Rolando Meriño

Rolando Meriño Betancourt (born 17 February 1971) is a Cuban former professional baseball catcher. He won silver medals at the 2000 and 2008 Summer Olympics.

Career Meriño was born on 17 February 1971 in the Santiago de Cuba Province. He made his Cuban National Series debut in 1991 playing for Santiago de Cuba and last played for the team during the 2011–12 season.

He was part of the Cuban teams that won silver medals at the 2000 and 2008 Summer Olympics and a gold medal at the 2001 Baseball World Cup.

Meriño defected in 2013 and moved to France, where he joined the Templiers de Sénart; in 2014, he acted as player-manager for the club. He represented Spain at the 2017 World Baseball Classic qualification, where the team failed to qualify to the main tournament.

Personal life Meriño lives in the United States. His son, Patrick, is also a baseball player and was part of the Tampa Bay Rays organization from 2019 to 2022 and previously played for Santiago de Cuba during the 2017–18 Cuban National Series season.