Tania Ortiz

Tania Ortiz
Personal information
Full nameTania Ortiz Calvo
Born (1965-10-30) 30 October 1965
Vertientes, Camagüey Province, Cuba
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Volleyball information
PositionSetter
Number1
National team
1985–1994 Cuba
Honours
Women's volleyball
Representing  Cuba
Olympic Games
1992 Barcelona Team
World Championship
1994 Brazil Team
1986 Czechoslovakia Team
FIVB World Cup
1989 Japan
1991 Japan
1985 Japan
FIVB World Grand Prix
1993 Hong Kong
1994 Shanghai
World Grand Champions Cup
1993 Japan
Pan American Games
1991 Havana Team
Central American and Caribbean Games
1986 Santiago de los Caballeros Team
1990 Mexico City Team

Tania Ortiz Calvo (born 30 October 1965), also known as Tania Ortiz, is a former volleyball player who played for the Cuban women's national volleyball team and won a gold medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona.[1][2] She was a setter.[3]

World Championships

Ortiz also helped the Cuban national team win the silver medal at the 1986 FIVB World Championship in Czechoslovakia and the gold medal at the 1994 FIVB World Championship in Brazil, where they did not lose a set in the entire tournament.[1][3]

World Cups

Ortiz won a silver medal at the 1985 FIVB World Cup in Japan, and gold medals at the 1989 and 1991 FIVB World Cups in Japan.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b "Tania Ortiz". Olympedia. Archived from the original on 21 January 2023. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
  2. ^ "Tania Ortiz Calvo". Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
  3. ^ a b c Coll Untoria, Jorge Luis (27 February 2021). "Tania Ortiz: A las Morenas las valora más la gente (+Video)". Cubadebate.cu (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 20 April 2021. Retrieved 21 October 2023.
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