Raúl Diago | |
Fullname: | Raúl Diago Izquierdo |
Birth Date: | 1 August 1967 |
Birth Place: | Matanzas, Cuba |
Height: | 1.93 m |
Weight: | 80kg (180lb) |
Position: | Setter |
Teamnumber: | 9 |
Teams: | Matanzas |
Nationalyears: | 1987–2001 |
Raúl Diago Izquierdo (born 1 August 1967), more commonly known as Raúl Diago, is a retired volleyball player from Cuba. A three-time Olympian (1992, 1996, and 2000), he was honoured as the "best setter" at the 1998 FIVB World Championship in Japan, where Cuba won the bronze medal.[1] [2]
Diago also helped Cuba to the silver medal at the 1990 FIVB World Championship in Brazil, and to gold medals at the 1991 and 1999 Pan American Games.