Lilia (Lilian) Isquierdo Aguirre ( Spanish: Lilia (Lilian) Izquierdo Aguirre ; February 10, 1967 , Havana , Cuba ) - Cuban volleyball player . Binder. 3-time Olympic champion , two - time world champion , 4-time winner of the World Cup .
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| Full name | Lily Isquierdo Aguirre |
| A country |  Cuba |
| Specialization | volleyball (binding) |
| Club | completed her career |
| Date of Birth | February 20, 1967 (52 years old) |
| Place of Birth | Havana ( Cuba ) |
| Sports career | ... -2000 |
| Growth | 173 cm |
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Biography
Lilia Isquierdo won her first “gold” at the international level in 1985 in Milan at the World Youth Championship . The following year, the 19-year-old volleyball player made her debut in the national team of Cuba at the Central American and Caribbean Games and played for her for 14 years (with minor interruptions). During this time, Isquierdo won a record number of “gold” competitions of the highest international level - the Olympic Games (three times), the World Championships (twice) and the World Cup (four times). These indicators are repeated only by another athlete from the great Cuban team of the 1990s - Regla Bell . Taking into account other competitions of world and continental level, Isquierdo has 24 awards of highest dignity.
Until 1998, at the club level, Iscierdo played for Cuba's strongest team - Ciudad Habana. Since January 1999, for two seasons, she played in the Italian championship for teams from Florence and Palermo . After the end of the 2000 Olympics , at which Isquierdo became a three-time Olympic champion, the volleyball player completed her playing career.
Club career
- ... -1998 - Ciudad Habana ( Havana );
- 1999 - Marcy ( Palermo );
- 1998-2000 - "Romanelli Firenze" ( Florence ).
Achievements
Cuba's national team
- 3-time Olympic champion - 1992 , 1996 , 2000 .
- two - time world champion - 1994 , 1998 ;
- 4-time winner of the World Cup - 1989 , 1991 , 1995 , 1999 .
- winner of the 1993 World Cup ;
- silver medalist of the World Champions Cup 1997 .
- Grand Prix Champion 1993 ;
- 3-time silver ( 1994 , 1996 , 1997 ) and two-time bronze ( 1995 , 1998 ) winner of the World Grand Prix .
- NORCECA 7-time champion - 1987 , 1989 , 1991 , 1993 , 1995 , 1997 , 1999 .
- 3-time champion of the Pan American Games - 1987 , 1991 , 1995 ;
- 1999 silver medalist at the Pan American Games .
- 3-time champion of the Central American and Caribbean Games - 1986, 1990, 1998.
- World Youth Champion 1985.
With clubs
- repeated champion of Cuba.
Individual
- 1994: Best Grand Prix .
Notes
Links
- Profile on the website of the Italian Women's Volleyball League (Italian)
- databaseolympics.com (English)
- ecured.cu (Spanish)