Luisa Fuentes was born on 19 August 1948 in
Ica. Her father, Félix Fuentes, was a soccer player for iqueña Estela Quijandría. When she was 14 years old, she was discovered by Akira Kato, and began playing in
Lima for the club Divino Maestro. Fuentes won the silver medal in the
1967 Pan American Games and won the gold medal in the 1967 South American Championship, and finished fourth in the
1967 FIVB World Championship in Tokyo. She was fourth in the
1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City. and a silver medalist in the 1969 South American Championship. She ranked fourteenth in the
1970 FIVB World Championship in Bulgaria. Fuentes died in Lima on 28 May 2025, at the age of 76. ==Awards==