Teee Sanders
Teee Williams | |||||||||||||
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Full name |
Tonya Slacanin (married name) Tonya Williams Maiden name Williams, not Sanders. | ||||||||||||
Born |
March 28, 1968 (age 47) Los Angeles, California, U.S. | ||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||||||||||||
Medal record
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Tonya Slacanin,[1] formerly known as Tonya "Teee" Williams (born March 28, 1968), is a retired female volleyball player from the United States, who won the bronze medal with the USA National Team at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. She also competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics, finishing in seventh place. She played college women's volleyball with the Hawaii Rainbow Wahine volleyball team.
While playing collegiately at the University of Hawaii, she married an Army Soldier by the last name Sanders, and her name became Teee Williams-Sanders, the marriage ended in divorce with Williams taking back her maiden name. She has since remarried, and is currently Tonya Slacanin.
She was born in Los Angeles, California.
She won the national indoor title in Germany with USC Münster in the nineties and the German beachvolleyball title in 2003 partnering Ines Pianka.
International competitions
- 1990 – Goodwill Games
- 1990 – World Championships (bronze)
- 1991 – World Cup
- 1992 – Summer Olympics (bronze)
- 1992 – FIVB Super Four (bronze)
- 1993 – FIVB Grand Champions Cup
- 1994 – World Grand Prix
- 1994 – World Championship
- 1995 – Pan American Games (silver)
- 1995 – Canada Cup (gold)
- 1995 – World Grand Prix (gold)
References
- ↑ Miller, Ann (July 29, 2009). "'Teee' time remarkable one for UH volleyball". Honolulu Advertiser.
· http://archives.starbulletin.com/96/07/12/sports/story1.html
- Teee Sanders at Sports Reference
- Teee Sanders at databaseOlympics.com
- US Olympic Team
- Profile at The Washington Post
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