Taismary Agüero
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| Medal record | |||
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| Women’s Volleyball | |||
| Olympic Games | |||
Competitor for  Cuba |
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| Gold | 1996 Atlanta | Team | |
| Gold | 2000 Sydney | Team | |
| World Championships | |||
| Gold | 1998 Japan | Team | |
| Volleyball World Cup | |||
| Gold | 1995 Japan | Team | |
| Gold | 1999 Japan | Team | |
| European Championships | |||
Competitor for  Italy |
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| Gold | 2007 Belgium/Luxembourg | Team | |
| World Cup | |||
| Gold | 2007 Japan | Team | |
Taismary Agüero Leiva Botteghi (born March 5, 1977) is a Cuban-born Italian volleyball player.
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[edit] Life
Born in the province of Sancti Spiritus, when 8 year old she began to play volleyball; two years later she entered in the Cerro Pelado Training Center in Havana. In 1993 she won the junior women's volleyball world championship then she joined the senior national team. She didn't participate in the 1994 Volleyball World Championship but she won the gold medal at Atlanta two years later. In 1998 together with : Mireya Luis,Regla Bell, Ana Ivis Fernandez and Mirka Francia she won the 1998 World Championship in Japan. In 2000 she was a member of the Cuban Woman volleyball national team that won the gold medal at the Sydney. In the summer 2001 she left the Cuban National Team during a tournament in Swiss and applied for political asylum in Italy . The Fivb allowed her to play in Italy despite the opposition of Cuban volley federation and so she joined Sirio Perugia volleyball team where she had just played before during seasons 1998-1999 and 1999-2000. In the late 2006 she become an Italian citizen after marrying an Italian man. In summer 2007 she joined the Italian national team.
[edit] Career
Agüero had played for two season for Sirio Perugia from 1998 to 2000 then she played again for Sirio from 2001 to 2005. From 2005 to 2007 she has played for Asystel Novara. In season 2007/2008 she plays for Türk Telekom club in Ankara. Now Agüero both in club and in national team played as right hitters, while with the Cuban national teams she was setter/hitter.
[edit] Titles
In the 1993 junior championship she was named MVP, Best Setter and best server. In 1995 and 1997 she won the panamerican games with Cuba, and, in 1996 and 2000, the Summer Olympics games. She was Italian national champion in 2002/2003 and 2004/2005.
Playing for Italy, she has won the 2007 European Championship, where she was also declared Most Valuable Player.
She also won the 2007 Volleyball World Cup.
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Preceded by Fabiana Claudino |
World Grand Prix Best Spiker 2007 |
Succeeded by Incumbent |
Preceded by Ekaterina Gamova |
World Grand Prix Best Scorer 2007 |
Succeeded by Incumbent |
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