TEAM COMPOSITION

CUB / Cuba - Team Composition

Team manager	Olazabal Herrera Yoel
Head coach	Gala Rodriguez Juan Carlos
Assistant coach	Torres Herrera Regla
Doctor	Acosta Chacon Siggilfredo
Therapist / trainer	Valdes Torrens Tarik
Journalist	Izquierdo Valdes Luis Alberto

	No.	Name	Lastname	Shirt Name	Birthdate	Height	Weight	Spike	Block
	1	Wilma	Salas Rosell	Salas	09.03.1991	188	60	313	298
	2	Yanelis	Santos Allegne	Santos	30.03.1986	181	69	324	304
	3	Alena	Rojas Orta	Orta	09.08.1992	186	76	320	305
	4	Yoana	Palacio Mendoza	Palacios	06.10.1990	184	67	313	300
	5	Yunieska	Robles Batista	Robles	21.03.1993	185	67	308	285
	6	Daymara	Lescay Cajigal	Lescay	05.09.1992	184	72	308	290
	7	Yamila	Hernandez Santas	Santas	08.11.1992	182	69	301	285
L	8	Emily	Borrell Cruz	Borrell	19.02.1992	167	55	270	260
	9	Rachel	Sanchez Perez	Sanchez	09.01.1989	188	86	316	297
	10	Ana Lidia	Cleger Abel	Cleger	27.11.1989	183	69	300	285
	11	Liannes	Castañeda Simon	Simon	18.10.1986	188	70	325	320
	12	Dairilys Margarita	Cruz Perez	Cruz	12.09.1990	183	65	310	305
	13	Rosanna	Giel Ramos	Giel	10.06.1992	187	62	320	315
	14	Dayami	Sanchez Savon	Sanchez	14.03.1994	188	64	314	302
C	15	Yusidey	Silie Frometa	Silie	11.11.1984	183	80	316	300
L	16	Yaremis de la Caridad	Mendaro Leyva	Mendaro	21.04.1994	187	71	310	300
	17	Gyselle de la Caridad	Silva Franco	Silva	29.10.1991	184	70	302	295
	18	Sulian	Matienzo Linares	Matienzo	14.12.1994	178	67	318	314
	19	Jennifer Yanet	Alvarez Hernandez	Alvarez	19.11.1993	184	72	310	294
	20	Heydi	Rodríguez López	Rodriguez	24.06.1993	184	74	310	305

C=Captain L=Libero

Team profile

Although 2011 was not a very happy year for Cuba on a global scale, it is hoped they can turn it around for 2012.

Cuba’s glory days were in the 90s when the women’s team became world champions in 1994 and 1998 - in addition to Olympic Games titles in 1992, 1996 and 2000 - at the same time their men’s counterparts were also finishing on the podium.

At the World Championship in 2002 and 2006 Cuba finished fifth and seventh. Now, under the tutelage of new coach Juan Carlos Gala and with the wise advice of legendary players such as Eugenio George and Regla Torres, their goal is to improve on their 2006 seventh- place finish.

Coach profile

Juan Carlos Gala became coach of Cuba in 2010, with his first competitive match coming at the International Invitational Tournament in China.

Total dedication, theoretical and practical training are just three ways in which he hopes Cuba will reach their goal of a place in the finals