Lorenzo Martínez Cordero (born 5 September 1951), more commonly known as Lorenzo Martínez, is a

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 ...

n former

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 who competed in the

1972 Within the context of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) it was the longest year ever, as two leap seconds were added during this 366-day year, an event which has not since been repeated. (If its start and end are defined using Solar time, ...

and

1976 Summer Olympics The 1976 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXI Olympiad () and officially branded as Montreal 1976 (), were an international multi-sport event held from July 17 to August 1, 1976, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Montreal ...

. He was a setter. In 1972, Martínez was part of the Cuban team that finished tenth in the Olympic tournament. He played five matches. Four years later, he won the bronze medal with the Cuban team in the 1976 Olympic tournament. He played all six matches.

Personal life

Martínez married

Ana María García Ana María García is a Cuban-Puerto Rican film director. She is best known for the short documentary ''La Operación'' (1982) a film which focuses on US-imposed sterilization policies in Puerto Rico. She produced the documentar''Cocolos y Rocke ...

, who played for the Cuban women's national volleyball team.

References

External links

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Volleybox.net profile

(archived) {{DEFAULTSORT:Martinez, Lorenzo 1951 births Living people Cuban men's volleyball players Olympic volleyball players for Cuba Volleyball players at the 1972 Summer Olympics Volleyball players at the 1976 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Cuba Olympic medalists in volleyball Medalists at the 1976 Summer Olympics Pan American Games gold medalists in volleyball Pan American Games volleyball players for Cuba Pan American Games gold medalists for Cuba Medalists at the 1971 Pan American Games 20th-century Cuban sportsmen