Elvis Contreras

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Elvis Contreras
Personal information
Full nameElvis Dalsires Contreras de los Santos
NationalityDominican
Born (1979-07-20) 20 July 1979 (age 44)
Tamayo
Hometown Santo Domingo
Height1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight77 kg (170 lb)
Spike365 cm (144 in)
Block355 cm (140 in)
Volleyball information
PositionWing spiker
Current clubAl Arabi Kuwait
National team
1998-2014Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic
Honours
Men’s volleyball
Representing the Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic
Pan American Cup
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2006 Mexicali Team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2008 Winnipeg Team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2009 Chiapas Team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2012 Santo Domingo Team
Central American and Caribbean Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2014 Veracruz Team
Last updated: 26 October 2023

Elvis Dalsires Contreras de los Santos (born 20 July 1979 in Tamayo), [1] also known as Elvis Contreras, is a male volleyball player from the Dominican Republic, who won the silver medal with the Dominican Republic men's national volleyball team at the 2006 Pan-American Cup in Mexicali, Mexico.

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Career

Contreras won the Best Spiker award at the 2001 NORCECA Championship, [2] and Best Scorer at the 2005 version. [3]

At the 2007 NORCECA Championship, Contreras was awarded Best Receiver, and his national team finished in 5th place. [4]

Contreras won the Dominican Republic "2007 Volleyball Player of the Year". [5]

In mid-June 2012, the Poland club Zaksa Kędzierzyn-Koźle announced his joining for the 2012–13 season. [6]

Contreras won the bronze medal in the 2012 Men's Pan-American Volleyball Cup playing with his national team, and also won the Best Receiver and Best Server awards. [7]

Contreras led the Technocrats to the title of the 2013 Caribbean Volleyball League, [8] also winning the Most Valuable Player, Best Scorer, Best Spiker, and Best Server awards in the Trinidad and Tobago-based tournament. [9] He then joined the Brazilian club Funvic Taubaté. [10]

In August 2014, Contreras announced that he would retire from the national team after the 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games. [11] At these games, the Dominican Republic won the gold medal for the first time, [12] and Contreras was awarded the Most Valuable Player, Best Outside Spiker, and Best Scorer. [13]

Clubs

Individuals

Clubs

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References

  1. ↑ FIVB (2012). "Dominican Republic". Archived from the original on 30 December 2012. Retrieved 21 January 2013.,
  2. ↑ Volley Barbados. "Cuba wins 13th NORCECA Title". Archived from the original on 17 July 2011. Retrieved 24 June 2010.
  3. ↑ DominicanToday.com. "Cuban Poey was the MVP at Norceca's Men Continental". Archived from the original on 7 March 2012. Retrieved 24 June 2010.
  4. ↑ FIVB. "USA Men Captured NORCECA Gold Against Puerto Rico". Archived from the original on 13 December 2007. Retrieved 24 June 2010.
  5. ↑ "Athletes of the Year". DR1.com. 12 February 2007. Archived from the original on 9 May 2007. Retrieved 15 June 2010.
  6. ↑ "Niespodzianka z Dominikany. Nowy przyjmujący w Zaksie" (in Polish). nto.pl. 12 June 2012. Retrieved 13 June 2012.
  7. ↑ "USA clinch fifth Pan American Cup title". FIVB. 14 July 2012. Archived from the original on 24 July 2012.
  8. ↑ Sunich, Kevin (5 June 2013). "Technocrats capture men volleyball title". Trinidad & Tobago Newsday. Retrieved 9 June 2013.
  9. ↑ Sunich, Kevin (5 June 2013). "Thompson, Contreras adjudged MVP's". Trinidad & Tobago Newsday. Retrieved 9 June 2013.
  10. ↑ "Vôlei Taubaté contrata estrangeiros e corre para agilizar documentação". Globoesporte.com (in Portuguese). 22 October 2013. Retrieved 19 November 2013.
  11. ↑ "José Cáceres y Elvis Contreras se van de la selección nacional". Diario Libre (in Spanish). 6 August 2015. Retrieved 31 October 2015.
  12. ↑ "Dominican Republic win first crown at CACG". Cordoba, Mexico: NORCECA. 30 November 2014. Retrieved 31 October 2015.
  13. ↑ "Elvis Contreras MVP of the Central American Games". Cordoba, Mexico: NORCECA. 30 November 2014. Retrieved 31 October 2015.
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