gurriel had defected from Cuba and into Colombia. . Days later, Gurriel denied the report.

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1972 births

Living people

Sportspeople from Santa Clara, Cuba

Banned Cuban baseball players

Olympic baseball players for Cuba

Olympic silver medalists for Cuba

Olympic gold medalists for Cuba

Olympic medalists in baseball

Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Baseball players at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Baseball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Baseball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Pan American Games gold medalists for Cuba

Baseball players at the 1995 Pan American Games

Baseball players at the 2003 Pan American Games

Baseball players at the 2007 Pan American Games

2006 World Baseball Classic players

2009 World Baseball Classic players

Pan American Games medalists in baseball

Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists for Cuba

Competitors at the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games

Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in baseball

Medalists at the 1995 Pan American Games

Medalists at the 2003 Pan American Games

Medalists at the 2007 Pan American Games