{{short description|Cuban freestyle wrestler}} {{Infobox sportsperson | image = | imagesize = | caption = | nationality = | sport = Freestyle wrestling |disability = |disability_class = | event = | club = | coach = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1987|4|12|df=y}} | birth_place = Santiago de Cuba, Cuba | death_date = | death_place = | retired= | height = | weight = | pb = | medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry | {{CUB}} }} {{MedalSport | Men's Freestyle Wrestling}} {{MedalCompetition |World Wrestling Championships}} {{MedalBronze|2014 Tashkent|97 kg}} }}
{{family name hatnote|Cortina|Lacerra|lang=Spanish}} '''Javier Cortina Lacerra''' (born 12 April 1987) is a Cuban freestyle wrestler.<ref>{{cite web|title=Javier Cortina Lacerra|url=http://www.london2012.com/athlete/cortina-lacerra-javier-1083492/|publisher=London 2012|accessdate=2012-08-16|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130404123012/http://www.london2012.com/athlete/cortina-lacerra-javier-1083492/|archivedate=2013-04-04}}</ref> He competed in the freestyle 96 kg event at the 2012 Summer Olympics and was eliminated by Khetag Pliev in the 1/8 finals.<ref>{{cite web|title=Javier Cortina Lacerra - Events and Results|url=http://www.london2012.com/athlete/cortina-lacerra-javier-1083492/events/|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130128131931/http://www.london2012.com/athlete/cortina-lacerra-javier-1083492/events/|url-status=dead|archive-date=2013-01-28|publisher=London 2012|accessdate=2012-08-16}}</ref> He was a bronze medalist at the 2014 World Wrestling Championships after Şamil Erdoğan of Turkey tested positive; Javier Cortina was raised to third and took the bronze medal.
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Cortina, Javier}} Category:1987 births Category:Living people Category:Cuban male sport wrestlers Category:Olympic wrestlers for Cuba Category:Wrestlers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Category:Wrestlers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Category:Martial artists from Santiago de Cuba Category:Wrestlers at the 2015 Pan American Games Category:World Wrestling Championships medalists Category:Pan American Games competitors for Cuba Category:21st-century Cuban sportsmen Category:Competitors at the 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games {{Cuba-wrestling-bio-stub}}