Rachel Sánchez

Rachel Sánchez
Rachel Sánchez
Personal information
Full name	Rachel Sánchez Pérez
Nationality	Cuban
Born	9 January 1989; Pinar del Río
Hometown	Pinar del Río
Height	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight	75 kg (165 lb)
Spike	325 cm (128 in)
Block	320 cm (130 in)
Volleyball information
Position	Outside hitter, Middle blocker
Current club	Panathinaikos
Career
2008–2011; 2013–2014; 2014–2015; 2015–2016; 2016–2017; 2017–2018; 2018–2019; 2019–2020; 2020–2021	La Habana; Almaty VC; Volero Zürich; RC Cannes; Trabzon İdmanocağı; Halkbank Ankara; Çanakkale Belediyespor; İller Bankası; Panathinaikos
National team
2005–2010	Cuba
Honours
Women's volleyball
Representing Cuba
FIVB World Grand Prix
Pan-American Cup
Central American and Caribbean Games
	Last updated: May 2015

Rachel Sánchez Pérez (born 9 January 1989 in Pinar del Río)^[1] is a Cuban volleyball player who competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Career

In 2008, she was a middle-blocker in the Cuban team that finished fourth in the Olympic tournament.

With her Cuban team Ciudad Habana at the Liga Nacional 2011, Sánchez won the MVP award and the championship.^[2]

Sánchez moved to the Kazakh League for the 2013/14, playing with Zhetyssu Almaty.^[3]^[4]

Sánchez won the bronze medal at the 2015 FIVB Club World Championship,^[5] playing with the Swiss club Voléro Zürich.

^ Olimpiada Cubana. "Rachel Sanchez Perez" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2011-07-18. Retrieved 2011-03-07.
^ JIT. "Cierre con juegos de Estrellas y premiaciones" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2011-03-07.
^ "Svizzera F: 2 arrivi al Volero Zurigo" (in Italian). Zurich, Switzerland: Volleyball.it. 2014-06-05. Retrieved 2015-05-11.
^ "NLA VolleyGuide 2014-2015". Swiss Volley. 2014. p. 25. Retrieved 2015-05-11.
^ "Volero get it right on third try". Zurich, Switzerland: FIVB. 2015-05-10. Retrieved 2015-05-11.