Freddy Brooks | |||
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Personal information | |||
Full name | Freddy Brooks Bongó | ||
Nationality | Cuban/Greek [1] | ||
Born | Guantánamo, Cuba | 10 August 1969||
Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
Volleyball information | |||
Position | Outside hitter | ||
Number | 1 | ||
National team | |||
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Freddy Brooks (born 10 August 1969) is a Cuban former volleyball player. He competed with the Cuban men's national volleyball team at the 1992 and 1996 Summer Olympics. [2] Brooks won a silver medal at the 1990 FIVB World Championship and a gold medal at the 1991 Pan American Games with the Cuban team. [3]
In 2011, along with his wife Dina Lambrakis, Brooks founded the Kronos Volleyball Academy. [1] In 2017, he became an assistant coach for PAOK Volley in Greece. [1]
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