Rachel Sánchez

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Rachel Sánchez
Personal information
Full nameRachel Sánchez Pérez
NationalityCuban
Born(1989-01-09)9 January 1989
Pinar del Río
Hometown Pinar del Río
Height1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight75 kg (165 lb)
Spike325 cm (128 in)
Block320 cm (130 in)
Volleyball information
PositionOutside hitter, Middle blocker
Current club Panathinaikos
Career
YearsTeams
2008–2011
2013–2014
2014–2015
2015–2016
2016–2017
2017–2018
2018–2019
2019–2020
2020–2021
Flag of Cuba.svg La Habana
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Almaty VC
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Volero Zürich
Flag of France.svg RC Cannes
Flag of Turkey.svg Trabzon İdmanocağı
Flag of Turkey.svg Halkbank Ankara
Flag of Turkey.svg Çanakkale Belediyespor
Flag of Turkey.svg İller Bankası
Flag of Greece.svg Panathinaikos
National team
2005–2010 Cuba
Honours
Women's volleyball
Representing Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba
FIVB World Grand Prix
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2008 Yokohama Team
Pan-American Cup
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2007 Colima Team
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2006 San Juan Team
Central American and Caribbean Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2006 Cartagena Team
Last updated: May 2015

Rachel Sánchez Pérez (born 9 January 1989 in Pinar del Río) [1] is a Cuban volleyball player who competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Contents

Career

In 2008, she was a middle-blocker in the Cuban team that finished fourth in the Olympic tournament.

With her Cuban team Ciudad Habana at the Liga Nacional 2011, Sánchez won the MVP award and the championship. [2]

Sánchez moved to the Kazakh League for the 2013/14, playing with Zhetyssu Almaty. [3] [4]

Sánchez won the bronze medal at the 2015 FIVB Club World Championship, [5] playing with the Swiss club Voléro Zürich.

Awards

Individual

Club

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References

  1. Olimpiada Cubana. "Rachel Sanchez Perez" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2011-07-18. Retrieved 2011-03-07.
  2. JIT. "Cierre con juegos de Estrellas y premiaciones" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2011-03-07.
  3. "Svizzera F: 2 arrivi al Volero Zurigo" (in Italian). Zurich, Switzerland: Volleyball.it. 2014-06-05. Retrieved 2015-05-11.
  4. "NLA VolleyGuide 2014-2015". Swiss Volley. 2014. p. 25. Retrieved 2015-05-11.
  5. "Volero get it right on third try". Zurich, Switzerland: FIVB. 2015-05-10. Retrieved 2015-05-11.