Yumilka Ruiz

Yumilka Daysi Ruíz Luaces (born 8 May 1978 in Camagüey) is a retired volleyball player from Cuba, who represented her native country in four consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1996.[1] She twice won a gold medal with the national team in 1996[2] and 2000;[3] she also claimed the bronze at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.[4]

Yumilka Ruíz
Personal information
Full name	Yumilka Ruíz Luaces
Nationality	Cuban
Born	8 May 1978 Camagüey, Cuba
Hometown	Camagüey
Height	179 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	62 kg (137 lb)
Spike	329 cm (130 in)
Block	315 cm (124 in)
Volleyball information
Position	Outside hitter
Honours Women's volleyball Representing  Cuba Olympic Games 1996 Atlanta Team 2000 Sydney Team 2004 Athens Team World Championship 1998 Japan Team World Cup 1999 Japan Team World Grand Champions Cup 1997 Japan Team World Grand Prix 2000 Manila Team 1997 Kobe Team 2008 Yokohama Team 1998 Hong Kong Team Pan American Games 2007 Rio de Janeiro Team 2003 Santo Domingo Team NORCECA Championship 2007 Winnipeg Team Pan-American Cup 2007 Colima Team Central American and Caribbean Games 2006 Cartagena Team
Last updated: October 2011

Career

She played the 2004/05 season with the Russian club Uralochka-NTMK, where she set the record of scoring 53 points in a single match.[5]

She retired in 2008 aged 30.[6] At 1.79m the outside hitter had a jumping power reaching 3.28m.

In August 2008 she was elected as a member of the International Olympic Committee by the 120th IOC Session.[7]

After three years of inactivity Ruiz made a comeback in 2012 to play in Russian League for Uralochka-NTMK Ekaterinburg and participated in the European Champions League.

Clubs

• Medinex Reggio Calabria (1996–2000)
• Ciudad Habana (2000–2006)
• Uralochka-NTMK (2004–2005)
• Camagüey (2006–2008)
• 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 – Runner-up, with Medinex Reggio Calabria
• 1999 Italian Cup – Runner-up, with Medinex Reggio Calabria
• 1998-99 Italian Championship – Runner-up, with Medinex Reggio Calabria
• 1999-00 Italian Championship – Runner-up, with Medinex Reggio Calabria
• 2000 Italian Cup – Champion, with Medinex Reggio Calabria
• 2000 Italian Super Cup – Champion, with Medinex Reggio Calabria
• 2000 CEV Cup – Champion, with Medinex Reggio Calabria
• 2004-05 Russian Super League – Champion, with Uralochka-NTMK

References

1. Yumilka Daysi Ruíz Luaces
2. "Cuba Wins Volleyball Gold". The Washington Post. Associated Press. 2000-08-13. Retrieved 2010-03-11.
3. CNN/Sports Illustrated. "Cuba women win third consecutive Olympic title". Retrieved 2010-03-11.
4. "Cuba wins women's volleyball bronze by beating Brazil". USA Today. Associated Press. 2004-08-29. Retrieved 2010-03-11.
5. "КУБИНСКИЙ КАРНАВАЛ В ПОДМОСКОВНОЙ ЛОБНЕ" [Cuban Carnival in the Moscow region] (in Russian). Sport-Express. 2005-02-19. Retrieved 2017-11-22.
6. Granma. "Yumilka Ruiz ratifica su retiro del deporte activo" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2010-02-21.
7. CCTV. "Four athletes elected to IOC Athletes´ Commission". Retrieved 2010-02-21.

External links

• Yumilka Ruiz at databaseOlympics.com (archived)
• FIVB profile
• Uralochka-NTMK profile
• Medinex profile
• Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Yumilka Ruiz". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2012-11-07.