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Yumilka Daysi Ruíz Luaces (born 8 May 1978 in Camagüey) is a retired volleyball player from Cuba, who represented her native country in four consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1996.[1] She twice won a gold medal with the national team in 1996[2] and 2000;[3] she also claimed the bronze at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.[4]

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Ruiz and the second or maternal family name is Luaces.
Yumilka Ruíz
Personal information
Full nameYumilka Ruíz Luaces
NationalityCuban
Born (1978-05-08) 8 May 1978 (age 44)
Camagüey, Cuba
HometownCamagüey
Height179 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight62 kg (137 lb)
Spike329 cm (130 in)
Block315 cm (124 in)
Volleyball information
PositionOutside hitter
Honours
Women's volleyball
Representing  Cuba
Olympic Games
1996 Atlanta Team
2000 Sydney Team
2004 Athens Team
World Championship
1998 Japan Team
World Cup
1999 Japan Team
World Grand Champions Cup
1997 Japan Team
World Grand Prix
2000 Manila Team
1997 Kobe Team
2008 Yokohama Team
1998 Hong Kong Team
Pan American Games
2007 Rio de Janeiro Team
2003 Santo Domingo Team
NORCECA Championship
2007 Winnipeg Team
Pan-American Cup
2007 Colima Team
Central American and Caribbean Games
2006 Cartagena Team
Last updated: October 2011

Career


She played the 2004/05 season with the Russian club Uralochka-NTMK, where she set the record of scoring 53 points in a single match.[5]

She retired in 2008 aged 30.[6] At 1.79m the outside hitter had a jumping power reaching 3.28m.

In August 2008 she was elected as a member of the International Olympic Committee by the 120th IOC Session.[7]

After three years of inactivity Ruiz made a comeback in 2012 to play in Russian League for Uralochka-NTMK Ekaterinburg and participated in the European Champions League.


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References


  1. "Yumilka Daysi Ruíz Luaces". EcuRed.
  2. Wilson, Bernie (3 August 2000). "Cuba Wins Volleyball Gold". The Washington Post. Associated Press. Retrieved 11 March 2010.
  3. "Cuba women win third consecutive Olympic title". CNN/SI. 12 October 2000. Archived from the original on 16 April 2004. Retrieved 11 March 2010.
  4. "Cuba wins women's volleyball bronze by beating Brazil". USA Today. Associated Press. 29 August 2004. Retrieved 11 March 2010.
  5. "КУБИНСКИЙ КАРНАВАЛ В ПОДМОСКОВНОЙ ЛОБНЕ" [Cuban Carnival in the Moscow region]. Sport Express (in Russian). 19 February 2005. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
  6. "Yumilka Ruiz ratifica su retiro del deporte activo" [Yumilka Ruiz confirms her retirement from active sports]. Granma (in Spanish). 10 October 2008. Retrieved 21 February 2010.
  7. "Four athletes elected to IOC Athletes' Commission, Chinese hurdler Liu fail to prevail". CCTV. Xinhua. 21 August 2008. Retrieved 21 February 2010.


Awards
Preceded by
Elizaveta Tishchenko
 Best Spiker of
FIVB World Grand Prix
2004		 Succeeded by

На других языках

- [en] Yumilka Ruiz

[it] Yumilka Ruiz

Yumilka Daisy Ruiz Luaces (Camagüey, 8 maggio 1978) è una pallavolista cubana.

[ru] Руис, Юмилка

Юмилка Руис Луасес (исп. Yumilka Ruiz Luaces; род. 8 мая 1978 года, Камагуэй) — кубинская волейболистка, двукратная олимпийская чемпионка, чемпионка мира. Участница четырёх Олимпиад, с 2001 по 2008 год являлась капитаном сборной Кубы.


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