Glenny Sofía Cepeda Gabriel (born 13 April 1981) is a Dominican former

tennis Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball ...

player. A native of San Pedro de Macorís, Cepeda earned ITA All-American honours as a collegiate tennis player for

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, where she also competed on the volleyball team. She was a 2011 inductee to the Shorter University Athletic Hall of Fame, for her contributions to both sports. Cepeda was a regular member of the

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from 1996 to 2002, later playing a further year in 2014. She helped her side qualify for Group I of the Americas Zone in 2000 and appeared in a total of 34 ties during her career. Her 21 wins in doubles rubbers set a team record. Outside of the Fed Cup, Cepeda also represented the Dominican Republic at the

1998 Central American and Caribbean Games 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently s ...

2002 Central American and Caribbean Games The 19th Central American and Caribbean Games were held in San Salvador, El Salvador from November 22 to December 8, 2002 and included 4,301 competitors from 31 nations, competing in 32 sports. The main stadium for these championships was the Est ...

and

2003 Pan American Games The 2003 Pan American Games were held in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, from August 1 to 17, 2003. The successful bid for the games was made in the mid-1990s, when Dominican Republic had one of the highest growth rates in Latin America. Al ...

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Cepeda, Glenny 1981 births Living people Dominican Republic female tennis players Pan American Games competitors for the Dominican Republic Tennis players at the 2003 Pan American Games Shorter Hawks athletes College women's tennis players in the United States Sportspeople from San Pedro de Macorís Competitors at the 1998 Central American and Caribbean Games Competitors at the 2002 Central American and Caribbean Games Central American and Caribbean Games bronze medalists for the Dominican Republic Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in tennis