Abrahan Alfonso Gavilán Explained

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]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Team Roster 2014 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championshi – Cuba. poland2014.fivb.org. 12 October 2015.
  2. Web site: Cuban volleyball players charged with aggravated rape. Yle. 29 August 2016.
  3. Web site: Kuubalaisten lentopalloilijoiden raiskaustuomiot lyhenivät hovissa, yhden syyte hylättiin. Yle. fi. 23 October 2024.
  4. Web site: Five Cuban volleyball players convicted of Tampere rape, one acquitted. Yle. 20 September 2016.