Nelly Barnet


Nelly Barnet is a Cuban former volleyball player and three-time Olympian. She competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, and the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. She won a gold medal with the Cuban team at the 1978 FIVB World Championship in the Soviet Union. She was known as a clutch player who would ask for the ball late in matches when they were close.
Barnet also won a bronze medal at the 1967 Pan American Games, and a gold medal at the 1971 and 1975 Pan American Games.