Ronald Jose Méndez Garcia (born October 26, 1982) is a

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

Venezuela Venezuela, officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many Federal Dependencies of Venezuela, islands and islets in the Caribbean Sea. It com ...

, who won the gold medal with the men's national team 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 ...

. In the final Méndez' team defeated

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 ...

3–0 (25–23, 25–18, 25–20). He was born in

Ciudad Bolívar Ciudad Bolívar (; Spanish for "Bolivar City"), formerly known as Angostura and St. Thomas de Guyana, is the capital of Venezuela's southeastern Bolívar, Venezuela, Bolívar State. It lies at the spot where the Orinoco River narrows to about ...

, Bolívar, Venezuela.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Mendez, Ronald 1982 births Living people Venezuelan men's volleyball players Olympic volleyball players for Venezuela Volleyball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Volleyball players at the 2003 Pan American Games Pan American Games gold medalists for Venezuela Sportspeople from Ciudad Bolívar Pan American Games gold medalists in volleyball Medalists at the 2003 Pan American Games 20th-century Venezuelan people 21st-century Venezuelan sportsmen