Marlenis Costa
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Full name | Marlenis Costa Blanco | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1973-07-30) 30 July 1973 (age 51) La Palma, Cuba | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Setter | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Number | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Honours
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Marlenis Costa Blanco (born 30 July 1973),[1] more commonly known as Marlenis Costa, is a Cuban former volleyball player and three-time Olympic champion. Costa was a member of the Cuban women's national volleyball team that won gold medals in the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, and the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.[2][3][4] As a setter, she was one of the key players in the dominance of the Cuban national team in the 1990s.[1]
World Cups and World Championships
Costa won gold medals in the 1991, 1995, and 1999 FIVB World Cups in Japan.[1] Costa also helped Cuba win the 1994 FIVB World Championship in Brazil and the 1998 FIVB World Championship in Japan.[1]
Pan American Games
While representing Cuba, Costa also won gold medals in the 1991 Pan American Games in Havana and the 1995 Pan American Games in Mar del Plata, and won a silver medal in the 1999 Pan American Games in Winnipeg.[5]
References
- ^ a b c d Coll Untoria, Jorge Luis (17 May 2023). "Marleny Costa: Las guapas sí toman sopa". Oncubanews.com (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 10 June 2023. Retrieved 21 August 2023.
- ^ "1992 Summer Olympics – Barcelona, Spain – Volleyball" Archived 2008-09-01 at the Wayback Machine databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on September 2, 2008)
- ^ "1996 Summer Olympics – Atlanta, United States – Volleyball" Archived 2008-09-01 at the Wayback Machine databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on September 2, 2008)
- ^ "2000 Summer Olympics – Sydney, Australia – Volleyball" Archived 2008-09-01 at the Wayback Machine databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on September 2, 2008)
- ^ "Marlenis Costa". Olympedia. Archived from the original on 6 September 2023. Retrieved 12 September 2023.
External links
- Marlenis Costa at the European Volleyball Confederation
- Marlenis Costa at WorldofVolley
- Marlenis Costa at Olympics.com
- Marlenis Costa at Olympedia
- Volleybox.net Profile
- Woman in Pinar del Río Volleyball (in Spanish)
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- 1 Tania Ortiz
- 2 Marlenis Costa
- 3 Mireya Luis
- 4 Lilia Izquierdo
- 5 Idalmis Gato
- 8 Regla Bell
- 9 Isel Saavedra
- 10 Regla Torres
- 11 Sonia Lescaille
- 12 Norka Latamblet
- 13 Mercedes Calderón
- 15 Magaly Carvajal
- Coach: Eugenio George Lafita
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