Rolando Meriño

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Meriño and the second or maternal family name is Betancourt.

Rolando Meriño
Catcher
Born: (1971-02-17) 17 February 1971
Santiago de Cuba Province, Cuba
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Teams
Medals
Men's baseball
Representing  Cuba
Summer Olympics
2000 Sydney Team
2008 Beijing Team
Baseball World Cup
2001 Taipei Team

Rolando Meriño Betancourt is a former Cuban professional baseball catcher. He won silver medals at the 2000 and 2008 Summer Olympics.[1]

Career

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]

Personal life

Meriño lives in the United States. His son, Patrick, is also a baseball player and was part of the Tampa Bay Rays organization from 2019 to 2022 and previously played for Santiago de Cuba during the 2017–18 Cuban National Series season.[3][5][6]

References

  1. ^ Olympic results
  2. ^ "SNB | Rolando Meriño Betancourt". beisbolcubano.cu (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 March 2026.
  3. ^ a b c "El doble subcampeón olímpico cubano con otro país rumbo al Clásico Mundial". Cubalite (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 March 2026.
  4. ^ "Es cubano ganó dos medallas olímpicas, pero desertó y reapareció junto a otro país rumbo al Clásico Mundial de Beisbol". La Nación (in Spanish). 24 February 2025. Retrieved 20 March 2026.
  5. ^ Ebro, Jorge (18 September 2018). "Hijo de uno de los miembros de la aplanadora de Santiago de Cuba está en Dominicana". El Nuevo Herald (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 March 2026.
  6. ^ Romero, Francys (15 June 2019). "Fuentes: El cubano Patrick Meriño firma contrato con los Tampa Bay Rays". CiberCuba (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 March 2026.
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