Ana Díaz (born 17 February 1954) is a retired Cuban

volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Summ ...

player and three-time Olympian. She competed with the Cuban women's national volleyball team at the

1972 Within the context of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) it was the longest year ever, as two leap seconds were added during this 366-day year, an event which has not since been repeated. (If its start and end are defined using Solar time, ...

, the

1976 Events January * January 2 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force. * January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea. * January 18 – Full diplomatic ...

, and the

1980 Summer Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad () and officially branded as Moscow 1980 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 19 July to 3 August 1980 in Moscow, Soviet Union, in present-day Russ ...

. She won a gold medal with the Cuban team at the 1978 FIVB World Championship. Díaz also helped the Cuban team win gold medals at the

1971 * The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses (Solar eclipse of February 25, 1971, February 25, Solar eclipse of July 22, 1971, July 22 and Solar eclipse of August 20, 1971, August 20) and two total lunar eclipses (February 1971 lunar eclip ...

1975 It was also declared the ''International Women's Year'' by the United Nations and the European Architectural Heritage Year by the Council of Europe. Events January * January 1 – Watergate scandal (United States): John N. Mitchell, H. R. ...

, and

1979 Pan American Games The 1979 Pan American Games, officially the VIII Pan American Games () and commonly known as San Juan 1979, were a multi-sport event governed by the Panam Sports Organization (PASO), and were held in San Juan, Puerto Rico, from July 1 to Jul ...

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Diaz, Ana 1954 births Living people Cuban women's volleyball players Olympic volleyball players for Cuba Volleyball players at the 1972 Summer Olympics Volleyball players at the 1976 Summer Olympics Volleyball players at the 1980 Summer Olympics Place of birth missing (living people) Pan American Games gold medalists in volleyball Pan American Games volleyball players for Cuba Pan American Games gold medalists for Cuba Medalists at the 1971 Pan American Games Medalists at the 1975 Pan American Games Medalists at the 1979 Pan American Games Sportspeople from Santiago de Cuba Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists for Cuba Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in volleyball 20th-century Cuban sportswomen