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Raúl Diago
Personal information
Full name	Raúl Diago Izquierdo
Born	(1967-08-01) 1 August 1967 (age 57) Matanzas, Cuba
Height	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight	80 kg (176 lb)
Volleyball information
Position	Setter
Number	9
Career
Teams Matanzas
National team
1987–2001  Cuba
Honours Men's volleyball Representing  Cuba World Championship 1990 Brazil Team 1998 Japan Team FIVB World Cup 1989 Japan 1991 Japan World League 1998 Milan 1992 Genoa 1994 Milan 1997 Moscow 1999 Mar del Plata World Grand Champions Cup 1997 Japan Goodwill Games 1990 Seattle Pan American Games 1991 Havana Team 1999 Winnipeg Team 1987 Indianapolis Team 1995 Mar de Plata Team Central American and Caribbean Games 1998 Maracaibo Team

Raúl Diago Izquierdo (born 1 August 1967), more commonly known as Raúl Diago, is a retired volleyball player from Cuba. A three-time Olympian (1992, 1996, and 2000), he was honoured as the "best setter" at the 1998 FIVB World Championship in Japan, where Cuba won the bronze medal.

Diago also helped Cuba to the silver medal at the 1990 FIVB World Championship in Brazil, and to gold medals at the 1991 and 1999 Pan American Games.

Honours

• 1987 Pan American Games — 2nd place
• 1990 World Championship — 2nd place
• 1990 Goodwill Games — 3rd place
• 1991 FIVB World League — 2nd place
• 1991 Pan American Games — 1st place
• 1992 Summer Olympics — 4th place
• 1994 FIVB World League — 2nd place
• 1995 FIVB World League — 3rd place
• 1995 Pan American Games — 3rd place
• 1996 Summer Olympics — 6th place
• 1997 FIVB World League — 2nd place
• 1998 FIVB World League — 1st place
• 1998 Central American and Caribbean Games — 1st place
• 1998 World Championship — 3rd place
• 1999 FIVB World League — 2nd place
• 1999 Pan American Games — 1st place
• 2000 Summer Olympics — 7th place

Individual awards

• 1992 FIVB World League "Best Setter"
• 1998 FIVB World Championship "Best Setter"

References

1. "ALG M: Three-time Olympian Diago, once tied with corruption scandal in Cuban Federation, takes over Algeria". WorldofVolley. 9 April 2019. Archived from the original on 10 June 2023. Retrieved 22 September 2023.
2. ^ "Raúl Diago". Olympedia. Archived from the original on 6 March 2023. Retrieved 22 September 2023.

External links

• Raúl Diago at the European Volleyball Confederation
• Raúl Diago at Lega Pallavolo Serie A (in Italian)
• Raúl Diago at Olympics.com
• Raúl Diago at Olympedia
• Volleybox.net profile
• Raúl Diago at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)

v t e Cuba men's volleyball squad – 2000 Summer Olympics – 7th place
1 Marshall 2 Vives 5 Argilagos 6 Ruiz 7 Dennis 8 Pimienta 9 Diago 11 O. Hernández 12 Gato 13 Roca 14 I. Hernández 16 García Coach: Díaz

• 1967 births
• Living people
• Cuban men's volleyball players
• Volleyball players at the 1992 Summer Olympics
• Volleyball players at the 1996 Summer Olympics
• Volleyball players at the 2000 Summer Olympics
• Olympic volleyball players for Cuba
• Pan American Games medalists in volleyball
• Pan American Games gold medalists for Cuba
• Pan American Games silver medalists for Cuba
• Pan American Games bronze medalists for Cuba
• Medalists at the 1987 Pan American Games
• Medalists at the 1991 Pan American Games
• Medalists at the 1995 Pan American Games
• Medalists at the 1999 Pan American Games
• 20th-century Cuban people
• Sportspeople from Matanzas