Inovel Romero Valdes (born January 28, 1995) is a Cuban male volleyball player. He was part of the Cuba men's national volleyball team at the 2014 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship in Poland.[1]
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Full name | Inovel Romero Valdes | ||||||||||||||
Nationality | Cuban | ||||||||||||||
Born | January 28, 1995 | ||||||||||||||
Height | 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) | ||||||||||||||
Weight | 80 kg (176 lb) | ||||||||||||||
Spike | 350 cm (138 in) | ||||||||||||||
Block | 335 cm (132 in) | ||||||||||||||
College / University | Universidad Metropolitana | ||||||||||||||
Volleyball information | |||||||||||||||
Position | Wing spiker | ||||||||||||||
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Honours
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Defection
editAlong with Félix Chapman, he defected in the United States after they won the bronze medal in the 2015 NORCECA Champions Cup in Detroit, Michigan, asking Political asylum in that country.[2][3]
Clubs
edit- Ciego de Ávila (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.