Mercedes Pomares

Mercedes Pomares (9 April 1954 – 6 August 2024) was a Cuban volleyball player and three-time Olympian. She competed with the Cuba national team at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, and the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. Nicknamed "La Zurda de Majagua" ("The Lefty of Majagua"), she was a left-handed striker who was the captain of the Cuban team in the late 1970s. She was awarded as the "best attacker" in both tournaments.

Pomares also won gold medals with the Cuban team at the 1971, 1975, 1979, and 1983 Pan American Games.

Personal life and death Pomares enjoyed listening to the music of Bob Marley.