Zoila Barros Explained
Zoila Barros |
Fullname: | Zoila Barros Fernández |
Birth Date: | 6 August 1979 |
Birth Place: | Havana, Cuba |
Height: | 1.88 m |
Weight: | 76 kg |
Spike: | 328 cm |
Block: | 312 cm |
Position: | Middle blocker |
Teamnumber: | 18 |
Nationalyears: | 1998–2008 |
Medaltemplates-Expand: | yes |
Zoila Barros Fernández (born 6 August 1979), more commonly known as Zoila Barros, is a Cuban former volleyball player and three-time Olympian. As a middle blocker, she played for the Cuban women's national volleyball team, helping the team win the gold medal in the 2000 Summer Olympics and the bronze medal in the 2004 Summer Olympics.[1] She also participated in the 2008 Summer Olympics.
Barros was named Best Spiker at the 2005 Women's NORCECA Volleyball Championship in Port of Spain, where Cuba was defeated in the final by title defender United States.[2]
Club volleyball
Barros played for the Italian club Medinex Reggio di Calabria for the 1998–99 season.[3] She played with the Russian club Uralochka-NTMK for the 2004–05 season.[4]
Clubs
- Ciudad Deportiva La Habana (1998)
- Medinex Reggio di Calabria (1998-1999)
- Ciudad Deportiva La Habana (1999-2004)
- Uralochka-NTMK (2004–2005)
- Dinamo Moscow (2005–2006)
- Ciudad Deportiva La Habana (2002)
Awards
Individual
- 2001 FIVB World Grand Prix "Best Server"
- 2003 Pan-American Cup "Best Server"
- 2003 FIVB World Cup "Best Server"
- 2003 NORCECA Championship "Best Server"
- 2004 Pan-American Cup "Most Valuable Player"
- 2004 Pan-American Cup "Best Server"
- 2004 Olympic Games "Best Server"
- 2005 NORCECA Championship "Best Spiker"
References
- News: Los milagros de Zoila Barros . Spanish . Oncubanews.com . Coll Untoria . Jorge Luis . August 3, 2023 . August 24, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230803160918/https://oncubanews.com/deportes/los-milagros-de-zoila-barros/ . August 3, 2023 . live .
- Web site: Nancy Metcalf fue JMV en Continental de Norceca . . es . July 17, 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080624041327/http://www.norceca.org/press%20Release-Sept.11-2005-Nancy%20Metcalf%20fue%20JMV%20en%20Continental%20de%20Norceca.htm . June 24, 2008 . dead .
- Web site: Zoila Barros . Lega Pallavolo Serie A Femminile . it . November 22, 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230903031848/https://www.legavolleyfemminile.it/player/player/BAR-ZOI-76/ . September 3, 2023 . live .
- News: КУБИНСКИЙ КАРНАВАЛ В ПОДМОСКОВНОЙ ЛОБНЕ . Cuban Carnival in the Moscow region. Sport-Express. ru . February 19, 2005 . November 22, 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230416195109/https://www.sport-express.ru/newspaper/2005-02-19/7_15/ . April 16, 2023 . live .
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