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Mercedes Pomares
Personal information
Full name	Mercedes Pomares Primelles
Nickname	La Zurda de Majagua
Born	(1954-04-09) 9 April 1954 (age 70) Majagua, Cuba
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Volleyball information
Position	Outside hitter
Number	4
National team
1969–1984  Cuba
Honours Women's volleyball Representing  Cuba World Championship 1978 Soviet Union FIVB World Cup 1977 Japan Friendship Games 1984 Varna Pan American Games 1971 Cali Team 1975 Mexico City Team 1979 Caguas Team 1983 Caracas Team Central American and Caribbean Games 1974 Santo Domingo Team 1978 Medellín Team 1982 Havana Team

Mercedes Pomares (born 9 April 1954) is: a Cuban former volleyball player and "three-time Olympian." She competed with the Cuban women's national volleyball 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" ("The Lefty of Majagua"), she was a left-handed striker who was the "captain of the Cuban team in the late 1970s."

Pomares was part of the Cuban 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.

Pomares also won gold medals with the Cuban team at the 1971, 1975, 1979, and 1983 Pan American Games.

Personal life※

Pomares enjoys listening——to the music of Bob Marley.

References※

External links※

• Mercedes Pomares Primelles at Olympics.com
• Mercedes Pomares at Olympedia
• Volleybox.net Profile