Tonya Slacanin, (born March 28, 1968), formerly known as "Teee" Williams or "Teee" Sanders, is a retired female

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player from the

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, who won the bronze medal with the USA National Team at the

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. She also competed at the

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, finishing in seventh place. She played college women's volleyball with the

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team. While playing collegiately at the University of Hawaii, she married an Army Soldier by the last name Sanders, and her name became Teee Williams-Sanders, the marriage ended in divorce with Williams taking back her maiden name. She has since remarried, and is currently Tonya Slacanin. She was born in

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. She played for Orion Sesto San Giovanni Milano in the Italian championship il 1992-93 and then for PVF Parmalat Matera from 1996 to 1998. She won the European "CEV-Cup" in 1994 with the German team Munster, the national indoor Championship and Cup title in Germany in 2004 with

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as well as the German beachvolleyball title in 2003 partnering Ines Pianka.

International competitions

*1990 – Goodwill Games *1990 – World Championships (bronze) *1991 – World Cup *1992 – Summer Olympics (bronze) *1992 – FIVB Super Four (bronze) *1993 – FIVB Grand Champions Cup *1994 – World Grand Prix *1994 –

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*1995 – Pan American Games (silver) *1995 – Canada Cup (gold) *1995 – World Grand Prix (gold)

References

External links

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