Ángel Dennis
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![]() Ángel Dennis during a volleyball match in Piacenza. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Ángel Dennis | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Cuban Italian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1977-06-13) 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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Last updated: 26 October 2023 |
Ángel Dennis (born 13 June 1977) is a Cuban-born Italian volleyball player. He played with the Cuban men's national volleyball team at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, where he finished in seventh place.[1] He helped the Cuban team win the bronze medal at the 1998 FIVB World Championship in Japan.[1]
Club volleyball
Dennis played for IVECO Palermo from 1998 to 2000.[2] 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.[2] With Lube he won a top national division and an Italian Supercup in 2006, and two CEV Cups (2005–2006).[3] In 2017, Dennis signed a contract with Sporting CP.[2]
2001 Defection
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.[4] The other players were Leonel Marshall, Jorge Luis Hernández, Ihosvany Hernández, Yasser Romero, and Ramón Gato.[4] Once they were granted asylum in Italy, this group was referred to as "the defectors".[4]
Personal life
Dennis married Italian volleyball player Simona Rinieri.[1]
References
- ^ a b c "Ángel Dennis". Olympedia. Archived from the original on 6 March 2023. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
- ^ a b c "Angel Dennis". Volleybox.net. Archived from the original on 23 March 2023. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
- ^ "Angel Dennis". Volleybox.net. Archived from the original on 6 August 2023. 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
- Ángel Dennis at the European Volleyball Confederation
- Ángel Dennis at WorldofVolley
- Ángel Dennis at Lega Pallavolo Serie A (in Italian)
- Ángel Dennis at Olympedia
- Volleybox.net Profile