Raquel West | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Raquel Elsa Chumpitaz (-Gáll-, -West) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nickname | La Chunga | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Lima, Peru | 11 February 1962|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Setter / Middle blocker | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Number | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Raquel West (born 11 February 1962), previously known as Raquel Chumpitaz, is a Peruvian former volleyball player who competed in the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. [1] She was a member of the Peruvian team that won second place in the 1982 FIVB World Championship in Peru. [2]
West is the club director and head coach at Spaceneedle Volleyball Foundation in Mukilteo, Washington. [3]
West has a son named Matt West who played as a setter at Pepperdine University. [4]
Robert Jan "Bob" Ctvrtlik is a retired American volleyball player who is a three-time Olympian, Olympic gold medalist, and a former member of the International Olympic Committee. He is a 1985 graduate of Pepperdine University.
Cenaida Cebastiana Uribe Medina, more commonly known as Cenaida Uribe, is a Peruvian former volleyball player and politician (PNP). During her sports career, Uribe played for the national team for many years and earned a silver medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. She also helped the Peruvian team win the bronze medal at the 1986 FIVB World Championship in Czechoslovakia.
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Christian Eric "Chip" McCaw is an American former Olympic volleyball player. He represented the United States at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. He was a setter.
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Gina Torrealva is a former volleyball player from Peru and two-time Olympian. Torrealva finished fourth at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles and won the silver medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. She was a member of the Peruvian team that won the silver medal at the 1982 FIVB World Championship in Peru, and the bronze medal at the 1986 FIVB World Championship in Czechoslovakia. She was an outside hitter.
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Natalia María Málaga Dibos, more commonly known as Natalia Málaga, is a former volleyball player and coach from Peru. Málaga participated in four Summer Olympics with the Peruvian women's national volleyball team. She placed sixth in 1980 in Moscow, fourth in 1984 in Los Angeles, won a silver medal in 1988 in Seoul, and placed eleventh in 2000 in Sydney.
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