Rafael Emilio Fortún Chacón (born August 5, 1919, in Camagüey – died June 22, 1982, in Camagüey) was a male sprinter from Cuba, who twice competed for his native country at the Summer Olympics: 1948 and 1952.
Originally he was a high jumper but moved the sprints when he realised his talent for them.
He also played baseball, a traditional sporting route out of poverty in Cuba at the time.
[1] Fortun had to train barefoot until a gift of sporting shoes was made by a local priest.
[1] Today his achievements are appreciated more in Cuba, his memory is honoured, for example, in an athletics competition in his home province of Camaguey: the Rafael Fortun Memorial competition in Camaguey City.