Marlenis Costa

Marlenis Costa
portrait
Date of birth	July 30, 1973
place of birth	La Palma , Cuba
size	1.77 m
position	passing
societies
1998-1999 1999-2000	Foppapedretti Bergamo Pallavolo Reggio Calabria
National team
1991-2000	Cuban national team
successes
1992 1994 1996 1998 1999 1999 2000 2000 2000	Barcelona Olympic champion world champion in Brazil Olympic champion Atlanta World Champion in Japan Italian champion winner Champions League Italian Cup winner champion CEV Cup Olympic champion Sydney
As of May 5, 2020

Marlenis Costa Blanco (born July 30, 1973 in La Palma ) is a Cuban national volleyball player .

Costa won gold medals with the Cuban national team three times in a row at the Olympic Games in 1992, 1996 and 2000. In addition, there were two gold medals at the World Championships in 1994 and 1998 and numerous victories at the Volleyball World Grand Prix .

From 1998 to 2000 Costa played in Italy. In 1999 she won the Italian championship and the Champions League with Foppapedretti Bergamo . A year later she won the national cup and the CEV cup with Pallavolo Reggio Calabria .

Web links

• Marlenis Costa in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Profile at the Italian Volleyball League (Italian)
• Profile at the European Volleyball Federation CEV (English)