Nicolás Ernesto Vives Coffigny (born 24 April 1970), more commonly known as Nicolás Vives, is a Cuban 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 and three-time Olympian. He played with the Cuban men's national volleyball team in the

1992 1992 was designated as International Space Year by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 – Boutros Boutros-Ghali of Egypt replaces Javier Pérez de Cuéllar of Peru as United Nations Secretary-General. * January 6 ** The Republ ...

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

2000 Summer Olympics 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 ...

. He also helped Cuba win the bronze medal at the

1995 Pan American Games The 1995 Pan American Games, officially known as the XII Pan American Games () and commonly known as Mar del Plata 1995, were held in Mar del Plata, Argentina, from 12 to 26 March 1995. After 44 years, this was the Pan American Games' first retur ...

Mar del Plata Mar del Plata is a city on the coast of the Argentine Sea, Atlantic Ocean, in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. It is the seat of General Pueyrredón Partido, General Pueyrredón district. Mar del Plata is the second largest city in Buenos Aires ...

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Volleybox.net profile

at ''Sports-reference.com'' (archived) {{DEFAULTSORT:Vives, Nicolas 1970 births Living people Cuban men's volleyball players Place of birth missing (living people) Volleyball players at the 1992 Summer Olympics Volleyball players at the 1996 Summer Olympics Volleyball players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic volleyball players for Cuba Pan American Games bronze medalists for Cuba Pan American Games bronze medalists in volleyball Pan American Games volleyball players for Cuba Cuban expatriate sportspeople in Indonesia Medalists at the 1995 Pan American Games Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists for Cuba Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in volleyball

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