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Regla Torres

Hobbies

Early Life

Olympic Games and Medals

Olympic games

One of her hobbies is reading books.She likes doing this in her free time.Her favorite books to read are action books.Another of her hobbies is to play volleyball because it is a good sport and she loves playing it.That's why she plays volleyball in the Olympics.Her last hobby that she likes is traveling to different places in the world.Regla likes to see new things.It is good that she is in the olympics because she gets to travel to different places

Regla Torres was born on February 12, 1975 in Santa Clara, Cuba.She lived with her parents in a house.When she was 5 she did not like to play sports,but when she turned 8 she began to like a sport.That sport was volleyball. Also at age 8 she started going to a Havana sports school so she could train for volleyball.At age 16 she was chosen for the Cuban National team and participated in the Pan-American Games in the year of 1991.

Barcelona Olympics

When Regla Torres was 17 she won her first medal playing with the Cuban National team.She became the youngest olympic gold medal winner at the Barcelona Olympics.In the Atlanta Olympics she also won a gold medal in 1996 when she was 21.Her last olympic game that she played in was the Sydney Olympics.Regla Torres was 25 and the year was 2000 when she played in the Sydney Olympics.

1992 age 17

Atlanta Olympics

1996 age 21

Sydney Olympics

2000 age 25

Plays Volleyball

Facts

Competitions

Age: 40

Height:6'4"

Weight:165 lbs

Hometown:Havana

Regla plays volleyball indoors. This type of volleyball is called indoor volleyball.She is a middle blocker and a hitter.Regla Torres has devoted her life to volleyball playing no other sport.

Do I Enjoy Volleyball

Family

I do enjoy volleyball even though I don't play it that often.I wouldn't want to be playing it each and every day because it might make me tired and after hitting the volleyball so much the volleyball might hurt my hands.

Regla Torres has only one son named Elian who she raised on her own.She took very good care of her son.

Her mom and dad are her favorite people in the world.They helped her become a good volleyball player

Olympic Games:

Year: Game: Medal: Age:

1992 Barcelona Gold 17

1996 Atlanta Gold 21

2000 Sydney Gold 25

World Championships:

1994 Brazil Gold 19

1998 Japan Gold 23

World Grand Championship Cup:

1993 Japan Gold 18

FIVB World Cup:

1989 Japan Gold 14

1991 Japan Gold 16

1995 Japan Gold 20

FIVB World Grand Prix:

1993 Hong Kong Gold 18

1994 Shanghai Silver 19

1995 Shanghai Bronze 20

1998 Hong Kong Bronze 23

2000 Manila Gold 25

Training

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Any questions?

Will she be competing in a sport sooner or later

Regla Torres will not be competing in different events within a sport because she is retired and is now an assistant volleyball coach and is helping Juan Carlos Gala with his team.

Interview with Regla Torres

Each day on Wednesday she spends 1 hour and 30 minutes but each day on Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday,and Saturday she spends 3 hours and 30 minutes training.Each week she takes 22 hours and 30 minutes.

Sunday: 3pm-5:30pm

Monday: 3pm-5:30pm

Tuesday: 3pm-5:30pm

Wednesday: 3pm-4:30pm

Thursday: 3pm-5:30pm

Friday: 3pm-5:30pm

Saturday:3pm-5:30pm

Do you enjoy your career?

Yes,I really like it and I have been playing it since I was 8.

Do you like competing in the Olympics?

Yes,I do like competing in the olympics even though there is a lot of people staring at you.

What is your favorite color?

Retired

My favorite color is blue because it is the color of the ocean.Now can I ask you a question?

Sure.

Do you like to play volleyball and would you like to join my team?

Regla retired when she was 30.She is now helping Juan Carlos Gala with his team.She is helping him with girls that are also learning how to play volleyball.

I like volleyball but I would not like to be in your team because being on a team and then playing in the olympics in front of a lot of people is just not for me.

This is Regla Torres when she retired

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