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Volleyball · Outside hitter · Cuba

Yumilka Ruiz

1994–2008 · Double Olympic champion with Cuba's dominant women's team.

Retired
Ranking model

100% titles, statistics, dominance, longevity and global competition depth.

Pure sporting data
86.8
Cultural & brand footprint 38/100 · total legacy 72.4
Olympic gold medals
2
Olympic medals
3
World Championship golds
1
World Cup titles
2
Grand Prix titles
2

Category profile

Dominance
86
Peak
92
Longevity
82
Honours
88
Statistics
86

Career timeline · Titles per season

SeasonTitles per seasonShare of career
19941
19952
19963
19972
19982
19992
20003
20012
20022
20032
20041
20052
20061
20071
20081

Data sources

  • FIVB
  • CEV
  • Olympedia

Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method

Why Yumilka Ruiz ranks #25 in Volleyball

Yumilka Ruiz ranks 25th among Volleyball athletes on GOAT Rank and 1571st of 2289 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 86.8 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 86, Peak 92, Longevity 82, Honours 88, Statistics 86. Those categories are normalised against the full Volleyball reference universe of 309 records, not a shortlist, so the position reflects the whole sport rather than a handful of famous names.

The record covers 1994–2008 with 15 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1996, which sets the Peak component at 92. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 92 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes olympic gold medals 2, olympic medals 3, world championship golds 1, world cup titles 2.

Immediately ahead sits Katsutoshi Nekoda on 86.8, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Eleonora Lo Bianco on 86.8. The position moves whenever the verified record moves: new titles, new seasons or a corrected source all feed straight back into the same formula, and every change is dated on this profile.

Yumilka Ruiz GOAT Score explained

Dominance86/100 · weight 25%
Measures how far Ruiz stood above the field while competing. Scored 86/100 against the full Volleyball cohort.
Peak92/100 · weight 20%
Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1996. Scored 92/100.
Longevity82/100 · weight 20%
Rewards staying at that level over time: 14 years of competition and 15 recorded seasons. Scored 82/100.
Honours88/100 · weight 20%
Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 88/100.
Statistics86/100 · weight 15%
Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 86/100.

Yumilka Ruiz — frequently asked

Is Yumilka Ruiz the GOAT?
Not on the current data. Yumilka Ruiz ranks 25th in Volleyball with a GOAT Score of 86.8, behind Karch Kiraly on 95.4.
What is Yumilka Ruiz's GOAT Score?
86.8 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 86 (25%), Peak 92 (20%), Longevity 82 (20%), Honours 88 (20%), Statistics 86 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
Where does Yumilka Ruiz rank all time?
1571st of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 25th within Volleyball.
Yumilka Ruiz vs Katsutoshi Nekoda: who ranks higher?
Yumilka Ruiz, on 86.8 against Katsutoshi Nekoda's 86.8 — a margin of 0.0 points.
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