Félix Emilio Chapman Piñeiro (born October 5, 1996) is a Cuban volleyball player. He was part of the Cuban men's national volleyball team at the 2014 FIVB World Championship in Poland.[1]
| Félix Chapman | |||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Félix Emilio Chapman Piñeiro | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Cuban | ||||||||||||||
| Born | October 5, 1996 | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 84 kg (185 lb) | ||||||||||||||
| Spike | 350 cm (138 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Block | 330 cm (130 in) | ||||||||||||||
| College / University | Universidad del Turabo | ||||||||||||||
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| Position | Middle blocker | ||||||||||||||
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Honours
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Defection
editAlong with Inovel Romero, he defected to the United States after they won the bronze medal in the 2015 NORCECA Champions Cup in Detroit, Michigan, and asked for political asylum.[2][3]
Clubs
edit- Mayabeque (2014)
References
edit- ^ "Team Roster 2014 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship – Cuba". poland2014.fivb.org. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
- ^ "A mal tiempo…" (in Spanish). Trabajadores.cu. 27 May 2015. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
- ^ "Dos jugadores de la selección cubana de voleibol piden refugio en EEUU" (in Spanish). Trabajadores.cu. 28 May 2015. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
External links
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