Abel Sarmientos
{{Short description|Cuban volleyball player (1962–2024)}}
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| fullname = Abel Sarmientos Bios
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| birth_date = {{birth date|1962|07|22|df=y}}
| birth_place = Camagüey, Cuba
| death_date = {{death date and age|2024|07|12|1962|07|22|df=y}}
| death_place = Havana, Cuba
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| height = {{convert|1.97|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}}
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| position = Outside hitter
| teamnumber = 10
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| nationalyears = 1981–1995
| nationalteam = {{flagicon|Cuba}} Cuba
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{{MedalSport | Men's volleyball}}
{{MedalCountry | {{CUB}} }}
{{MedalCompetition|World Championship}}
{{MedalSilver|1990 Brazil|Team}}
{{MedalCompetition|FIVB World Cup}}
{{MedalGold | 1989 Japan |}}
{{MedalSilver | 1981 Japan |}}
{{MedalSilver | 1991 Japan |}}
{{MedalCompetition|Goodwill Games}}
{{MedalBronze| 1990 Seattle|}}
{{MedalCompetition|Friendship Games}}
{{Medal|Silver|1984 Havana|}}
{{Medal|Competition|Pan American Games}}
{{MedalSilver|1983 Caracas|Team}}
{{MedalSilver|1987 Indianapolis|Team}}
{{MedalBronze|1995 Mar del Plata|Team}}
{{MedalCompetition | Central American and Caribbean Games }}
{{MedalGold|1982 Havana|Team}}
{{MedalGold|1993 Ponce|Team}}
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Abel Sarmientos (22 July 1962 – 12 July 2024) was a Cuban volleyball player. He was part of the Cuban men's national volleyball team at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. He helped the Cuban team win the gold medal at the 1989 FIVB World Cup in Japan and the silver medal at the 1990 FIVB World Championship in Brazil.
Personal life and death
Sarmientos was born on 22 July 1962.{{cite web |title=Abel Sarmientos Bios |url=https://olympics.com/en/athletes/abel-sarmientos-bios |website=Olympics.com |access-date=25 January 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210710033414/https://olympics.com/en/athletes/abel-sarmientos-bios |archive-date=10 July 2021 |url-status=live }} His older brother, Victoriano, also played on the Cuban national team.{{Cite web |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/52235 |title=Abel Sarmientos |website=Olympedia |access-date=18 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230306220052/https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/52235 |archive-date=6 March 2023 |url-status=live }}
Sarmientos died in Havana on 12 July 2024, at the age of 61.{{Cite news |url=https://oncubanews.com/deportes/fallecio-abel-sarmientos-destacado-exmiembro-de-la-seleccion-cubana-de-voleibol/ |title=Falleció Abel Sarmientos, destacado exmiembro de la selección cubana de voleibol |date=13 July 2024 |work=Oncubanews.com |language=es |access-date=13 July 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240713172942/https://oncubanews.com/deportes/fallecio-abel-sarmientos-destacado-exmiembro-de-la-seleccion-cubana-de-voleibol/ |archive-date=13 July 2024 |url-status=live }}
References
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External links
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- [https://volleybox.net/abel-sarmientos-p25727 Volleybox.net profile]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20220912111559/https://www.trabajadores.cu/20220912/abel-sarmientos-cuando-la-vida-quema/ Abel Sarmientos Trabajadores.cu interview] (in Spanish) (archived)
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Category:Cuban men's volleyball players
Category:Volleyball players at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic volleyball players for Cuba
Category:Pan American Games silver medalists in volleyball
Category:Pan American Games bronze medalists in volleyball
Category:Pan American Games silver medalists for Cuba
Category:Pan American Games bronze medalists for Cuba
Category:Medalists at the 1983 Pan American Games
Category:Medalists at the 1987 Pan American Games
Category:Medalists at the 1995 Pan American Games
Category:Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists for Cuba
Category:Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in volleyball