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Gabriela Pérez del Solar
Pérez del Solar in 2012
Personal information
Full name	Gabriela Pérez del Solar Cuculiza
Nickname	Gaby
Nationality	Peruvian
Born	(1968-07-10) 10 July 1968 (age 56) Ica, Peru
Height	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight	72 kg (159 lb)
Volleyball information
Position	Middle blocker
Number	5
National team
1983-1993  Peru
Honours Olympic Games 1988 Seoul Team World Championship 1986 Czechoslovakia Team Pan American Games 1987 Indianapolis Team 1991 La Habana Team South American Championship 1985 Caracas Team 1987 Montevideo Team 1989 Curitiba Team 1993 Cusco Team 1991 São Paulo Team

Gabriela "Gaby" Lourdes Pérez del Solar Cuculiza (born July 10, 1968) is a retired Peruvian volleyball player, and a politician and former Congresswoman of the Christian People's Party.

Sports career

Perez del Solar began to play volleyball at 14 years old. Her 1.94 m height helped her to become an internationally respected middle blocker. She finished in fourth place in the 1984 Summer Olympics. She began to show her abilities for the sport in the 1985 FIVB World Cup in Japan, and at just 17 years old was chosen as the best blocker of the tournament and finished in fifth place. She also won the gold medal in the 1985 South American Championship. She won the 1986 FIVB World Championship bronze medal and silver in the 1987 Pan American Games. She won the gold medal in the 1987 South American Championship and 1987 Japan Cup, where she was awarded best spiker. She was a member of the team that won the silver medal in the 1988 Summer Olympics, and was awarded best receiver.

Pérez won the 1988 Top Four bronze medal, 1989 South American Championship gold medal, and finished in fifth place in the 1989 FIVB World Cup. She finished sixth in the 1990 FIVB World Championship and won the bronze medal in the 1991 Pan American Games, silver in the 1991 South American Championship, and finished fifth in the 1991 FIVB World Cup. She retired from the Peruvian national team after winning the 1993 South American Championship in Cuzco.

In Italy

After retiring in Peru, Pérez del Solar played volleyball in Italy. She was invited to become a member of the Italian national team but rejected the offer.

Political life

In 2005, the then-presidential candidate Lourdes Flores Nano invited Perez del Solar to run for Congress and she accepted. In the general elections of 2006, she was elected with the most votes in her district and fifth highest number of votes in the nation. In April 2006, she became a member of the National Unity, in a ceremony prepared by Xavier Barrón and Lourdes Flores. In the 2011 election, she was re-elected for another five-year term on the ticket of the Alliance for the Great Change to which the Christian People's Party now belongs.

Awards

Individuals

• 1985 World Cup "Best Blocker"
• 1986 World Championship "Best Blocker"
• 1988 Olympics "Best Receiver"
• 1991 World Cup "Best Blocker"
• 1993 South American Championship "Best Blocker"

Clubs

• 3 Italian Cups (1990, 1991, 1993)

References

1. O'Brien, Richard (14 September 1988). "LONG LIVE THIS TEAM". Sports Illustrated. New York City: Time Inc. Retrieved 11 September 2023.
2. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Gaby Pérez". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 5 October 2010.

External links

• Gabriela Pérez del Solar at the European Volleyball Confederation
• Gabriela Pérez del Solar at Olympics.com
• Gaby Pérez at Olympedia (archive)

Peru squads

v t e Peru women's volleyball squad – 1984 Summer Olympics – 4th place 1 Carmen Pimentel 2 Ana Chaparro 3 Rosa García 4 Sonia Heredia 5 Gaby Pérez 6 María del Risco 7 Cecilia Tait 8 Luisa Cervera 9 Denisse Fajardo 10 Miriam Gallardo 11 Gina Torrealva 12 Natalia Málaga v t e Peru women's volleyball squad – 1988 Summer Olympics – Silver medal 1 Kathy Horny 2 Cenaida Uribe 3 Rosa García 4 Miriam Gallardo 5 Gaby Pérez 6 Sonia Heredia 7 Cecilia Tait 8 Luisa Cervera 9 Denisse Fajardo 10 Alejandra de la Guerra 11 Gina Torrealva 12 Natalia Málaga Coach: Park Man-bok

• 1968 births
• Living people
• Volleyball players at the 1984 Summer Olympics
• Volleyball players at the 1988 Summer Olympics
• Olympic volleyball players for Peru
• Olympic silver medalists for Peru
• Sportspeople from Lima
• Peruvian people of Spanish descent
• Peruvian people of Italian descent
• Christian People's Party (Peru) politicians
• Women members of the Congress of the Republic of Peru
• Peruvian sportsperson-politicians
• Peruvian women's volleyball players
• Olympic medalists in volleyball
• Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics
• 21st-century Peruvian women politicians
• 21st-century Peruvian politicians
• Pan American Games medalists in volleyball
• Pan American Games silver medalists for Peru
• Pan American Games bronze medalists for Peru
• Volleyball players at the 1987 Pan American Games
• Volleyball players at the 1991 Pan American Games
• Medalists at the 1987 Pan American Games
• Medalists at the 1991 Pan American Games
• Politicians from Lima