Félix Emilio Chapman Piñeiro (born October 5, 1996) is a Cuban male

volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Summ ...

player. He was part of the

Cuba men's national volleyball team The Cuba men's national volleyball team ( es, Selección masculina de voleibol de Cuba) represents Cuba in international volleyball competitions and friendly matches, governed by Federación Cubana De Voleibol. Cuba in the 1976 Summer Olympics wo ...

at the

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in Poland.

Defection

Along with

Inovel Romero 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. Defection Along with Félix Chapman, he defe ...

, he

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in the United States after they won the bronze medal in the 2015 NORCECA Champions Cup in Detroit, Michigan, asking

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in that country.

Clubs

* Mayabeque (2014)

References

1996 births Living people Defecting sportspeople of Cuba Cuban men's volleyball players Place of birth missing (living people) Central American and Caribbean Games bronze medalists for Cuba Competitors at the 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in volleyball 21st-century Cuban people {{Cuba-volleyball-bio-stub