Raúl Diago Izquierdo (born August 1, 1967 in Matanzas) is a retired

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player from

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. A three-time Olympian (1992, 1996 and 2000) he was honoured ''Best Setter'' at the

1998 FIVB Men's World Championship The 1998 FIVB Men's World Championship was the fourteenth edition of the tournament, organised by the world's governing body, the FIVB. It was held from 13 to 29 November 1998 in Fukuoka, Kobe, Sendai, Sapporo, Kawasaki, Uozu, Hiroshima, Osaka ...

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, where

finished in third place.

Honours

* 1991 FIVB World League — 2nd place * 1992 Summer Olympics — 4th place * 1994 FIVB World League — 2nd place * 1995 FIVB World League — 3rd place * 1995 Pan American Games — 3rd place *

1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...

— 6th place * 1997 FIVB World League — 2nd place * 1998 FIVB World League — 1st place * 1998 Central American and Caribbean Games — 1st place * 1998 World Championship — 3rd place * 1999 FIVB World League — 2nd place *

2000 Summer Olympics 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 ...

— 7th place

Individual awards

* '' 1992 FIVB World League "Best Setter"''

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