Annia Hatch

Annia Portuondo Hatch (born June 14, 1978, in Guantánamo, Cuba)[1] is a Cuban-American artistic gymnast who competed for the United States at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

[3][4] Competing for Cuba, Hatch made her debut at the World Gymnastics Championships in 1993 and placed tenth in the all-around.

[1] In 1995, she won three medals at the Pan American Games, placing second on the balance beam and third on the vault and uneven bars, as well as fourth in the all-around.

[7] Fidel Castro refused to give Hatch permission to compete for the U.S., prompting American government officials and former President Jimmy Carter to petition Cuba, unsuccessfully, on her behalf.

[11] Although her ACL was not completely rehabilitated, she still qualified to the vault event final, where she won a silver medal behind Monica Roșu of Romania.