Rolando Meriño Betancourt is a

professional baseball Professional baseball is organized baseball in which players are selected for their talents and are paid to play for a specific team or club system. It is played in baseball league, leagues and associated farm teams throughout the world. Moder ...

player for

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 ...

. He was born on February 17, 1971, in Santiago de Cuba and was part of the Cuban teams which won silver medals at the

2000 2000 was designated as the International Year for the Culture of Peace and the World Mathematics, Mathematical Year. Popular culture holds the year 2000 as the first year of the 21st century and the 3rd millennium, because of a tende ...

and

2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and officially branded as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes fro ...

.Olympic results
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1971 births Living people 2009 World Baseball Classic players Olympic baseball players for Cuba Baseball players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Baseball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Cuba Olympic medalists in baseball Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics {{cuba-baseball-bio-stub Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics