Abel Sarmientos
Cuban volleyball player (1962–2024)
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Full name | Abel Sarmientos Bios | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1962-07-22)22 July 1962 Camagüey, Cuba | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 12 July 2024(2024-07-12) (aged 61) Havana, Cuba | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Outside hitter | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Number | 10 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Honours
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Abel Sarmientos (22 July 1962 – 12 July 2024) was a Cuban volleyball player. He was part of the Cuban men's national volleyball team at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain.[1] He helped the Cuban team win the gold medal at the 1989 FIVB World Cup in Japan and the silver medal at the 1990 FIVB World Championship in Brazil.[2][3]
Personal life and death
Sarmientos was born on 22 July 1962.[1] His older brother, Victoriano, also played on the Cuban national team.[3]
Sarmientos died in Havana on 12 July 2024, at the age of 61.[2]
References
- ^ a b "Abel Sarmientos Bios". Olympics.com. Archived from the original on 10 July 2021. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
- ^ a b "Falleció Abel Sarmientos, destacado exmiembro de la selección cubana de voleibol". Oncubanews.com (in Spanish). 13 July 2024. Archived from the original on 13 July 2024. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
- ^ a b "Abel Sarmientos". Olympedia. Archived from the original on 6 March 2023. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
External links
- Abel Sarmientos at Lega Pallavolo Serie A (in Italian)
- Abel Sarmientos at Olympics.com
- Abel Sarmientos at Olympedia
- Volleybox.net Profile
- Abel Sarmientos Trabajadores.cu interview (in Spanish) (archived)