Rachel Sánchez
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| Full name | Rachel Sánchez Pérez | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Cuban | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 9 January 1989 Pinar del Río | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hometown | Pinar del Río | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 75 kg (165 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Spike | 325 cm (128 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Block | 320 cm (130 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Outside hitter, Middle blocker | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Current club | Panathinaikos | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Rachel Sánchez Pérez (born 9 January 1989 in Pinar del Río)[1] is a Cuban volleyball player who competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics.
Career
[edit]In 2008, she was a middle-blocker in the Cuban team that finished fourth in the Olympic tournament.
With her Cuban team Ciudad Habana at the Liga Nacional 2011, Sánchez won the MVP award and the championship.[2]
Sánchez moved to the Kazakh League for the 2013/14, playing with Zhetyssu Almaty.[3][4]
Sánchez won the bronze medal at the 2015 FIVB Club World Championship,[5] playing with the Swiss club Voléro Zürich.
Awards
[edit]Individual
[edit]- 2011 Cuban Liga Nacional "Most valuable player"
Club
[edit]- 2010 Cuban Liga Nacional -
Champion, with Ciudad de La Habana - 2011 Cuban Liga Nacional - Champion, with Ciudad de La Habana
- 2015 FIVB Club World Championship -
Bronze medal, with Voléro Zürich
References
[edit]- ^ Olimpiada Cubana. "Rachel Sanchez Perez" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2011-07-18. Retrieved 2011-03-07.
- ^ JIT. "Cierre con juegos de Estrellas y premiaciones" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2011-03-07.
- ^ "Svizzera F: 2 arrivi al Volero Zurigo" (in Italian). Zurich, Switzerland: Volleyball.it. 2014-06-05. Retrieved 2015-05-11.
- ^ "NLA VolleyGuide 2014-2015". Swiss Volley. 2014. p. 25. Retrieved 2015-05-11.
- ^ "Volero get it right on third try". Zurich, Switzerland: FIVB. 2015-05-10. Retrieved 2015-05-11.
External links
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Categories:
- 1989 births
- Living people
- Cuban women's volleyball players
- Cuban expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland
- Expatriate volleyball players in Switzerland
- Olympic volleyball players for Cuba
- Panathinaikos women's volleyball players
- Volleyball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Central American and Caribbean Games silver medalists for Cuba
- Competitors at the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games
- Middle blockers
- Expatriate volleyball players in Kazakhstan
- Expatriate volleyball players in France
- Cuban expatriate sportspeople in France
- Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in volleyball
- Sportspeople from Pinar del Río
- Cuban expatriate sportspeople in Greece
- Cuban expatriate volleyball players in Turkey
- Expatriate volleyball players in Greece