Francisco "Francis" Álvarez Cutiño (born April 12, 1969) is a

beach volleyball Beach volleyball is a team sport played by two teams of two to four players each on a sand court divided by a net. Similar to indoor volleyball, the objective of the game is to send the ball over the net and to ground it on the opponent's side o ...

player from

Cuba Cuba, officially the Republic of Cuba, is an island country, comprising the island of Cuba (largest island), Isla de la Juventud, and List of islands of Cuba, 4,195 islands, islets and cays surrounding the main island. It is located where the ...

who won the gold medal in the men's beach team competition at the

2003 Pan American Games The 2003 Pan American Games, officially the XIV Pan American Games () and commonly known as Santo Domingo 2003, were held in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, from August 1 to 17, 2003. The successful bid for the Games was made in the mid-1990 ...

Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic Santo Domingo, formerly known as Santo Domingo de Guzmán, is the capital and largest city of the Dominican Republic and the List of metropolitan areas in the Caribbean, largest metropolitan area in the Caribbean by population. the Distrito Na ...

, partnering with

Juan Rossell Juan Miguel Rossell Milanes (born December 28, 1969) is a beach volleyball player from Cuba who won the gold medal in the men's beach team competition at the 2003 Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, partnering with Francisco ...

. He represented his native country at the

1996 1996 was designated as: * International Year for the Eradication of Poverty Events January * January 8 – A Zairean cargo plane crashes into a crowded market in the center of the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...

and the

2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad (), and officially branded as Athens 2004 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 13 to 29 August 2004 in Athens, Greece. The Games saw 10,625 athletes ...

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* * * * 1969 births Living people Cuban beach volleyball players Men's beach volleyball players Beach volleyball players at the 1996 Summer Olympics Beach volleyball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic beach volleyball players for Cuba Beach volleyball players at the 2003 Pan American Games Beach volleyball players at the 2007 Pan American Games Pan American Games gold medalists for Cuba Pan American Games bronze medalists for Cuba Pan American Games gold medalists in volleyball Pan American Games bronze medalists in volleyball Medalists at the 2003 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2007 Pan American Games {{Navigation Pan American Games Champions Beach Volleyball, state=collapsed