Iván Benito Ruiz Cuesta (born 26 March 1977), also known as Iván Ruiz, is a retired
volleyball player from
Cuba. A one-time Olympian (2000), he played as an outside hitter and won a gold medal with the
Cuban men's national volleyball team at the
1999 Pan American Games
The 1999 Pan American Games, officially the XIII Pan American Games or the 13th Pan American Games, was a major international multi-sport event that was held from July 23 to August 8, 1999, in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada and surrounding towns and ...
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He also helped Cuba win the gold medal at the
2001 World Grand Champions Cup.
Honours
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1997 FIVB World League — 2nd place
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1998 FIVB World League — 1st place
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1999 FIVB World League — 2nd place
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2000 FIVB World League
The 2000 FIVB Volleyball World League was the 11th edition of the annual men's international volleyball tournament, played by 12 countries from 26 May to 16 July 2000. The Final Round was held in Rotterdam, Netherlands.
Pools composition
Inte ...
— 8th place
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2000 Olympic Games
The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 (Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium, was an international multi-sport event held from 1 ...
— 7th place
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2001 FIVB World League
The 2001 FIVB Volleyball World League was the 12th edition of the annual men's international volleyball tournament, played by 16 countries from 11 May to 30 June 2001. The Final Round was held in Katowice, Poland.
Pools composition
Intercontin ...
— 5th place
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2001 World Grand Champions Cup — 1st place
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2002 FIVB World League
The 2002 FIVB Volleyball World League was the 13th edition of the annual men's international volleyball tournament, played by 16 countries from 27 June to 18 August 2002. The Final Round was held in Belo Horizonte (Main) and Recife (Sub), Brazil. ...
— 13th place
References
External links
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FIVB ProfileVolleybox.net Profile(archived)
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1977 births
Living people
Cuban men's volleyball players
Volleyball players at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Olympic volleyball players for Cuba
Place of birth missing (living people)
Pan American Games medalists in volleyball
Pan American Games gold medalists for Cuba
Medalists at the 1999 Pan American Games