Dulce Téllez
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| Full name | Dulce María Téllez Palacio | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Cuban | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 12 September 1983 Santiago de Cuba, Cuba | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||
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| Position | Middle blocker | ||||||||||||||
| Number | 16 (national team) | ||||||||||||||
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Dulce María Téllez Palacio (born 12 September 1983), also known as Dulce Téllez, is a Cuban volleyball player who competed with the Cuban women's national volleyball team in the 2004 Summer Olympics and won the bronze medal.[1][2]
2006 Defection[edit]
On 2 July 2006, during international competition in Puerto Rico, Téllez requested political asylum.[3] She left the hotel where her team was staying at 3:00 in the morning.[3] She had played the day before and defeated Venezuela.[3]
Clubs[edit]
Mets de Guaynabo (2010-2011)
References[edit]
- ^ "Dulce Téllez". Olympedia. Archived from the original on 19 August 2023. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
- ^ "Dulce Téllez". Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 26 October 2012.
- ^ a b c "Voleibolista cubana Tellez pide asilo político en Puerto Rico". El Universo (in Spanish). 2 July 2006. Archived from the original on 16 February 2022. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
External links[edit]
Categories:
- 1983 births
- Living people
- Cuban women's volleyball players
- Olympic volleyball players for Cuba
- Volleyball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Olympic bronze medalists for Cuba
- Olympic medalists in volleyball
- Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Sportspeople from Santiago de Cuba
- Cuban emigrants to Puerto Rico
- Puerto Rican women's volleyball players
- Defecting sportspeople of Cuba