Ileana Rodriguez (born June 12, 1995[1]) is a Cuban-born American Paralympic swimmer and sports administrator.

[3] In 2021, Rodriguez was recognized for her work as one of the Top 25 News Makers in 2020 by the American weekly magazine Engineering News-Record (ENR).

She experienced a spinal cord injury at age thirteen due to a congenital arteriovenous malformation.

[6] Rodriguez attended Florida International University to study architecture,[7] and she swam at the 2011 Parapan American Games.

[7] The new team for 2020 consisted of six athletes who were refugees from Syria, Iran, Burundi, and Afghanistan at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo.

Two of the athletes, Afghan refugee swimmer Abbas Karimi and Iranian discus thrower Shahrad Nasajpour, are based in the United States.