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Elnis Palomino Castillo
Personal information
NationalityDominican
Born (1986-07-02) 2 July 1986 (age 38)
San Pedro de Macorís, Dominican Republic
Height194 cm (6 ft 4 in)
Weight94 kg (207 lb)
Spike342 cm (135 in)
Block332 cm (131 in)
National team
2007–2014Dominican Republic
Honours
Men's Volleyball
Representing the  Dominican Republic
Pan American Cup
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Chiapas Team
Bronze medal – third place 2012 Santo Domingo Team
Central American and Caribbean Games
Gold medal – first place 2014 Veracruz Team

Elnis Palomino Castillo (born (1986-07-02)2 July 1986 in San Pedro de Macorís[1]) is a Dominican Republic male volleyball player who competed with the Dominican club La Romana in the 2013 FIVB Club World Championship.

Career

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Palomino was chosen Rookie of the Year in the 2006 Dominican Republic league, while playing with the club José Martí.[2] With the Dominican club Sánchez Ramírez Palomino played the 2008 Dominican Republic League season, winning the bronze medal.[3]

Palomino played with Distrito Nacional contributing to win the 2010 season Dominican Republic Volleyball League championship.[4] He then played with the professional club from the Argentinian League Instituto Dr. Carlos Pellegrini for the 2010-2011 season.[5] With his national team, he won the bronze medal in the 2009 Pan-American Cup[6] and he played the 2010 edition and won the bronze again in the 2012 cup.[7]

With the Dominican Republic national team he lost the chance to play the 2014 World Championship, after winning the gold medal and best server in the first round,[8] but his team lost to Puerto Rico the final qualifier round.[9]

Palomino lost the bronze medal in the 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games 2-3 from Mexico[10] but he won the 2014 regional games gold medal, the country's first ever gold.[11]

Palomino played in the 2013 FIVB Club World Championship with the Dominican club La Romana finishing in tied seventh place.[12] With his national team, Palomino won the 2013 NORCECA Final Four Cup silver medal and the Best Server individual award.[13] In 2014, Palomino played with the Dominican local team Los Alcarrizos from the Santo Domingo provincial tournament.[14]

For the 2014-2015 season he signed with the Lebanese club Riseleh Sarafand.[1] For this contract he was expelled from the national team because his Lebanese club was blamed of not paying the international transfer fee and for playing without permission.[15] He was later reinstated but refused to come back to the national team citing mistreatment and the difference of training conditions of the male and female national team.[16] Palomino played with Team IE from the American Professional Volleyball League in the 2016 season, ranking seventh with his team.[17]

Clubs

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  • Dominican Republic José Martí (2006)
  • Dominican Republic Sánchez Ramírez (2008)
  • Dominican Republic Distrito Nacional (2010)
  • Argentina Instituto Dr. Carlos Pellegrini (2010–2011)
  • Israel Maccabi Hod Hasharon (2011–2012)
  • Dominican Republic La Romana (2013)
  • Dominican Republic Los Alcarrizos (2014)
  • Lebanon Riseleh Sarafand (2014–2015)
  • United States Team IE (2016)

Awards

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Individuals

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Clubs

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Dominicanos se la juegan dentro del mundo árabe". Diario Libre (in Spanish). Carolina,Puerto Rico. 16 January 2015. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
  2. ^ "De la Cruz y Concepción más Valiosos voleibol distrital". Hoy (in Spanish). 2006-04-22. Retrieved 2016-10-19.
  3. ^ "Distrito revalida títulos en voleibol". El Nacional (in Spanish). 22 December 2008. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
  4. ^ "El Distrito barre Tamayo y retiene título de campeón". Listin Diario (in Spanish). 15 June 2010. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
  5. ^ "Los planteles de la Liga Argentina". ESPN (in Spanish). Télam. 20 November 2010. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
  6. ^ "Caceres leads Dominican Republic over Puerto Rico". Chiapas, Mexico: NORCECA. 20 June 2009. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
  7. ^ "Dominicans claim bronze with historic victory over Brazil". Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: NORCECA. 14 July 2012. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
  8. ^ "República Dominicana derrota a Haití y gana oro en voleibol". Acento (in Spanish). Santo Domingo. 5 November 2012. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
  9. ^ "RD pierde chance de jugar Mundial Voleibol al caer en Puerto Rico". 7 Dias (in Spanish). Carolina, Puerto Rico. 20 July 2014. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
  10. ^ "México se lleva el bronce contra República Dominicana". Listin Diario (in Spanish). Mayaguez, Puerto Rico. AFP. 30 July 2010. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
  11. ^ "Dominican Republic win first crown at CACG". Cordoba, Mexico: NORCECA. 30 November 2014. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
  12. ^ "Team Roster – La Romana VB Club". clubworldchampionships.2012.men.fivb.com. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
  13. ^ "RD concluye con plata en Final Four Varonil de Norceca". 7 Dias (in Spanish). 10 November 2013. Archived from the original on 20 October 2016. Retrieved 20 October 2016.
  14. ^ Nolasco, Jeffrey (8 March 2014). "Los Mina derrota Alcarrizos y mantiene invicto voleibol PSD". Hoy (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 October 2016.
  15. ^ "Por sanción, se retira de la selección de la República Dominicana". Diario Libre (in Spanish). Santo Domingo. 29 May 2015. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
  16. ^ "Palomino no volverá a selección de voleibol por el "maltrato"". Diario Libre (in Spanish). Santo Domingo. 5 December 2015. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
  17. ^ "Team IE - Finished 7th". Advanced Event Systems. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
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