Nelly Barnet

FullnameNelly Barnet Wilson

Born (1951-01-13) 13 January 1951 (age 74)
Camagüey, Cuba

Height1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)

Number10

Nelly Barnet
Personal information
Full name	Nelly Barnet Wilson
Born	(1951-01-13) 13 January 1951 (age 74) Camagüey, Cuba
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Volleyball information
Number	10
National team
1967–1978  Cuba
Honours Women's volleyball Representing  Cuba World Championship 1978 Soviet Union FIVB World Cup 1977 Japan Pan American Games 1971 Cali Team 1975 Mexico City Team 1967 Winnipeg Team Central American and Caribbean Games 1974 Santo Domingo Team 1978 Medellín Team 1970 Panama City Team

Nelly Barnet (born 13 January 1951) is a Cuban former volleyball player and three-time Olympian. She competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, and the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow.^[1] She won a gold medal with the Cuban team at the 1978 FIVB World Championship in the Soviet Union.^[2] She was known as a clutch player who would ask for the ball late in matches when they were close.^[3]

Barnet also won a bronze medal at the 1967 Pan American Games, and a gold medal at the 1971 and 1975 Pan American Games.^[2]