Mercedes Pomares
Mercedes Pomares was a Cuban volleyball player and three-time Olympian. She competed with the Cuba national team at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, and the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. Nicknamed "La Zurda de Majagua", she was a left-handed striker who was the captain of the Cuban team in the late 1970s.
Career
Pomares was part of the Cuba national team that won the silver medal at the 1977 FIVB World Cup in Japan and the gold medal at the 1978 FIVB World Championship in the Soviet Union. She was awarded as the "best attacker" in both tournaments.Pomares also won gold medals with the Cuban team at the 1971, 1975, 1979, and 1983 Pan American Games.