Yumilka Ruiz


Yumilka Daysi Ruíz Luaces is a retired volleyball player from Cuba, who represented her native country in four consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1996. She twice won a gold medal with the national team in 1996 and 2000; she also claimed the bronze at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.

Career

She played the 2004/05 season with the Russian club Uralochka-NTMK, where she set the record of scoring 53 points in a single match.
She retired in 2008 aged 30. At 1.79m the outside hitter had a jumping power reaching 3.28m.
In August 2008 she was elected as a member of the International Olympic Committee by the 120th IOC Session.
After three years of inactivity Ruiz made a comeback in 2012 to play in Russian League for Uralochka-NTMK Ekaterinburg and participated in the European Champions League.

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