Robert Jan "Bob" Ctvrtlik is a retired American volleyball player who is a three-time Olympian, Olympic gold medalist, and a former member of the International Olympic Committee. He is a 1985 graduate of Pepperdine University.
Guillaume Canet is a French actor, film director and screenwriter, and show jumper.
Yuniesky Betancourt Pérez is a Cuban former professional baseball shortstop. Betancourt played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Milwaukee Brewers, Seattle Mariners, and Kansas City Royals. He played in the Cuban National Series for Villa Clara before he defected from Cuba. In 2019, he became the first former MLB player to return to the Cuban national baseball system after defecting from the country. However, he never played a game for Villa Clara in 2019. In Cuba, he is nicknamed "Riquimbili".
Kimberley Yvette "Kim" Oden is a former volleyball player and two-time Olympian who played on the United States women's national volleyball team.
Leila Gomes de Barros is a Brazilian politician and former volleyball player. She often played as opposite hitter and attacker. She was a member of the Brazilian squad that had great success in the late 1990s and early 2000s, winning the 1996 and 1998 editions of the FIVB World Grand Prix and being rated the Most Valuable Player in each win.
José Geraldo Loiola is a former beach volleyball player from Brazil. He won the gold medal at the 1999 Beach Volleyball World Championships in Marseille, France, partnering with Emanuel Rego.
John Hyden is an American volleyball and beach volleyball player. Raised in San Diego, California, where he attended Mt. Carmel High School, Hyden was a member of the United States men's national volleyball team that finished in ninth place at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, he finished in 11th place with the national team.
Bryan Eric Ivie is an American former volleyball player and two-time Olympian. Ivie was a member of the United States national volleyball team that won the bronze medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. He also competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. He was a middle blocker.
Milagros Victoria Crespo Valle is a Cuban former beach volleyball player who participated in the 2008 Summer Olympics. She partnered with Imara Esteves Ribalta.
April Elizabeth Ross is an American beach volleyball player and three-time Olympic medalist. She won a silver medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics with Jennifer Kessy, a bronze medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics with Kerri Walsh Jennings, and a gold medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics with Alix Klineman. Ross and Kessy were also the 2009 Beach Volleyball World Champions.
Ernesto Martínez Hernández was a Cuban volleyball player who competed in the 1972, the 1976, and the 1980 Summer Olympics.
Nirian Sinal Iznaga is a female beach volleyball player from Cuba who participated in the Qualification Tournament in the SWATCH-FIVB U-21 Women's World Championship in Mysłowice, Poland, partnering with Kirenia Reina. She also represented her native country at the NORCECA Beach Volleyball Circuit in the 2008, playing with Ion Canet; and 2009, playing with Kirenia Ballar.
Kirenia Ballar Bell is a beach volleyball player from Cuba, who participated in the NORCECA Beach Volleyball Circuit in 2007, playing with Ion Canet, and 2009, with Nirian Sinal.
Sergio González is a beach volleyball player from Cuba, who won the golden medal in the men's competition at the NORCECA Beach Volleyball Circuit 2009 in Boca Chica and silver in Guatemala, and Cayman Islands partnering Karell Peña.
Yunieski Ramírez is a male beach volleyball player from Cuba, who twice won the gold medal playing with Yoandri Kindelán in the men's competition at the NORCECA Beach Volleyball Circuit 2007 at Guatemala and in 2009 in Puerto Vallarta.
Yarleen Santiago Pagán is a female beach volleyball player who won the gold medal at the NORCECA Circuit 2009 at Montelimar, Nicaragua playing with Dariam Acevedo.
Stéphane Canet is a French beach volleyball player. He represented his nation France at the 2004 Summer Olympics along with his partner Mathieu Hamel.
Mathieu Hamel is a French beach volleyball player. He represented his nation France at the 2004 Summer Olympics along with his partner Stéphane Canet.
Eugenio George Lafita, also known as Eugenio George, was a Cuban volleyball coach. Nicknamed "Volleyball guru", George led the Cuban women's team to gold medals in the Olympics in 1992, 1996, and 2000. In 2000, the International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) named him the Best Women's Volleyball Team Coach of the Twentieth Century. In 2005, he was inducted into the International Volleyball Hall of Fame.
Cuba competed in the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru from July 26 to August 11, 2019.
