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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, Soviet Union. [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]
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