Alaín Roca (born 7 September 1976) is a former volleyball player from Cuba. A two-time Olympian, he competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta and the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney with the Cuban men's national volleyball team.[1][2]
| Alaín Roca | |||
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.jpg) Roca in 2011 | |||
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Alaín Addys Roca Borrero | ||
| Born | 7 September 1976 Havana, Cuba | ||
| Height | 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) | ||
| Volleyball information | |||
| Position | Setter | ||
| Number | 13 | ||
| National team | |||
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Roca was honoured as "best setter" at the 2001 FIVB Grand Champions Cup in Japan, where he won a gold medal, and at the 2001 America's Cup in Buenos Aires, where he won a silver medal.[3]
Honours
edit- 1995: Start in the National Team of Cuba
- Preolympic Games – Calgary, Canada (gold medal)
- 1996: World League – Rotterdam, Holland (4th place) and "Best Service"
- Olympic Games – Atlanta, USA (6th place)
- 1997: World League – Moscow, Russia (silver medal)
- World Grand Champions Cup – Japan (bronze medal)
- Norceca Championship – Puerto Rico (gold medal)
- 1998: World League – Milan, Italy (gold medal)
- World Champion – Japan (bronze medal) and "2nd Best Receiver"
- Season 98–99 Cuneo, Italy (4th place)
- Italy Cup – (gold medal) and "Record Speed Service"
- Cope delle Coppe Europe – (silver medal)
- Central American Games – Maracaibo, Venezuela (gold medal)
- America Cup – Argentina (bronze medal)
- Norceca Championship – Monterrey, Mexico (silver medal)
- 1999: World League – Argentina (silver medal)
- World Cup – Japan (silver medal)
- Season 99–00 Montichiari, Italy
- Italy Cup – (silver medal)
- America Cup – Tampa; Orlando, USA (bronze medal)
- 2000: America Cup – São Paulo, Brazil (gold medal)
- Olympic Games – Sydney, Australia (7th place)
- 2001: Norceca Championship – Barbados (gold medal) "Best Setter" and "Best Service"
- America Cup – Argentina (silver medal) and "Best Setter"
- World Grand Champions Cup – Japan (gold medal) and "Best Setter"
- 2002: World League Participation – National Team of Cuba
- 2007-2008: Tigre Unisul, Brazil
- Minero Championship (silver medal)
- Santa Catarina State Championship (gold medal)
- Super League (4th place)
- 2008-2009: Tigre Unisul, Brazil
- Santa Catarina State Championship (silver medal)
- Super League (4th place)
- 2009-2010: Pinheiros-SKY, Brazil
- Super League (bronze medal)
- 2010-2011: Halkbank Sport Club, Ankara-Turkey
- Turkey Championship (third place)
- 2011: August to 30 December: Top Volley Andreoli Latina, Italy
- "All Star Volley" Marcelo Gabana in Memorial
- 2012: 31 December to 30 April: Ural-Ufa Volley, Russia
- Russia Championship (5th place)
- 2012-2013: Club Fakel Novy Urengoy- Russia
- Siberian Cup (bronze medal)
- Russia Championship (5th place)
- Individual Titles: Best Service- World League 1996 (Rotterdam, Holland)
- 2nd Best Reception – World Cup 1998 (Japan)
- Record Speed Service (117 km/h) – Italy Cup 1999 (Rome, Italy)
- Best Setter – Championship Norceca 2001 (Barbados)
- Best Service – Championship Norceca 2001 (Barbados)
- Best Setter – America Cup 2001 (Argentina)
- Best setter – World Grand Championship Cup 2001 (Japan)
- "All Star Volley" Marcelo Gabana in Memorial 2011 (Monza, Italy)
References
edit- ^ "Alaín Roca". Olympedia. Archived from the original on 6 October 2023. Retrieved 29 October 2023.
- ^ "Alain Roca". Sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
- ^ "Individual awards". Volleybox.net. Retrieved 29 October 2023.
External links
edit- Alain Roca at the European Volleyball Confederation
- Alain Roca at WorldofVolley
- Alain Roca at Lega Pallavolo Serie A (in Italian)
- Alain Roca at Olympedia
- Volleybox.net profile
- FIVB profile
- Alain Roca website (archived)
