Yumilka Ruiz
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Yumilka Daysi Ruíz Luaces (born 8 May 1978) is a Cuban retired volleyball player who represented her native country in four consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1996.[1] She won Olympic gold medals with the national team in 1996[2] and 2000.[3] She also claimed the bronze at the 2004 Olympics.[4] As an outside hitter, she was integral to the dominance of the Cuban team in the late 1990s and early 2000s.[5]
In 2023, Ruíz was inducted into the International Volleyball Hall of Fame.[1][5]
Club volleyball
Ruíz played the 2004–05 season with the Russian club Uralochka-NTMK, where she set the record of scoring 53 points in a single match and led her team to the championship title.[6][1]
Ruíz retired in 2008 at age 30.[7] At Script error: No such module "convert"., she had a jump reach of Script error: No such module "convert". at the peak of her career.[8]
After three years of inactivity, Ruíz made a comeback in 2012 to play in Russian League for Uralochka-NTMK Ekaterinburg, and participated in the European Champions League.[9] She retired in 2014.[5]
International Olympic Committee
In August 2008, Ruíz was elected to an eight-year term to the Athletes' Commission of the International Olympic Committee by athletes that cast votes.[10]
Clubs
- Template:Flagicon Medinex Reggio Calabria (1996–2000)
- Template:Flagicon Ciudad Habana (2000–2006)
- Template:Flagicon Uralochka-NTMK (2004–2005)
- Template:Flagicon Camagüey (2006–2008)
- Template:Flagicon Uralochka-NTMK (2012–2014)
Awards
Individuals
- 2002 Pan-American Cup "Most Valuable Player"
- 2002 World Championship "Best Scorer"
- 2003 NORCECA Championship "Most Valuable Player"
- 2004 FIVB World Grand Prix "Best Spiker"
- 2005 Pan-American Cup "Best Spiker"
- 2004-2005 Russian Super League "Most Valuable Player"
Clubs
- 1998 CEV Cup – File:Gorm silver cup.jpg Runner-up, with Medinex Reggio Calabria
- 1999 Italian Cup – File:Gorm silver cup.jpg Runner-up, with Medinex Reggio Calabria
- 1998-99 Italian Championship – File:Gorm silver cup.jpg Runner-up, with Medinex Reggio Calabria
- 1999-00 Italian Championship – File:Gorm silver cup.jpg Runner-up, with Medinex Reggio Calabria
- 2000 Italian Cup – File:Coccarda Coppa Italia.svg Champion, with Medinex Reggio Calabria
- 2000 Italian Super Cup – File:Simple cup icon.svg Champion, with Medinex Reggio Calabria
- 2000 CEV Cup – File:Simple cup icon.svg Champion, with Medinex Reggio Calabria
- 2004-05 Russian Super League – File:Simple cup icon.svg Champion, with Uralochka-NTMK
References
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External links
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- Uralochka-NTMK profile (archived)
- Medinex profile (archived)
- Yumilka Ruiz on the battle for volleyball gold at Sydney (interview)
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- 1978 births
- Living people
- Cuban women's volleyball players
- Volleyball players at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Volleyball players at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Volleyball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Volleyball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists for Cuba
- Olympic bronze medalists for Cuba
- Olympic volleyball players for Cuba
- Olympic medalists in volleyball
- Volleyball players at the 2003 Pan American Games
- Volleyball players at the 2007 Pan American Games
- Pan American Games silver medalists for Cuba
- Pan American Games gold medalists for Cuba
- Volleyball players from Havana
- Cuban International Olympic Committee members
- Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Pan American Games gold medalists in volleyball
- Pan American Games silver medalists in volleyball
- Pan American Games volleyball players for Cuba
- Central American and Caribbean Games silver medalists for Cuba
- Competitors at the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games
- Outside hitters
- Cuban expatriate sportspeople in Russia
- Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in volleyball
- Cuban expatriate volleyball players in Italy
- Expatriate volleyball players in Russia
- Medalists at the 2003 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 2007 Pan American Games
- Sportspeople from Camagüey
- 21st-century Cuban sportswomen
- 20th-century Cuban sportswomen
- Competitors at the 1994 Goodwill Games