Iván Ruiz Explained

Iván Benito Ruíz Cuesta
Fullname:	Iván Benito Ruiz Cuesta
Height:	1.95 m
Birth Place:	Camagüey, Cuba
Position:	Outside hitter
Teamnumber:	6
Nationalyears:	1997–2002

Iván Benito Ruiz Cuesta (born 26 March 1977), more commonly known as Iván Ruiz, is a retired volleyball player from Cuba. 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 in Winnipeg.^[1] He also helped Cuba win the gold medal at the 2001 World Grand Champions Cup in Japan.^[2]

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 - 7th place
• 2001 FIVB World League - 5th place
• 2001 World Grand Champions Cup - 1st place
• 2002 FIVB World League - 13th place

External links

• • FIVB profile
• Volleybox.net profile
• Sports-reference.com profile (archived)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Iván Ruiz . Olympedia . 19 October 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230306220219/https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/94487 . 6 March 2023 . live .
2. Web site: Player tournaments . Volleybox.net . 19 October 2023 .