Rosa García

Rosa García
Personal information
Full nameRosa Gisella García Rivas
NicknameChina
Born (1964-05-21) 21 May 1964
Lima, Peru
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight69 kg (152 lb)
Volleyball information
PositionSetter
Number3
National team
1980–2000 Peru
Medal record
Women's volleyball
Representing  Peru
Olympic Games
1988 Seoul Team
World Championship
1982 Peru
1986 Czechoslovakia Team
Goodwill Games
1986 Moscow
Pan American Games
1987 Indianapolis Team
1983 Caracas Team
1991 Havana Team
CSV South American Championship
1983 São Paulo
1985 Caracas
1987 Punta del Este
1989 Curitiba
1993 Cusco
1981 Santo André
1991 São Paulo
1995 Porto Alegre
1997 Lima
1999 Valencia

Rosa Gisella García Rivas (born 21 May 1964), more commonly known as Rosa García, is a retired women's volleyball player from Peru who is a four-time Olympian. García was on the Peruvian national team that finished fourth at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, and was a silver medalist at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul.[1] She also was a member of the Peruvian team that won the silver medal in the 1982 FIVB World Championship in Peru.[2] She was a setter.[3]

García was the national flag bearer at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.[4]

References

  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Rosa García". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 3 December 2016. Retrieved 2 February 2009. Full name: Rosa Gisella García Rivas
  2. ^ "Rosa García". Olympedia. Archived from the original on 6 March 2023. Retrieved 21 September 2023.
  3. ^ "Rosa García". Volleybox.net. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
  4. ^ "Voleibolista Rosa García será abanderada de Perú en JJOO de Sydney". Terra (in Spanish). EFE. 25 August 2000. Archived from the original on 21 January 2001. Retrieved 31 December 2012.