Pavel Pimienta (born 3 August 1976) is a retired

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player from

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. A one-time Olympian (2000), he won the bronze medal with the Cuban men's national volleyball team at the 1998 FIVB World Championship. He was a middle blocker.

Honours

* 1997 FIVB World League — 2nd place * 1998 FIVB World League — 1st place * 1998 World Championship — 3rd place * 1999 FIVB World League — 2nd place *

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 ...

— 1st place * 1999 FIVB World Cup — 2nd place * 2000 FIVB World League — 8th place *

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 *

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 * 2001 World Grand Champions Cup — 1st place * 2001 America's Cup — 2nd place *

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 * 2002 World Championship — 19th place *

2003 FIVB World League The 2003 FIVB Volleyball World League was the 14th edition of the annual men's international volleyball tournament, played by 16 countries from 16 May to 13 July 2003. The Final Round was held in Madrid, Spain. Pools composition Intercontinenta ...

— 13th place *

2003 Pan American Games The 2003 Pan American Games were held in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, from August 1 to 17, 2003. The successful bid for the games was made in the mid-1990s, when Dominican Republic had one of the highest growth rates in Latin America. Al ...

— 2nd place * 2005 America's Cup — 3rd place * 2007 NORCECA Championship — 3rd place

References

External links

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Volleybox.net Profile

FIVB Profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Pimienta, Pavel 1976 births Living people Cuban men's volleyball players Place of birth missing (living people) Volleyball players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic volleyball players for Cuba Volleyball players at the 2003 Pan American Games Volleyball players at the 2007 Pan American Games Pan American Games silver medalists for Cuba Pan American Games bronze medalists for Cuba Pan American Games medalists in volleyball Medalists at the 2003 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2007 Pan American Games