Luisa Fuentes
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| Full name | Luisa Fuentes Quijandria | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | Lucha Fuentes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Peruvian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 19 August 1948 Ica, Peru | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| College / University | National University of San Marcos (physical education)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Number | 9 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Luisa Estela Fuentes Quijandría (born 19 August 1948, in Ica), more commonly known as Lucha Fuentes, is a retired volleyball player from Peru who played with the Peruvian women's national volleyball team in the 1968 and 1976 Summer Olympics.[2]
Career
Luisa Fuentes was born on 19 August 1948 in Ica. Her father, Félix Fuentes, was a soccer player for iqueña Estela Quijandría.[1] When she was 14 years old, she was discovered by Akira Kato, and began playing in Lima for the club Divino Maestro.[1][3]
Fuentes won the silver medal in the
Fuentes won the silver medal in the
In the 1978 FIVB World Championship in the Soviet Union, Fuentes finished in tenth place. She won the silver medal in the 1979 Pan American Games, and finished her career with the gold medal in the 1979 South American Championship in Santa Fe, Argentina.[6]
Fuentes fought to popularize volleyball in Peru. In 2000, she was nominated by the
Teaching
Fuentes went on to become a teacher at the Sports Academy School of the Telefónica Foundation, where 300 girls and boys between 9 and 14 attended,[1][4] but she closed the school in 2015.[8]
References
- ^ a b c d Sotomayor, Rubén Liendo (19 August 2023). "¡La Gran Capitana cumple 75 años! Lucha Fuentes y un repaso a su historia en el vóley peruano". Depor.com (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 11 September 2023. Retrieved 11 September 2023.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Luisa Fuentes Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 5 October 2010. Retrieved 26 January 2019.
- ^ "Lucha Fuentes está en Cuidados Intensivos del Hospital Rebagliati". Peru21.pe (in Spanish). 8 July 2017. Archived from the original on 8 October 2023. Retrieved 8 October 2023.
- ^ a b "Lucha Fuentes: 'Deportistas hoy solo buscan ganar plata, no sienten lo que es defender su país'". Ovación (in Spanish). 12 June 2017. Archived from the original on 21 November 2018. Retrieved 17 November 2017.
- ^ Bustamante, Jorge Gianella (15 September 2015). "Las 10 mejores voleibolistas peruanas de la historia" (in Spanish). Arriba. Archived from the original on 18 September 2015. Retrieved 17 November 2017.
- ^ a b c "Luisa Fuentes (Lucha Fuentes)". Volleybox.net. Archived from the original on 8 October 2023. Retrieved 8 October 2023.
- ^ a b "Lucha Fuentes Quijandria" (in Spanish). Team Peru. Archived from the original on 2 August 2015. Retrieved 17 November 2017.
- ^ a b "Lucha Fuentes clausuró academia de voleibol" (in Spanish). Arequipa: La Republica. 16 October 2015. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 17 November 2017.