Raisa O'Farrill Bolanos explained
| Raisa O'Farrill Bolaños |
| Birth Date: | 17 April 1972 |
| Birth Place: | Villa Clara, Cuba |
| Death Place: | Havana, Cuba |
| Height: | 1.83 m |
| Teamnumber: | 6 |
| Years: | 1988–2000 |
| Teams: | Villa Clara |
| Nationalyears: | 1992–2000 |
| Nationalteam: |  Cuba |
| Medaltemplates-Expand: | yes |
Raisa O'Farrill Bolaños (17 April 1972 – 30 May 2023)[1] was a Cuban female volleyball player and two-time Olympian. She helped the Cuban women's national volleyball team win gold medals at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona and the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.
O'Farrill also won a gold medal at the 1994 FIVB World Championship in Brazil.[2] On club level she played with Villa Clara.[3]
Teaching
After her retirement from volleyball, O'Farill was a professor at the Manuel Fajardo University of Cuban Sports.[4]
Death
O'Farrill died on 30 May 2023, at the age of 51, after a battle with cancer.[5] [6]
Clubs
References
- Web site: Raisa O'Farrill . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418021714/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/of/raisa-ofarrill-1.html. dead. 2020-04-18. Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. en. 2017-02-28.
- Web site: Krastev . Todor . Women Volleyball XIII World Championship 1994 - Teams Composition. - Cuba. Todor66.com. 29 November 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230812130734/http://todor66.com/volleyball/World/Women_1994.html . August 12, 2023 . live .
- Web site: Raisa O'Farrill . Olympedia . August 19, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230411143232/https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/52191 . April 11, 2023 . live .
- News: Cuban Sports University pays tribute to educators . . December 17, 2021 . Garcia . Juan M. . August 22, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230529074848/https://www.plenglish.com/news/2021/12/17/cuban-sports-university-pays-tribute-to-educators-2/ . May 29, 2023 . live .
- News: Pallavolo Lutto – E’ morta a 51 anni la due volte campionessa olimpica Raisa O’Farrill . Ivolleymagazine.it . May 30, 2023 . Italian . August 19, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230625175756/https://www.ivolleymagazine.it/2023/05/30/pallavolo-lutto-e-morta-a-51-anni-la-due-volte-campionessa-olimpica-raisa-ofarrill/ . June 25, 2023 . live .
- News: Raiza O’Farrill, con las cuatro letras en el pecho . Oncubanews.com . Spanish . May 30, 2023 . Coll Untoria . Jorge Luis . August 19, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230530210123/https://oncubanews.com/deportes/muerte-raisa-ofarrill-con-las-cuatro-letras-en-el-pecho/ . May 30, 2023 . live .
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