Ángel Dennis
Ángel Dennis | |||||
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Full name | Ángel Dennis | ||||
Nationality | Cuban Italian | ||||
Born | Havana, Cuba | 13 June 1977||||
Height | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||||
Weight | 89 kg (196 lb) | ||||
Volleyball information | |||||
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 Diaz (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, Australia, where he finished in seventh place.[1] He helped the Cuban team win the bronze medal at the 1998 FIVB World Championship.[1]
Club volleyball
[edit]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]
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 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.
External links
[edit]- 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
- Page at Italy's Volleyball League website (in Italian)
- 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
- Italian expatriate sportspeople in Brazil
- Expatriate volleyball players in Brazil