Zoila Barros

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Barros and the second or maternal family name is Fernández.

Zoila Barros Fernández (born 6 August 1976) is a Cuban former volleyball player and three-time Olympian. As a middle blocker, she played for the Cuban women's national volleyball team, helping the team win the gold medal in the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney and the bronze medal in the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.^[1] She also participated in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.^[1]

Zoila Barros
Personal information
Full name	Zoila Barros Fernández
Born	(1976-08-06) 6 August 1976 (age 48) Havana, Cuba
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	76 kg (168 lb)
Spike	328 cm (129 in)
Block	312 cm (123 in)
Volleyball information
Position	Middle blocker
Number	18
National team
1998–2008  Cuba
Honours Women's volleyball Representing  Cuba Olympic Games 2000 Sydney Team 2004 Athens Team FIVB World Grand Prix 2008 Yokohama Team Pan American Games 2007 Rio de Janeiro Team 2003 Santo Domingo Team NORCECA Championship 2007 Winnipeg Team 2005 Port of Spain Team Pan-American Cup 2007 Colima Team Central American and Caribbean Games 1993 Ponce Team 2006 Cartagena Team

Barros was named Best Spiker at the 2005 Women's NORCECA Volleyball Championship in Port of Spain, where Cuba was defeated in the final by title defender United States.^[2]

Club volleyball

Barros played for the Italian club Medinex Reggio di Calabria for the 1998–99 season.^[3] She played with the Russian club Uralochka-NTMK for the 2004–05 season.^[4]

Clubs

• Ciudad Deportiva La Habana (1998)
• Medinex Reggio di Calabria (1998-1999)
• Ciudad Deportiva La Habana (1999-2004)
• Uralochka-NTMK (2004–2005)
• Dinamo Moscow (2005–2006)
• Ciudad Deportiva La Habana (2002)

Awards

Individual

• 2001 FIVB World Grand Prix "Best Server"
• 2003 Pan-American Cup "Best Server"
• 2003 FIVB World Cup "Best Server"
• 2003 NORCECA Championship "Best Server"
• 2004 Pan-American Cup "Most Valuable Player"
• 2004 Pan-American Cup "Best Server"
• 2004 Olympic Games "Best Server"
• 2005 NORCECA Championship "Best Spiker"

References

1. Coll Untoria, Jorge Luis (3 August 2023). "Los milagros de Zoila Barros". Oncubanews.com (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 3 August 2023. Retrieved 24 August 2023.
2. "Nancy Metcalf fue JMV en Continental de Norceca". NORCECA (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 24 June 2008. Retrieved 17 July 2010.
3. "Zoila Barros" (in Italian). Lega Pallavolo Serie A Femminile. Archived from the original on 3 September 2023. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
4. "КУБИНСКИЙ КАРНАВАЛ В ПОДМОСКОВНОЙ ЛОБНЕ" [Cuban Carnival in the Moscow region] (in Russian). Sport-Express. 19 February 2005. Archived from the original on 16 April 2023. Retrieved 22 November 2017.

External links

• Zoila Barros at FIVB.org World Grand Prix 2005
• Zoila Barros at the European Volleyball Confederation
• Zoila Barros at Lega Pallavolo Serie A Femminile (in Italian)
• Zoila Barros at Olympics.com
• Zoila Barros at Olympedia

Awards
Preceded by Érika Coimbra	Best Server of FIVB World Grand Prix 2001	Succeeded by Yang Hao