Mercedes Pomares
Personal information
Full name	Mercedes Pomares Primelles
Nickname	La Zurda de Majagua
Nationality	Cuban
Born	(1954-04-09) 9 April 1954 (age 69) Majagua, Cuba
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Volleyball information
Position	Outside hitter
Number	4
National team
1969–1984  Cuba
Honours Women's volleyball Representing  Cuba World Championship 1978 Soviet Union FIVB World Cup 1977 Japan Friendship Games 1984 Varna Pan American Games 1971 Cali Team 1975 Mexico City Team 1979 Caguas Team 1983 Caracas Team Central American and Caribbean Games 1974 Santo Domingo Team 1978 Medellín Team 1982 Havana Team

Mercedes Pomares (born 9 April 1954) is a Cuban former volleyball player and three-time Olympian. She competed with the Cuban women's national volleyball team at the 1972, 1976, and the 1980 Summer Olympics.^[1] Pomares was part of the Cuban national team that won the silver medal at the 1977 FIVB World Cup and the gold medal at the 1978 FIVB World Championship.^[2] Nicknamed "La Zurda de Majagua" ("The Lefty of Majagua"), she was a left-handed striker who was the captain of the Cuban team in the late 1970s.^[2]

Pomares also won gold medals with the Cuban team at the 1971, 1975, 1979, and 1983 Pan American Games.^[3]

Personal life

Pomares enjoys listening to the music of Bob Marley.^[2]