Alexandra Oquendo

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Alexandra Oquendo
Personal information
Nationality Puerto Rican
Born (1984-02-03) February 3, 1984 (age 40)
San Juan, Puerto Rico
Height1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight75 kg (165 lb)
Spike297 cm (117 in)
Block284 cm (112 in)
Volleyball information
Current clubPolluelas de Aibonito
National team
Puerto Rico

Alexandra Oquendo (born February 3, 1984) is a Puerto Rican volleyball player who represented her home country at the 2016 Summer Olympics.

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Career

She was part of the Puerto Rico women's national volleyball team at the 2014 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship in Italy. [1] She participated at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. [2]

Oquendo played for Leonas de Ponce in 2015 [3] and Lancheras de Cataño for the 2016 Puerto Rican league season. [4] When her club moved to Aibonito, she stayed with this club, then Polluelas de Aibonito. [5]

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References

  1. "Team Roster – Puerto Rico". italy2014.fivb.org. Retrieved October 1, 2014.
  2. "Oquendo competes with Puerto Rico in Rio". University of Georgia Athletics. 2016-08-08. Retrieved 2018-02-13.
  3. Ayala Gordian, Jose (5 March 2015). "Alexandra Oquendo es ahora una Leona". Primera Hora (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 February 2018.
  4. "Lancheras la libran en los cuartos de final del VSF". El Nuevo Dia (in Spanish). 15 April 2016. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
  5. "A todo vapor las Polluelas de Aibonito". El Vocero (in Spanish). 10 January 2017. Retrieved 13 February 2018.