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Full name | Leonel Marshall Borges Jr. | ||||
Born | Havana, Cuba | 25 September 1979||||
Height | 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) | ||||
Weight | 86 kg (190 lb) | ||||
Spike | 383 cm (151 in) | ||||
Block | 343 cm (135 in) | ||||
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Position | Outside hitter | ||||
Current club | Sieco Service Ortona | ||||
Number | 1 (national team) 7 (club volleyball) | ||||
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Last updated: 24 October 2023 |
Leonel Marshall Borges Jr. [lower-alpha 1] (born 25 September 1979) is a Cuban professional volleyball player. [1] He is an outside hitter, and is well known for his outstanding vertical jump. [2] He helped the Cuban men's national volleyball team win the gold medal at the 1999 Pan American Games in Winnipeg. [3] He was the youngest member of the Cuban national team at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney, where he finished in seventh place. [1] [4]
In 2001, Marshall was one of six players on the Cuban national team to leave a hotel they stayed at in Flanders, Belgium for a tournament, and from there rode a train to Italy for political asylum. [5] The other players were Ihosvany Hernández, Jorge Luis Hernández, Ángel Dennis, Yasser Romero, and Ramón Gato. [5] Once they were granted asylum in Italy, this group was referred to as "the defectors". [5]
Marshall has played for numerous European club teams such as M. Roma Volley, Pallavolo Piacenza, and Fenerbahçe. [6] Currently he is playing for Sieco Service Ortona. [6]
Marshall is the son of retired Cuban volleyball player Leonel Marshall Sr., who competed in both the 1976 Summer Olympics and 1980 Summer Olympics. [7]
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