Iván Benito Ruiz Cuesta (born 26 March 1977), more commonly known as Iván Ruiz, is a retired

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 from

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. 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 and commonly known as Winnipeg 1999, were a major international multi-sport event that was held from July 23 to August 8, 1999, in Winnipeg, Ma ...

in Winnipeg. He also helped Cuba win the gold medal at the 2001 World Grand Champions Cup in Japan.

Honours

* 1997 FIVB World League — 2nd place * 1998 FIVB World League — 1st place * 1999 FIVB World League — 2nd place * 2000 FIVB World League — 8th place *

2000 Olympic Games The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, officially branded as Sydney 2000, and also known as the Games of the New Millennium, were an international multi-sport event held from 15 September to 1 October ...

— 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 * 2002 FIVB World League — 13th place

References

External links

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FIVB profile

Volleybox.net profile

(archived) {{DEFAULTSORT:Ruiz, Ivan 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 gold medalists in volleyball Pan American Games volleyball players for Cuba Pan American Games gold medalists for Cuba Medalists at the 1999 Pan American Games