Alejandro Diz

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Alejandro Diz
Personal information
NationalityArgentine
BornMarch 26, 1965 (1965-03-26) (age 59)
Height1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Volleyball information
PositionOutside hitter
Number6 (1984)
4 (1988)
National team
1983–1988Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
Honours
Men's volleyball
Representing Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
Olympic rings.svg
Olympic Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1988 Seoul Team
Pan American Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1983 Caracas Team
CSV South American Championship
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1985 Caracas

Alejandro Diz (born March 26, 1965) is a former volleyball player from Argentina who represented his native country in two Summer Olympics. After having finished in sixth place at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, he was a member of the men's national team four years later in the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, winning the bronze medal.

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