Ángel Dennis
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| Full name | Ángel Dennis | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Cuban Italian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1977年06月13日) 13 June 1977 (age 47) Havana, Cuba | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 89 kg (196 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Outside hitter / Opposite | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Current club | VOA/Morro da Fumaça | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 7 (club) 7 (national team) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1996–2001 Cuba (212)
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| Last updated: 26 October 2023 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ángel Dennis (born 13 June 1977) is a Cuban-born Italian volleyball player. Dennis played with the Cuban men's national volleyball team at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, where he finished in seventh place.[1] [2] He was widely regarded as the most talented player on the Cuban men's team.[2] He helped the Cuban team win the bronze medal at the 1998 FIVB World Championship in Japan.[1]
Club volleyball
[edit ]Dennis played for IVECO Palermo from 1998 to 2000.[3] After a period of inactivity, Dennis returned to play in 2003-2004 for Latina Volley, before moving to Lube Banca Marche Macerata the following year, after a short stint in Qatar.[3] With Lube he won a top national division and an Italian Supercup in 2006, and two CEV Cups (2005–2006).[4] In 2017, Dennis signed a contract with Sporting CP.[3]
2001 Defection
[edit ]In 2001, Dennis was one of six players on the Cuban men's national volleyball team to leave a hotel they stayed at in Flanders for a tournament, and from there rode a train to Italy for political asylum.[5] The other players were Leonel Marshall, Jorge Luis Hernández, Ihosvany Hernández, Yasser Romero, and Ramón Gato.[5] Once they were granted asylum in Italy, this group was referred to as "the defectors".[5]
Personal life
[edit ]Dennis married Italian volleyball player Simona Rinieri.[1]
References
[edit ]- ^ a b c "Ángel Dennis". Olympedia. Archived from the original on 6 March 2023. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
- ^ a b "Sydney 2000: Roundup; Russia Ousts Cuba in Men's Volleyball". The New York Times . Associated Press. 28 September 2000. p. S7. Retrieved 5 September 2024. (subscription required)
- ^ a b c "Angel Dennis". Volleybox.net. Archived from the original on 23 March 2023. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
- ^ "Medals". Volleybox.net. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
- ^ a b c "The Defectors a Decade Later". Volleywood.net. 30 December 2011. Archived from the original on 8 March 2016. Retrieved 5 October 2023.
External links
[edit ]- Ángel Dennis at the European Volleyball Confederation Edit on Wikidata
- Ángel Dennis at Lega Pallavolo Serie A (in Italian)Edit on Wikidata
- Ángel Dennis at WorldofVolleyEdit on Wikidata
- Ángel Dennis at Olympedia Edit on Wikidata
- Volleybox.net profile
- 1977 births
- Living people
- Cuban emigrants to Italy
- Volleyball players from Havana
- Sporting CP volleyball players
- Cuban men's volleyball players
- Italian men's volleyball players
- Volleyball players at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Olympic volleyball players for Cuba
- Pan American Games medalists in volleyball
- Pan American Games gold medalists for Cuba
- Medalists at the 1999 Pan American Games
- Cuban expatriate sportspeople in Italy
- Defecting sportspeople from Cuba
- Cuban expatriate volleyball players
- Expatriate volleyball players in Italy
- Italian people of Cuban descent
- Naturalised citizens of Italy
- Naturalised volleyball players
- Italian expatriate volleyball players
- Italian expatriate sportspeople in Qatar
- Expatriate volleyball players in Qatar
- Expatriate volleyball players in Argentina
- Outside hitters
- Opposite hitters
- Italian expatriate sportspeople in Argentina
- Italian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal
- Expatriate volleyball players in Portugal
- Italian expatriate sportspeople in Iran
- Expatriate volleyball players in Iran
- Italian expatriate sportspeople in Saudi Arabia
- Expatriate volleyball players in Saudi Arabia
- Italian expatriate sportspeople in Brazil
- Expatriate volleyball players in Brazil
- Italian expatriate sportspeople in Lebanon
- Expatriate volleyball players in Lebanon
- 20th-century Italian sportsmen