Regla Bell

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Regla Bell
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Personal information
Full nameRegla Maritza Bell MacKenzie
Born (1970-07-06) 6 July 1970 (age 54)
Havana, Cuba
Hometown Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight73 kg (161 lb)
Spike326 cm (128 in)
Block313 cm (123 in)
Volleyball information
PositionOutside hitter / Opposite
Number8 (national team)
National team
1988–2000Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba

Regla Maritza Bell MacKenzie (born 6 July 1970), more commonly known as Regla Bell, is a Cuban former volleyball player and three-time Olympian. While playing for the Cuban women's national volleyball team, she won the gold medal three times at the Olympic Games from 1992 to 2000, and won additional gold medals at the FIVB World Championship in 1994 and 1998. [1] [2] She was a left-handed striker. [3]

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In 2024, Bell was inducted into the International Volleyball Hall of Fame. [4]

Career

National team

Bell won three gold medals in a row at the Summer Olympics (in 1992, 1996 and 2000), two gold medals in a row at the FIVB World Championship (in 1994 and 1998), [2] and four gold medals in a row at the FIVB World Cup (in 1989, 1991, 1995 and 1999). [5] She was the captain of the Cuban team at the 2000 Olympics. [6]

Bell also won gold medals at the 1991 and 1995 Pan American Games, and a silver medal at the 1999 Pan American Games. [2]

Club volleyball

For the regular season of the 2008–09 Spanish Superliga, Bell was elected MVP and Best Scorer after hitting 439 kills during that regular league. [7]

Bell played for São Caetano/Blausiegel in Brazil for the 2009–10 season. [8] She then played for the Spanish team Fígaro Peluqueros Tenerife for the 2010-11 season. [9]

Bell played for the Indonesian club Monokwari Valeria during the 2012–13 season of the Indonesian volleyball league, [5] and later signed up for a two-month contract with PLDT HOME TVolution, a Philippine volleyball team that participated at the 2014 Asian Women's Club Volleyball Championship. [10]

Clubs

Awards

Individuals

Clubs

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References

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