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{{short description|Cuban volleyball player}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2023}}
{{family name hatnote|Costa|Blanco|lang=Spanish}}
{{Infobox volleyball biography
| fullname       = Marlenis Costa Blanco
| image          =
| birth_date     = {{birth date and age|1973|7|30|df=yes}}
| birth_place    = [[La Palma, Cuba]]
| death_date     =
| death_place    =
| height         = 1.77 m
| position       = Setter
| teamnumber     = 2
| nationalyears  = 1991–2000
| nationalteam   = {{vbw|CUB}}
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport|Women's [[Volleyball at the Summer Olympics|volleyball]]}}
{{MedalCountry| {{CUB}} }}
[[File:Olympic rings.svg|center|80px]]
{{MedalOlympics}}
{{MedalGold| [[1992 Summer Olympics|1992 Barcelona]] | [[Volleyball at the 1992 Summer Olympics|Team]]}}
{{MedalGold| [[1996 Summer Olympics|1996 Atlanta]] | [[Volleyball at the 1996 Summer Olympics|Team]]}}
{{MedalGold| [[2000 Summer Olympics|2000 Sydney]] | [[Volleyball at the 2000 Summer Olympics|Team]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship|World Championship]]}}
{{MedalGold| [[1994 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship|1994 Brazil]] | [[1994 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship squads|Team]]}}
{{MedalGold| [[1998 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship|1998 Japan]] | [[1998 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship squads|Team]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup|FIVB World Cup]]}}
{{MedalGold| [[1991 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup|1991 Japan]]|}}
{{MedalGold| [[1995 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup|1995 Japan]]|[[1995 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup squads|Team]]}}
{{MedalGold| [[1999 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup|1999 Japan]]|[[1999 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup squads|Team]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Volleyball Grand Prix|FIVB World Grand Prix]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[FIVB World Grand Prix 1993|1993 Hong Kong]] |}}
{{MedalSilver|[[FIVB World Grand Prix 1994|1994 Shanghai]]|}}
{{MedalSilver|[[FIVB World Grand Prix 1996|1996 Shanghai]]|}}
{{MedalBronze|[[FIVB World Grand Prix 1995|1995 Shanghai]]|}}
{{MedalBronze|[[FIVB World Grand Prix 1998|1998 Hong Kong]]|}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Volleyball World Grand Champions Cup|World Grand Champions Cup]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[1993 FIVB Women's World Grand Champions Cup|1993 Japan]]|}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[Pan American Games]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[1991 Pan American Games|1991 Havana]]|[[Volleyball at the 1991 Pan American Games|Team]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[1995 Pan American Games|1995 Mar del Plata]]|[[Volleyball at the 1995 Pan American Games|Team]]}}
{{Medal|Silver|[[1999 Pan American Games|1999 Winnipeg]]|[[Volleyball at the 1999 Pan American Games|Team]]}}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Central American and Caribbean Games]] }}
{{MedalGold|[[1998 Central American and Caribbean Games|1998 Maracaibo]]|[[Volleyball at the 1998 Central American and Caribbean Games|Team]]}}
}}

