Abrahan Alfonso Gavilán | |
Nationality: | Cuban |
Birth Date: | 23 February 1995 |
Birth Place: | Havana, Cuba |
Height: | 1.97 m |
Weight: | 72 kg |
Spike: | 343 cm |
Block: | 320 cm |
Position: | Outside hitter |
Teamnumber: | 12 (national team) |
Years: | 2014 |
Teams: | La Habana |
Nationalyears: | 2013–2016 |
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Abrahan Alfonso Gavilán (born 23 February 1995) is a Cuban male volleyball player. He was part of the Cuba men's national volleyball team at the 2014 FIVB World Championship in Poland.[1] He played for La Habana.
Gavilán was born on February 23, 1995, in Havana. He was part of the national team for five years, ending in 2016. In 2018, he resumed his career in Turkey for four years. Afterwards, he went to play in Italy in the A2 series where he was champion of the A2 Italian Cup and champion of the A2 Supercup. He now plays in Kuwait.
He did not play in Rio Olympics in 2016 for being one of the six players of the Cuban national volleyball team that were remanded into custody suspected of committing aggravated rape in July 2016 in Tampere, Finland.[2] [3] In September 2016 he was sentenced to five years behind bars.[4]