Rolando Meriño
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Rolando Meriño Betancourt is a former Cuban professional baseball catcher. He won silver medals at the 2000 and 2008 Summer Olympics.[1]
Meriño was born on 17 February 1971 in the Santiago de Cuba Province. He made his Cuban National Series debut in 1991 playing for Santiago de Cuba and last played for the team during the 2011–12 season.[2]
He was part of the Cuban teams that won silver medals at the 2000 and 2008 Summer Olympics and a gold medal at the 2001 Baseball World Cup.[3]
Meriño defected in 2013 and moved to France, where he joined the Templiers de Sénart; in 2014, he acted as player-manager for the club. He represented Spain at the 2017 World Baseball Classic qualification, where the team failed to qualify to the main tournament.[3][4]
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