Mercedes Pomares

Mercedes Pomares (born 9 April 1954) is a Cuban former volleyball player and three-time Olympian. She competed with the Cuban women's national volleyball 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.

Pomares was part of the Cuban national team that won the silver medal at the 1977 FIVB World Cup in Japan and the gold medal at the 1978 FIVB World Championship in the Soviet Union.

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

Personal life
Pomares enjoys listening to the music of Bob Marley.