Yanelis Santos

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Yanelis Santos
Personal information
Born 30 March 1986
Ciego de Ávila, Cuba

Yanelis Santos Allegne (born 30 March 1986 in Ciego de Ávila) is a female volleyball player from Cuba, who represents the women's national team as a setter/opposite in the international team competition since 2002. Santos was named Best Server at the 2007 FIVB World Cup.

Career

Santos won the bronze medal and the Best Spiker award at the 2011 NORCECA Championship.[1]

Santos won with his national team the silver medal at the 2011 Pan American Games held in Guadalajara, Mexico.[2]

In the 2012 Pan-American Cup held in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico she won the Best Spiker and Best Server awards and the Bronze medal with her national team.[3]

Awards

Individual

  • 2007 FIVB World Cup "Best Server"
  • 2007 Montreux Volley Masters "Best Server"
  • 2008 Final Four Cup "Best Server"
  • 2008 Summer Olympics "Best Server"
  • 2009 NORCECA Championship "Best Server"
  • 2011 NORCECA Championship "Best Spiker"
  • 2012 Summer Olympics NORCECA qualification tournament's "Best Server"
  • 2012 Pan-American Cup "Best Spiker"
  • 2012 Pan-American Cup "Best Server"

References

  1. FIVB (2011-09-17). "USA women win NORCECA gold and ticket to World Cup". Retrieved 2011-09-29. 
  2. FIVB (2011-10-20). "Brazil wins fourth Pan Am Games gold medal". Retrieved 2011-10-20. 
  3. "USA win the gold in dramatic fashion". FIVB. 2012-07-20. Retrieved 2012-07-21. 

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