Irma Cordero
Appearance
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Full name | Irma Cordero Bonilla | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Piura, Peru | 8 March 1942|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 16 November 2019 | (aged 77)|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Volleyball information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Position | Outside hitter | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Number | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Honours
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Irma Cordero (8 March 1942 – 16 November 2019) was a Peruvian volleyball player.[1] Cordero competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City and the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal.[2][3] She was the captain of the Peruvian team in the late 1960s and 1970s.[1]
Cordero helped the Peruvian team win silver medals at the 1967, 1971, and 1975 Pan American Games.[4]
Cordero died on 16 November 2019.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Vóley peruano de luto: Irma Cordero, exjugadora olímpica, falleció a los 77 años". El Comercio (in Spanish). 16 November 2019. Archived from the original on 18 April 2023. Retrieved 21 September 2023.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Irma Cordero Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 26 January 2019.
- ^ Talla, Xiomara (26 February 2023). "Juegos Olímpicos recordó épico punto de la selección peruana de vóley en Montreal 1976". Infobae (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 28 February 2023. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
- ^ "Irma Cordero". Olympedia. Archived from the original on 17 July 2023. Retrieved 8 October 2023.
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[edit]Categories:
- 1942 births
- 2019 deaths
- Peruvian women's volleyball players
- Olympic volleyball players for Peru
- Volleyball players at the 1968 Summer Olympics
- Volleyball players at the 1976 Summer Olympics
- People from Piura
- Pan American Games medalists in volleyball
- Pan American Games silver medalists for Peru
- Medalists at the 1967 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 1971 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 1975 Pan American Games
- 20th-century Peruvian sportswomen