Raúl Vilches More | |
Fullname: | Raúl Vilches More |
Height: | 1.93 m |
Birth Place: | Cifuentes, Cuba |
Death Place: | Medellín, Colombia |
Nationalyears: | 1974–1987 |
Teamnumber: | 6 |
Raúl Vilches More (2 October 1954 – 13 January 2022), more commonly known as Raúl Vilches, was a Cuban volleyball player and two-time Olympian.
Vilches competed in the 1976 and the 1980 Summer Olympics. In 1976, he was part of the Cuban team that won the bronze medal in the Olympic tournament in Montreal, Canada. He played all six matches. Four years later, he finished seventh with the Cuban team in the 1980 Olympic tournament in Moscow, Soviet Union. He played all six matches again.[1]
Vilches died from cancer in Colombia on 13 January 2022, at the age of 67.[2]