Iván Ruiz

{{short description|Cuban volleyball player}}

{{use dmy dates|date=October 2023}}

{{Infobox volleyball biography

| name = Iván Benito Ruíz Cuesta

| fullname = Iván Benito Ruiz Cuesta

| height = 1.95 m

| birth_date = {{birth_date and age|1977|3|26|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Camagüey, Cuba

| death_date =

| death_place =

| image = Ivan Benito Ruiz.jpg

| position = Outside hitter

| teamnumber = 6

| nationalyears = 1997–2002

| nationalteam = {{vb|CUB}}

| medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Men's volleyball}}

{{MedalCountry | {{CUB}} }}

{{MedalCompetition|World League}}

{{MedalGold|1998 Milan|}}

{{MedalSilver|1997 Moscow|}}

{{MedalSilver|1999 Mar del Plata|}}

{{MedalCompetition|World Grand Champions Cup}}

{{MedalGold| 2001 Japan |Team}}

{{MedalBronze|1997 Japan|}}

{{MedalCompetition|Pan American Games|Pan American Games}}

{{MedalGold | 1999 Winnipeg | Team }}

{{MedalCompetition | Central American and Caribbean Games }}

{{MedalGold|1998 Maracaibo|Team}}

}}

Iván Benito Ruiz Cuesta (born 26 March 1977), more commonly known as Iván Ruiz, is a retired volleyball player from Cuba. A one-time Olympian (2000), he played as an outside hitter and won a gold medal with the Cuban men's national volleyball team at the 1999 Pan American Games in Winnipeg.{{Cite web |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/94487 |website=Olympedia |title=Iván Ruiz |access-date=19 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230306220219/https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/94487 |archive-date=6 March 2023 |url-status=live }} He also helped Cuba win the gold medal at the 2001 World Grand Champions Cup in Japan.{{Cite web |url=https://volleybox.net/ivan-ruiz-p298/indoor_tournaments |website=Volleybox.net |title=Player tournaments |access-date=19 October 2023 }}