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Regla Torres

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Regla Torres, born Regla Torres Herrera on 12 February 1975 in Havana, is a Cuban former volleyball player who won three Olympic gold medals with the Cuban women's national team. A middle blocker, she joined the national team in 1989 and was a key player in the Cuban dominance of the 1990s, winning Olympic gold in 1992, 1996 and 2000 and being chosen best spiker at the Sydney Games. She also won two Pan American Games golds, two World Cups and the World Championships of 1994 and 1998, where she was most valuable player both times. In 2001 the FIVB named her Best Player of the 20th Century and she was inducted into the International Volleyball Hall of Fame.

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1975 1
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Female 1
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    born 12 February 1975
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    Since she was a young girl, Torres was encouraged by teachers to play sports due to her height
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    is a Cuban former volleyball player
  • Competed In: 1992 Summer Olympics, Career
    Torres won her first Olympic gold medal in 1992 in Barcelona
  • Competed In: 1996 Summer Olympics, Career
    additional gold medals at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta and the 2000 Olympics in Sydney
  • Competed In: 2000 Summer Olympics, Career
    additional gold medals at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta and the 2000 Olympics in Sydney
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