Inovel Romero | ||||||||||||||
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Full name | Inovel Romero Valdes | |||||||||||||
Nationality | Cuban | |||||||||||||
Born | January 28, 1995 | |||||||||||||
Height | 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) | |||||||||||||
Weight | 80 kg (176 lb) | |||||||||||||
Spike | 350 cm (138 in) | |||||||||||||
Block | 335 cm (132 in) | |||||||||||||
College(s) | Universidad Metropolitana | |||||||||||||
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Position | Wing spiker | |||||||||||||
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Inovel Romero Valdes (born January 28, 1995) is a Cuban male volleyball player. He was part of the Cuba men's national volleyball team at the 2014 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship in Poland. [1]
Along with Félix Chapman, he defected in the United States after they won the bronze medal in the 2015 NORCECA Champions Cup in Detroit, Michigan, asking Political asylum in that country. [2] [3]
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