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Lourdes Gurriel

Lourdes Gourriel
Medal record
Men's baseball
Representing  Cuba
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1992 Barcelona Team
Baseball World Cup
Gold medal – first place 1980 Tokyo Team
Gold medal – first place 1984 Havana Team
Gold medal – first place 1986 Amsterdam Team
Gold medal – first place 1988 Rome Team
Gold medal – first place 1990 Edmonton Team
Gold medal – first place 1994 Managua Team
Intercontinental Cup
Gold medal – first place 1979 Havana Team
Silver medal – second place 1981 Edmonton Team
Gold medal – first place 1983 Brussels Team
Gold medal – first place 1985 Edmonton Team
Gold medal – first place 1987 Havana Team
Gold medal – first place 1989 San Juan Team
Gold medal – first place 1993 Italy Team
Gold medal – first place 1995 Havana Team
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 1983 Caracas Team
Gold medal – first place 1987 Indianapolis Team
Gold medal – first place 1991 Havana Team
Gold medal – first place 1995 Mar del Plata Team
Central American and Caribbean Games
Silver medal – second place 1982 Havana Team
Gold medal – first place 1986 Santiago de los Caballeros Team
Gold medal – first place 1990 Mexico City Team
Gold medal – first place 1993 Ponce Team
Goodwill Games
Gold medal – first place 1990 Seattle Team

Lourdes Gourriel Delgado (born March 9, 1957) is a Cuban baseball player and Olympic gold medalist.

Gourriel played in the Cuban National Series. He won the Cuban National Series Rookie of the Year Award during the 1976-77 Cuban National Series for Azucareros. In 1978–1979, he hit 12 doubles to tie Armando Capiró and Jorge Beltrán for the Serie Nacional lead. He debuted with the Cuba national baseball team that year, hitting .294 in the 1979 Intercontinental Cup.

Gourriel led the 1979–1980 Serie Nacional with 77 hits. In the 1980 Amateur World Series, he hit .452 to help Cuba to the gold medal and got the game-winning hit in one 5-4 game versus Team USA.

He hit .297 in the 1981 Intercontinental Cup. In the 1982 Central American and Caribbean Games, he batted .217 but tied Pedro Jose Rodriguez Sr. for the lead with six RBI. He batted .429 with a leading 4 doubles in the 1983 Intercontinental Cup and joined Eric Fox and Victor Mesa on the All-Star outfield for the tourney. He hit .526 in the 1983 Pan American Games.

During the 1984 Amateur World Series, Gourriel hit .309/.356/.636, scored 12 runs and drove in 16 to tie Barry Bonds for the lead. He also led with 7 doubles. Overall, he outproduced Bonds, his counterpart in left field. In the 1985 Intercontinental Cup, he hit .414. He then batted .524 in the 1986 Central American and Caribbean Games.


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