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Nelly Barnet
Personal information
Full name	Nelly Barnet Wilson
Born	(1951-01-13) 13 January 1951 (age 73) Camagüey, Cuba
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Volleyball information
Number	10
National team
1967–1978  Cuba
Honours Women's volleyball Representing  Cuba World Championship 1978 Soviet Union FIVB World Cup 1977 Japan Pan American Games 1971 Cali Team 1975 Mexico City Team 1967 Winnipeg Team Central American and Caribbean Games 1974 Santo Domingo Team 1978 Medellín Team 1970 Panama City Team

Nelly Barnet (born 13 January 1951) is a Cuban former volleyball player and three-time Olympian. She competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, and the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. She won a gold medal with the Cuban team at the 1978 FIVB World Championship in the Soviet Union. She was known as a clutch player who would ask for the ball late in matches when they were close.

Barnet also won a bronze medal at the 1967 Pan American Games, and a gold medal at the 1971 and 1975 Pan American Games.

References

1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Nelly Barnet Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
2. ^ "Nelly Barnet". Olympedia. Archived from the original on 17 July 2023. Retrieved 11 September 2023.
3. rgevis (5 March 2014) . "1975 Pan Am Games". Volleyball Magazine. Archived from the original on 24 October 2021. Retrieved 15 September 2023.

External links

• Nelly Barnet Wilson at Olympics.com
• Nelly Barnet at Olympedia
• Volleybox.net profile

v t e Cuba squad – 1978 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship – Gold medal
Nelly Barnet Ana Díaz Erenia Díaz Ana María García Libertad González Mavis Guilarte Sirenia Martínez Mercedes Pérez Mercedes Pomares Imilsis Téllez Lucila Urgelles Maura Alfonso Coach: Eugenio George Lafita

• 1951 births
• Living people
• Cuban women's volleyball players
• Olympic volleyball players for Cuba
• Volleyball players at the 1972 Summer Olympics
• Volleyball players at the 1976 Summer Olympics
• Volleyball players at the 1980 Summer Olympics
• Pan American Games medalists in volleyball
• Pan American Games gold medalists for Cuba
• Pan American Games bronze medalists for Cuba
• Medalists at the 1967 Pan American Games
• Medalists at the 1971 Pan American Games
• Medalists at the 1975 Pan American Games
• 21st-century Cuban women
• 20th-century Cuban women
• 20th-century Cuban people
• Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists for Cuba
• Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in volleyball
• Central American and Caribbean Games silver medalists for Cuba