'''Marlenis Costa Blanco''' (born 30 July 1973)<ref name="Oncuba" /> is a Cuban former [[volleyball|volleyball player]] and three-time Olympic champion. Costa was a member of the [[Cuba women's national volleyball team|Cuban women's national volleyball team]] that won gold medals in the [[1992 Summer Olympics]] in Barcelona, the [[1996 Summer Olympics]] in Atlanta, and the [[2000 Summer Olympics]] in Sydney.<ref name=db-ol-VOL1992>[http://www.databaseolympics.com/games/gamessport.htm?g=23&sp=VOL "1992 Summer Olympics &ndash; Barcelona, Spain &ndash; Volleyball"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080901214620/http://www.databaseolympics.com/games/gamessport.htm?g=23&sp=VOL |date=1 September 2008 }} ''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on 2 September 2008)</ref><ref name=db-ol-VOL1996>[http://www.databaseolympics.com/games/gamessport.htm?g=24&sp=VOL "1996 Summer Olympics &ndash; Atlanta, United States &ndash; Volleyball"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080901214852/http://www.databaseolympics.com/games/gamessport.htm?g=24&sp=VOL |date=1 September 2008 }} ''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on 2 September 2008)</ref><ref name=db-ol-VOL2000>[http://www.databaseolympics.com/games/gamessport.htm?g=25&sp=VOL "2000 Summer Olympics &ndash; Sydney, Australia &ndash; Volleyball"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080901215144/http://www.databaseolympics.com/games/gamessport.htm?g=25&sp=VOL |date=1 September 2008 }} ''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on 2 September 2008)</ref> As a setter, she was one of the key players in the dominance of the Cuban national team in the 1990s.<ref name="Oncuba">{{Cite web |url=https://oncubanews.com/deportes/marleny-costa-las-guapas-si-toman-sopa/ |website=Oncubanews.com |language=Spanish |title=Marleny Costa: Las guapas sí toman sopa |date=May 17, 2023 |last=Coll Untoria |first=Jorge Luis |access-date=August 21, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230610152459/https://oncubanews.com/deportes/marleny-costa-las-guapas-si-toman-sopa/ |archive-date=June 10, 2023 |url-status=live }}</ref> Due to her versatility, she was also an effective attacker.<ref name="NYT">{{Cite newspaper |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/09/29/sports/sydney-2000-volleyball-after-five-sets-russians-end-upstart-americans-run.html |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=29 September 2000 |title=Sydney 2000: Volleyball; After Five Sets, the Russians End the Upstart Americans' Run |last=Shaw |first=John |page=S7 |access-date=6 September 2024 }} {{subscription required}}</ref>

==World Cups and World Championships==

Costa won gold medals in the [[1991 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup|1991]], [[1995 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup|1995]], and [[1999 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup|1999 FIVB World Cups]] in Japan.<ref name="Oncuba" /> Costa also helped Cuba win the [[1994 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship|1994 FIVB World Championship]] in Brazil and the [[1998 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship|1998 FIVB World Championship]] in Japan.<ref name="Oncuba" /> 

==Pan American Games==

While representing Cuba, Costa also won gold medals in the [[1991 Pan American Games]] in Havana and the [[1995 Pan American Games]] in Mar del Plata, and won a silver medal in the [[1999 Pan American Games]] in Winnipeg.<ref name="Olympedia">{{Cite web |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/52178 |title=Marlenis Costa |website=Olympedia |access-date=September 12, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230906184519/https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/52178 |archive-date=September 6, 2023 |url-status=live }}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{sports links}}
* [https://women.volleybox.net/marlenys-costa-p4510 Volleybox.net profile]
* [https://podium.upr.edu.cu/index.php/podium/article/view/746/html Woman in Pinar del Río Volleyball] (in Spanish)

{{Cuba squad 1991 FIVB Women's World Cup}}
{{Cuba women's volleyball squad 1992 Summer Olympics}}
{{Cuba squad 1994 FIVB Women's World Championship}}
{{Cuba squad 1995 FIVB Women's World Cup}}
{{Cuba women's volleyball squad 1996 Summer Olympics}}
{{Cuba squad 1998 FIVB Women's World Championship}}
{{Cuba squad 1999 FIVB Women's World Cup}}
{{Cuba women's volleyball squad 2000 Summer Olympics}}
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[[Category:1973 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Cuban women's volleyball players]]
[[Category:Olympic volleyball players for Cuba]]
[[Category:Volleyball players at the 1992 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Volleyball players at the 1996 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Volleyball players at the 2000 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Olympic gold medalists for Cuba]]
[[Category:Olympic medalists in volleyball]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Pan American Games gold medalists in volleyball]]
[[Category:Pan American Games silver medalists in volleyball]]
[[Category:Pan American Games volleyball players for Cuba]]
[[Category:Pan American Games gold medalists for Cuba]]
[[Category:Pan American Games silver medalists for Cuba]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 1991 Pan American Games]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 1995 Pan American Games]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 1999 Pan American Games]]
[[Category:Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists for Cuba]]
[[Category:Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in volleyball]]