Ramón Puig

Ramón Puig
Personal information
Born(1929-08-21)21 August 1929
Santiago de Cuba, Cuba
Died21 August 2016(2016-08-21) (aged 87)
Sport
SportRowing

Ramón Puig (21 August 1929 21 August 2016) was a Cuban rower. He competed in the men's coxed four event at the 1948 Summer Olympics.

Puig was arrested in 1960 for his role in the Bay of Pigs Invasion and sentenced to thirty years of hard labor in various Cuban prisons. His brother, Manuel Puig, was executed for his role in the attack. Ramón was eventually released and escaped to Miami where he lived for the rest of his life.