Luisa Fuentes
Lucha Fuentes with Romina Schiappa-Pietra Fuentes
Personal information
Full nameLuisa Fuentes Quijandria
NicknameLucha Fuentes
NationalityPeruvian
Born (1948-08-19) 19 August 1948 (age 75)
Ica, Peru
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
College / UniversityNational University of San Marcos (physical education)[1]
Volleyball information
Number9
National team
1967–1979 Peru
Honours
Women's volleyball
Representing  Peru
Pan American Games
Silver medal – second place 1967 Winnipeg Team
Silver medal – second place 1971 Cali Team
Silver medal – second place 1975 Mexico City Team
Silver medal – second place 1979 Caguas Team
CSV South American Championship
Gold medal – first place 1967 Santos
Gold medal – first place 1971 Montevideo
Gold medal – first place 1973 Bucaramanga
Gold medal – first place 1975 Asunción
Gold medal – first place 1977 Lima
Gold medal – first place 1979 Rosario
Silver medal – second place 1969 Caracas

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 1967 Pan American Games and won the gold medal in the 1967 South American Championship, and finished fourth in the 1967 FIVB World Championship. She was fourth in the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico[4][5] and a silver medalist in the 1969 South American Championship. She ranked fourteenth in the 1970 FIVB World Championship in Bulgaria.[6]

Fuentes won the silver medal in the 1971 Pan American Games and gold in the 1971 South American Championship. She claimed the championship in the 1973 South American Championship, and finished eighth in the 1974 FIVB World Championship. She won the 1975 Pan American Games silver medal and gold in the 1975 South American Championship. She was seventh in the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada and champion in the 1977 South American Championship.[7][6]

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 International Volleyball Federation as the Best Player of the 20th century.[8] Fuentes received the Laureles Deportivos ("Sports Laureate") award and was selected numerous times as Sportsperson of the Year.[7]

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

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "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.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ a b c "Luisa Fuentes (Lucha Fuentes)". Volleybox.net. Archived from the original on 8 October 2023. Retrieved 8 October 2023.
  7. ^ a b "Lucha Fuentes Quijandria" (in Spanish). Team Peru. Archived from the original on 2 August 2015. Retrieved 17 November 2017.
  8. ^ 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.

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