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Full name | Rachel Sánchez Pérez | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Cuban | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Pinar del Río | 9 January 1989||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hometown | Pinar del Río | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 75 kg (165 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Spike | 325 cm (128 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Block | 320 cm (130 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Outside hitter, Middle blocker | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Current club | Panathinaikos | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.
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.
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