Alain Roca
Alain Roca Borrero (born September 7, 1976) is a volleyball player from Cuba. A two-time Olympian (1996 and 2000), he was honoured as Best Setter at the 2001 Volleyball America's Cup in Buenos Aires, Argentina, where Cuba finished in second place.
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| Full name | Alaín Addys Roca Borrego | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | September 7, 1976 (age 47) Havana, Ciudad de la Habana, Cuba | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Setter | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 13 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Honours
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Honours
- 1995: Start in the National Team of Cuba
- Preolympic Games- Calgary, Canada (gold medal)
- 1996: World League – Rotterdam, Holland (4th place) and "Best Service"
- Olympic Games – Atlanta, USA (6th place)
- 1997: World League – Moscow, Russia (silver medal)
- World Grand Champions Cup – Japan (bronze medal)
- Norceca Championship – Puerto Rico (gold medal)
- 1998: World League – Milan, Italy (gold medal)
- World Champion – Japan (bronze medal) and "2nd Best Receiver"
- Season 98-99 Cuneo, Italy (4th place)
- Italy Cup – (gold medal) and "Record Speed Service"
- Cope delle Coppe Europe – (silver medal)
- Central American Games – Maracaibo, Venezuela (gold medal)
- America Cup – Argentina (bronze medal)
- Norceca Championship – Monterrey, Mexico (silver medal)
- 1999: World League – Argentina (silver medal)
- World Cup – Japan (silver medal)
- Season 99-00 Montichiari, Italy
- Italy Cup – (silver medal)
- America Cup – Tampa; Orlando, USA (bronze medal)
- 2000: America Cup – São Paulo, Brazil (gold medal)
- Olympic Games – Sydney, Australia (7th place)
- 2001: Norceca Championship – Barbados (gold medal) "Best Setter" and "Best Service"
- America Cup – Argentina (silver medal) and "Best Setter"
- World Grand Champions Cup – Japan (gold medal) and "Best Setter"
- 2002: World League Participation – National Team of Cuba
- 2007-2008: Tigre Unisul, Brazil
- Minero Championship (silver medal)
- Santa Catarina State Championship (gold medal)
- Super League (4th place)
- 2008-2009: Tigre Unisul, Brazil
- Santa Catarina State Championship (silver medal)
- Super League (4th place)
- 2009-2010: Pinheiros-SKY, Brazil
- Super League (bronze medal)
- 2010-2011: Halkbank Sport Club, Ankara-Turkey
- Turkey Championship (third place)
- 2011: August to 30 December: Top Volley Andreoli Latina, Italy
- "All Star Volley" Marcelo Gabana in Memorial
- 2012: 31 December to 30 April: Ural-Ufa Volley, Russia
- Russia Championship (5th place)
- 2012-2013: Club Fakel Novy Urengoy- Russia
- Siberian Cup (bronze medal)
- Russia Championship (5th place)
- Individual Titles: Best Service- World League 1996 (Rotterdam, Holland)
- 2nd Best Reception- World Cup 1998 (Japan)
- Record Speed Service (117 km/h) – Italy Cup 1999 (Rome, Italy)
- Best Setter – Championship Norceca 2001 (Barbados)
- Best Service – Championship Norceca 2001 (Barbados)
- Best Setter – America Cup 2001 (Argentina)
- Best setter – World Grand Championship Cup 2001 (Japan)
- "All Star Volley" Marcelo Gabana in Memorial 2011 (Monza, Italy)
References
- FIVB Profile
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Alain Roca". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
- Alain Roca official website Archived 2013-06-27 at the Wayback Machine
External links
- Alain Roca at the European Volleyball Confederation
- Alain Roca at WorldofVolley
- Alain Roca at Lega Pallavolo Serie A (in Italian)
- Alain Roca at Olympedia
- Alain Roca website (archived)
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