Raisa O'Farrill Bolanos

Raisa O'Farrill Bolaños (17 April 1972 – 30 May 2023)[1] was a Cuban female volleyball player and two-time Olympian. She helped the Cuban women's national volleyball team win gold medals at the 1992 and 1996 Summer Olympics.[2][3]

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is O'Farrill and the second or maternal family name is Bolaños.
Raisa O'Farrill Bolaños
Personal information
NationalityCuban
Born(1972-04-17)17 April 1972
Villa Clara, Cuba
Died30 May 2023(2023-05-30) (aged 51)
Havana, Cuba
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Volleyball information
Number6
Career
YearsTeams
1994Villa Clara
National team
1992-1996Cuba Cuba
Honours
Women’s volleyball
Representing  Cuba
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place1992 BarcelonaTeam
Gold medal – first place1996 AtlantaTeam
World Championship
Gold medal – first place 1994 Brazil Team
FIVB World Cup
Gold medal – first place1995 JapanTeam
Central American and Caribbean Games
Gold medal – first place1993 PonceTeam

O'Farrill also won a gold medal at the 1994 FIVB World Championship in Brazil.[4] On club level she played with Villa Clara.[5]

Teaching

After her retirement from volleyball, O'Farill was a professor at the Manuel Fajardo University of Cuban Sports.[6]

Death

O'Farrill died on 30 May 2023, at the age of 51, after a battle with cancer.[2][3]

Clubs
  • Villa Clara (1994)

Awards
  • Two-time Olympic gold medal 1992, 1996
  • FIVB World Championship gold medal 1994
  • FIVB World Cup gold medal 1995

References
  1. "Raisa O'Farrill". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 28 February 2017.
  2. "Pallavolo Lutto – E' morta a 51 anni la due volte campionessa olimpica Raisa O'Farrill". Ivolleymagazine.it (in Italian). 30 May 2023. Archived from the original on 25 June 2023. Retrieved 19 August 2023.
  3. Coll Untoria, Jorge Luis (30 May 2023). "Raiza O'Farrill, con las cuatro letras en el pecho". Oncubanews.com (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 30 May 2023. Retrieved 19 August 2023.
  4. Krastev, Todor. "Women Volleyball XIII World Championship 1994 - Teams Composition. - Cuba". Todor66.com. Archived from the original on 12 August 2023. Retrieved 29 November 2015.
  5. "Raisa O'Farrill". Olympedia. Archived from the original on 11 April 2023. Retrieved 19 August 2023.
  6. Garcia, Juan M. (17 December 2021). "Cuban Sports University pays tribute to educators". Prensa Latina. Archived from the original on 29 May 2023. Retrieved 22 August 2023.
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