Rafael Alba

{{short description|Cuban taekwondo practitioner}}

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{{MedalSport | Men's taekwondo}}

{{MedalCountry | {{CUB}} }}

{{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}}

{{MedalBronze|2020 Tokyo|+80 kg}}

{{MedalBronze|2024 Paris|+80 kg}}

{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}

{{MedalGold|2013 Puebla|–87 kg}}

{{MedalGold|2019 Manchester | +87 kg}}

{{MedalBronze|2015 Chelyabinsk|–87 kg}}

{{MedalCompetition|Grand Prix}}

{{MedalGold|2022 Paris | +80 kg}}

{{MedalSilver|2015 Manchester|+87 kg}}

{{MedalCompetition|Pan American Games}}

{{MedalGold|2015 Toronto|+80 kg}}

{{MedalSilver|2019 Lima|+80 kg}}

{{MedalCompetition|Pan American Championships}}

{{MedalGold|2016 Queretaro| +87 kg}}

{{MedalGold|2021 Cancun | +87 kg}}

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Rafael Yunier Alba Castillo (born 12 August 1993) is a Cuban taekwondo athlete.

He competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, in the men's +80 kg.{{cite web |url=https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/rafael-castillo |title=Rafael Castillo |website=rio2016.com |accessdate=20 August 2016 |archive-date=26 November 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161126013211/https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/rafael-castillo |url-status=dead }}

At the 2020 Summer Olympics, he won the bronze medal in the men's +80 kg event.{{Cite web|title=Taekwondo ALBA CASTILLO Rafael Yunier|url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/taekwondo/athlete-profile-n1302052-alba-castillo-rafael-yunier.htm|url-status=dead|access-date=2021-08-29|work=Tokyo 2020 Olympics|publisher=Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games|language=en-us|archive-date=2021-08-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210829211843/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/taekwondo/athlete-profile-n1302052-alba-castillo-rafael-yunier.htm}}