Irma Cordero (8 March 1942 – 16 November 2019) was a Peruvian

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. She competed at the

1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1968), officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XIX Olimpiada) and commonly known as Mexico 1968 ( es, México 1968), were an international multi-sport eve ...

in Mexico City and the

1976 Summer Olympics Events January * January 3 – 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 11 – The 1976 Phi ...

in Montreal. She was the captain of the Peruvian team in the late 1960s and 1970s. Cordero helped the Peruvian team win silver medals at the

1967 Events January * January 1 – Canada begins a year-long celebration of the 100th anniversary of Confederation, featuring the Expo 67 World's Fair. * January 5 ** Spain and Romania sign an agreement in Paris, establishing full consular and ...

1971 * The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses ( February 25, July 22 and August 20) and two total lunar eclipses (February 10, and August 6). The world population increased by 2.1% this year, the highest increase in history. Events Ja ...

, and

1975 Pan American Games The 1975 Pan American Games were held in Mexico City, Mexico, from October 12 to October 26, 1975, exactly twenty years after the second Pan American Games were held there. It was the third major sporting event held in the Mexican capital in seve ...

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Cordero, Irma 1942 births 2019 deaths Peruvian women's volleyball players Olympic volleyball players for Peru Volleyball players at the 1968 Summer Olympics Volleyball players at the 1976 Summer Olympics People from Piura Pan American Games medalists in volleyball Pan American Games silver medalists for Peru Medalists at the 1967 Pan American Games Medalists at the 1971 Pan American Games Medalists at the 1975 Pan American Games 20th-century Peruvian women