Zoila Barros

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. She also participated in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.

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.

Club volleyball

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

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

External links

• Zoila Barros at FIVB.org World Grand Prix 2005