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Athlete
Mireya Luis
Famoose for
Captaining Cuba’s dominant women’s volleyball team.
Barcelona gold · Title defences
- Born
- 25 August 1967
- Birthplace
- Camagüey, Cuba
More people
Mireya Luis
Mireya Luis is a Cuban volleyball player whose exceptional jumping compensated for her modest height for an attacker.
Early life
Cuba
Began volleyball at ten.
Teenage selection
Joined the national team at sixteen.
Career
- 1983
International start
Won Pan American Games gold.
- Late 1980s
Captaincy
Became national-team captain.
- 1990s–2000
Olympic dominance
Won three consecutive Olympic titles.
Achievements
Barcelona gold
Won Cuba’s first women’s volleyball Olympic title.
Title defences
Won two more Olympic golds.
World titles
Won two world championships.
Beyond volleyball
Motherhood
Combined elite sport with raising a daughter.
Recognition
Entered the International Volleyball Hall of Fame.
Sources & photo credit
Life, career and references ↗Photo: Life in photos. CC BY 4.0 · Original image. Cropped and displayed in monochrome.
