Ramón Gato (born 16 November 1973) is a Cuban former volleyball player who played for the Cuban men's national volleyball team. Gato competed with the national team at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, finishing seventh.[1] He won bronze medals with the Cuban team at the 1995 Pan American Games in Mar del Plata and the 1998 FIVB World Championship in Japan.[2]
| Ramón Gato | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Ramón Ismael Gato Moya | ||
| Born | 16 November 1973 Camagüey, Cuba | ||
| Height | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||
| Weight | 80 kg (176 lb) | ||
| Volleyball information | |||
| Position | Outside hitter | ||
| Number | 12 | ||
| National team | |||
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2001 Defection
editIn 2001, Gato was one of six players on the Cuban men's national volleyball team to leave a hotel they stayed at in Flanders for a tournament, and from there rode a train to Italy for political asylum.[3] The other players were Leonel Marshall, Jorge Luis Hernández, Ihosvany Hernández, Ángel Dennis, and Yasser Romero.[3] Once they were granted asylum in Italy, this group was referred to as "the defectors".[3]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Cuban volleyball team at the 2000 Summer Olympics". Sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 6 October 2015.
- ^ "Ramón Gato". Olympedia. Archived from the original on 6 March 2023. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
- ^ a b c "The Defectors a Decade Later". Volleywood.net. 30 December 2011. Archived from the original on 8 March 2016. Retrieved 5 October 2023.
External links
edit- Ramón Gato at the European Volleyball Confederation
- Ramón Gato at WorldofVolley
- Ramón Gato at Lega Pallavolo Serie A (in Italian)
- Ramón Gato at Olympedia
- Volleybox.net profile
- Profile at Sports-reference.com (archived)
