Wilma Salas

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Wilma Salas
Personal information
Full nameWilma Salas Rosell
Nationality Flag of Cuba.svg Cuba, Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Azerbaijan
Born (1991-03-09) 9 March 1991 (age 32)
Santiago de Cuba, Cuba
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight65 kg (143 lb)
Spike321 cm (126 in)
Block309 cm (122 in)
Volleyball information
PositionWing Spiker / Opposite
Current club Flag of Greece.svg Olympiacos S.F. Piraeus
Number10
Career
YearsTeams
2007-2012 Flag of Cuba.svg Santiago de Cuba
2014–2015 Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Rabita Baku
2015–2016 Flag of Turkey.svg Çanakkale Belediyespor
2016–2018 Flag of Turkey.svg Halkbank Ankara
2018–2019 Flag of Italy.svg Cuneo Volley
2019 Flag of the Philippines.svg Petro Gazz Angels
2019–2021 Flag of Poland.svg KPS Chemik Police
2021– Flag of Greece.svg Olympiacos S.F. Piraeus
National team
2010– Cuba
Honours
Women's volleyball
Representing Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba
Pan American Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2011 Guadalajara Team

Wilma Salas Rosell (born 9 March 1991) is a Cuban female volleyball player. She was part of the Cuba women's national volleyball team. She currently plays in Hellenic Volley League for Olympiacos Piraeus.

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She participated at the 2010 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship in Japan. [1] , when she used to play with Santiago de Cuba.

Career

Wilma Salas' career started at the age of 16 in Cuban championship, playing for the local team of Santiago de Cuba, where she remained until 2012. After two years of inactivity, she returned to the field in the 2014-15 season in Azerbaijan Super League, when she signed her first professional contract with Rabitə Baku, [2] winning the championship. She also received the local sporting nationality, becoming also known as Wilma Aslihanova. In the following championship she moved to Turkey, where she defended the colors of Çanakkale, in Turkish League, also remaining there in the 2016-17 season, playing with the Halkbank Ankara shirt.

For the 2018-19 championship Wilma Salas played for Cuneo Volley, [3] in the Italian League. Then she moved to Philippines for the end of the season, where she played in the local championship with the Petro Gazz Angels. [4] The following season she moved to the Polish club of Chemik Police, [5] winning one Super Cup, two Polish Cups and two league titles, although she did not play most of the 2020-21 season due to a serious knee injury, which occurred in the initial part of the championship. [6]

In the 2021-22 season Salas returned to the field in Hellenic Volley League for Greek champions Olympiacos Piraeus. [7]

International career

In 2008 Wilma Salas made her debut in the Cuban national team, with which a year later she became the protagonist of the 2010 world championship qualifiers, gaining access to the world championship and being awarded as the best attacker and best server of the tournament. Later that year she won the bronze medal at the 2009 North American Championship, and in 2011 she won the silver medal at the Pan American Games. In 2012 she wore the national team shirt for the last time, winning a bronze medal again, this time in the Pan-American Cup.

Sporting achievements

National Team

Clubs

International competitions

National championships

National trophies

Individual awards

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References

  1. ↑ "Cuban volleyball team at the 2010 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship". www.fivb.org. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
  2. ↑ "Salas in Rabitə Baku". www.volleywood.net. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
  3. ↑ "Wilma Salas in Cuneo Volley". volleymob.com. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
  4. ↑ "Wilma Salas in Petro Gazz Angels". www.philstar.com. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
  5. ↑ "Wilma Salas in Chemik Police". www.philstar.com. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
  6. ↑ "Wilma Salas' serious injury". worldofvolley.com. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
  7. ↑ "Wilma Salas in Olympiacos Piraeus". www.olympiacossfp.gr. Retrieved 28 November 2021.(in Greek)
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