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Volleyball has been part of the Summer Olympics program for both men and women consistently since 1964.
The Cuba women's national volleyball team was the first team to break the USSR's and Japan's domination in the world women's volleyball by winning the 1978 World Women's Volleyball Championship.
The Cuba men's national volleyball team represents Cuba in international volleyball competitions and friendly matches, governed by Federación Cubana De Voleibol. Cuba in the 1976 Summer Olympics won their first bronze medal. In FIVB competitions, the national team won one gold each at World Cup, World Grand Champions Cup, World League and Challenger Cup. Cuba also attained two silver and two bronze World Championship medals and have won the NORCECA Championship 15 times with a 6-peat record.
Reinier is the Dutch form of the Germanic masculine given name Raginheri, composed of the two elements ragin ("advice") and heri ("army"). It is equivalent to Scandinavian Ragnar, German Rainer, French Rainier, and Spanish and Italian Raniero. An archaic spelling is Reynier or Reijnier. People with the name Reinier include:
Taismary Agüero Leiva is a Cuban-born Italian volleyball player. She is the only player to represent two women's volleyball national team to win Major titles.
The 14th Pan American Games were held in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, from 1 to 17 August 2003.
Reinier Alcántara Núñez is a retired Cuban football player who played for Miami FC in the USL First Division.
Due to historical associations and geographical location with the United States, Cubans participate in American popular sports. While the majority of Latin American nations embrace soccer as the national game and pastime, in Cuba things are different. The country is not known for its soccer programs internationally. Instead, baseball is the most popular team sport along with volleyball, wrestling, basketball, sailing, boxing, and trekking.
Jorge Antonio García Rodríguez is a Cuban sprint canoer who competed in the late 2000s. At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, he was eliminated in the semifinals of both the K-1 500 m and the K-1 1000 m events. At the 2012 Summer Olympics he competed in the K-1 1000 m, winning the B-final. At the 2016 Olympics, he competed with Reinier Torres in the men's K-2 1000 m.
The Colombia men's national volleyball team represents Colombia in international volleyball competitions and friendly matches.
Cuba competed at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico from October 14 to 30, 2011. Jorge Marrero Gonzalez was the Chef de mission.
Wilfredo León Venero is a Cuban–Polish professional volleyball player. He was a member of the Cuba national team from 2007 to 2012, and is a current member of the Poland national team and Sir Safety Perugia. A silver medallist at the 2010 World Championship, and a two–time NORCECA Champion.
Cuba competed at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, from July 10 to 26, 2015.
Cuba competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. This was the nation's twentieth appearance at the Summer Olympics. The Cuban team consisted of 124 athletes, 89 men and 35 women, across eighteen sports.
Reinier Estpinan Gómez is a Cuban sport shooter. He earned a silver medal in the men's rifle prone at the 2003 Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, and also represented his nation Cuba at the 2004 Summer Olympics.
This article shows the rosters of all participating teams at the men's indoor volleyball tournament at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.
Alena Rojas Orta is a Cuban volleyball player. She is a member of the Cuba women's national volleyball team.
Javier Octavio Concepción Rojas is a Cuban volleyball player. He is part of the Cuban national team. He participated at the Olympic Games Rio 2016. At the professional club level, he plays for Stade Poitevin Poitiers.
Paola Kristal Rojas Martínez is a Puerto Rican volleyball player. She plays as a middle blocker for Valencianas de Juncos.
References
- ↑ "Reinier Rojas Cohimbra". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on August 26, 2016. Retrieved October 8, 2016.
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