According to Wikipedia, Joel Armas y Hernandez is the U.S. record holder in finswimming. Armas is the son of Ceren Armas and Maria Hernandez. His father, an athlete who once trained for the Cuban national basketball, successfully left Cuba on boat in 1979. A few months later, he and his mother , unsuccessfully tried to leave Cuba. His mother lost her job and he was ostracized at school.
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