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Orestes Kindelán Olivares (born November 1, 1964) is the most prolific home run hitter in the history of post-revolutionary Cuban baseball, known as "El Cañon de Dos Rios" and one of the offensive stars of the Cuba national baseball team, which won numerous World Cups and two Olympic gold medals during his tenure. He is a cousin of amateur boxer Mario Kindelán.

Orestes Kindelán
Medal record
Men's baseball
Representing  Cuba
Olympic Games
1992 Barcelona Team
1996 Atlanta Team
2000 Sydney Team
Pan American Games
1991 Havana Team
1995 Mar del Plata Team
1999 Winnipeg Team
Baseball World Cup
1990 Edmonton Team
1994 Nicaragua Team
1998 Italy Team
2001 Taipei Team
Intercontinental Cup
1997 Barcelona Team
Goodwill Games
1990 Seattle Team

Career


Kindelán played the bulk of his 21 seasons for his home province's Santiago de Cuba Avispas (Wasps). He holds Cuban National Series records for home runs (487, with aluminium bat 17 series), runs batted in (1,511), and total bases (3,893).

Kindelán played for Japanese corporate team Shidax between 2002 and 2004 in the Intercity Baseball Tournament.

Kindelán hit the longest home run ever at Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium, a third-deck home run during the 1996 Olympics.[1]




References


  1. Lowry, Philip (2006). Green Cathedrals. Walker & Company. p. 9. ISBN 978-0-8027-1608-8.






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Orestes Kindelán (Palma Soriano, 1º novembre 1964) è un giocatore di baseball cubano.



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