Gabriela Pérez del Solar

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

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Pérez del Solar and the second or maternal family name is Cuculiza.
Gabriela Pérez del Solar
Pérez del Solar in 2012
Personal information
Full nameGabriela Lourdes Pérez del Solar Cuculiza
NicknameGaby
NationalityPeruvian
Born (1968-07-10) 10 July 1968
Ica, Peru
Height1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight72 kg (159 lb)
Volleyball information
PositionMiddle blocker
Number5
National team
1983-1993 Peru
Honours
Women’s volleyball
Representing  Peru
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1988 Seoul Team
World Championship
Bronze medal – third place 1986 Czechoslovakia Team
Pan American Games
Silver medal – second place 1987 Indianapolis Team
Bronze medal – third place 1991 Havana Team
South American Championship
Gold medal – first place 1985 Caracas Team
Gold medal – first place 1987 Montevideo Team
Gold medal – first place 1989 Curitiba Team
Gold medal – first place 1993 Cusco Team
Silver medal – second place 1991 São Paulo Team
Gabriela Pérez del Solar
Member of the Congress
In office
26 July 2006 – 26 July 2016
ConstituencyLima
Personal details
Political partyChristian People's Party

In 2010, Pérez del Solar was inducted into the International Volleyball Hall of Fame.[1]

Sports career

Pérez del Solar began to play volleyball at 14 years old. Her 1.94 m height helped her to become an internationally respected middle blocker.[2] She finished in fourth place in the 1984 Summer Olympics.[3] 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.[1]


Pérez del Solar 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.[1]

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.[1]

Political life

In 2005, the then-presidential candidate Lourdes Flores Nano invited Pérez 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

Clubs
  • 3 Italian Cups (1990, 1991, 1993)

References
  1. "Gabriela Perez del Solar". International Volleyball Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 21 June 2023. Retrieved 2 October 2023.
  2. O'Brien, Richard (14 September 1988). "LONG LIVE THIS TEAM". Sports Illustrated. New York City: Time Inc. Retrieved 11 September 2023.
  3. 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.


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