Maura Alfonso (born 13 September 1955) 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. She competed in the

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at the

1980 Summer Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (russian: Летние Олимпийские игры 1980, Letniye Olimpiyskiye igry 1980), officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad (russian: Игры XXII Олимпиады, Igry XXII Olimpiady) and commo ...

in Moscow. She won gold medals with the Cuban team at the 1978 FIVB World Championship in the Soviet Union and the

1979 Pan American Games The 1979 Pan American Games (Spanish: ''Juegos Panamericanos de 1979''), officially the VIII Pan American Games were a multi-sport event governed by the Panam Sports Organization, and were held in San Juan, Puerto Rico, from July 1 to July 15 ...

in Caguas.

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Volleybox.net Profile

University of Matanzas on Olympians from Matanzas
(in Spanish) (archived) {{DEFAULTSORT:Alfonso, Maura 1955 births Living people Cuban women's volleyball players Olympic volleyball players for Cuba Volleyball players at the 1980 Summer Olympics Place of birth missing (living people) Pan American Games medalists in volleyball Pan American Games gold medalists for Cuba Medalists at the 1979 Pan American Games 21st-century Cuban women 20th-century Cuban women 20th-century Cuban people Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists for Cuba Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in volleyball