Francisco ("Francis") Alvarez Cutiño (born April 12, 1969 in San Luis, Cuba) is a beach volleyball player from Cuba, who won the gold medal in the men's beach team competition at the 2003 Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, partnering Juan Rossell. He represented his native country at the 1996 and the 2004 Summer Olympics. Image File history File links Flag_of_Cuba. ... Volleyball is an Olympic sport in which two teams separated by a high net use their hands, arms or (rarely) other parts of their bodies to hit a ball back and forth over the net. ... The Pan American Games are a multi-sport event, held every four years between competitors from all nations of the Americas. ... The 14th Pan American Games were held in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. ... April 12 is the 102nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (103rd in leap years). ... For the Stargate SG-1 episode, see 1969 (Stargate SG-1). ... Beach volleyball is not popular sport in which two teams, positioned on either side of a net, hit a ball back and forth over the net, usually using the hands or arms. ... The 14th Pan American Games were held in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. ... Santo Domingo, population 2,061,200 (2003), is the capital of the Dominican Republic. ... The 1996 Summer Olympics, formally known as the Games of the XXVI Olympiad and informally known as the Centennial Olympics, were held in 1996 in Atlanta, United States. ... The ceremony for the lighting of the flame is arranged as a pagan pageant, with priestesses dancing. ...

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