Dennis Del Valle

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Dennis Del Valle
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Personal information
Full nameDennis Jose Del Valle Villalobos
Nationality Puerto Rico
Born (1989-01-27) 27 January 1989 (age 35)
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight58 kg (128 lb)
Spike300 cm (118 in)
Block290 cm (114 in)
Volleyball information
Number4
Career
YearsTeams
2014 Flag of Puerto Rico.svg Mets de Guaynabo
National team
2014 Flag of Puerto Rico.svg Puerto Rico

Dennis Jose Del Valle Villalobos (born 27 January 1989) is a Puerto Rican male volleyball player. He was part of the Puerto Rico men's national volleyball team at the 2014 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship in Poland. [1] He played for Mets de Guaynabo.

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Personal life

Del Valle came out as gay in May 2020 “in hopes that it will inspire other queer athletes to do the same”. [2]


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References

  1. "Team Roster 2014 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship – Puerto Rico". poland2014.fivb.org. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
  2. Grant, David (5 May 2020). "Pro volleyball player Dennis Del Valle comes out as gay… Now can we talk about his Instagram page?". Queerty . Archived from the original on 7 May 2020. Retrieved 6 May 2020.