Wilma Salas Rosell (born 9 March 1991) is a Cuban female

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player. She was part of the

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. She currently plays in Hellenic Volley League for Olympiacos Piraeus. She participated at the

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in Japan., when she used to play with

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Career

Wilma Salas' career started at the age of 16 in

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n championship, playing for the local team of

, where she remained until 2012. After two years of inactivity, she returned to the field in the 2014-15 season in Azerbaijan Super League, when she signed her first professional contract with Rabitə Baku, winning the championship. She also received the local sporting nationality, becoming also known as Wilma Aslihanova. In the following championship she moved to

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, where she defended the colors of

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, in

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, also remaining there in the 2016-17 season, playing with the

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shirt. For the 2018-19 championship Wilma Salas played for

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, in the

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. Then she moved to

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for the end of the season, where she played in the local championship with the

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. The following season she moved to the

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club of Chemik Police, winning one Super Cup, two Polish Cups and two league titles, although she did not play most of the 2020-21 season due to a serious knee injury, which occurred in the initial part of the championship. In the 2021-22 season Salas returned to the field in Hellenic Volley League for Greek champions Olympiacos Piraeus.

International career

In 2008 Wilma Salas made her debut in the

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, with which a year later she became the protagonist of the 2010 world championship qualifiers, gaining access to the world championship and being awarded as the best attacker and best server of the tournament. Later that year she won the bronze medal at the 2009 North American Championship, and in 2011 she won the silver medal at the

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. In 2012 she wore the national team shirt for the last time, winning a bronze medal again, this time in the Pan-American Cup.

Sporting achievements

National Team

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Pan-American Cup

Clubs

International competitions

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, with

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* 2016

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with Çanakkale Belediyespor