Abrahan Alfonso Gavilán (born 23 February 1995) 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 () represents Cuba in international volleyball competitions and friendly matches, governed by Federación Cubana De Voleibol. Cuba in the 1976 Summer Olympics won their first bronze medal. In FIVB competit ...
at the
2014 FIVB World Championship in Poland. 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
Tampere is a city in Finland and the regional capital of Pirkanmaa. It is located in the Finnish Lakeland. The population of Tampere is approximately , while the metropolitan area has a population of approximately . It is the most populous mu ...
, Finland. In September 2016 he was sentenced to five years behind bars.
Awards
*Italian Supercup A2 MVP — 2024
Clubs
* La Habana (2014)
* Sorgun Belediye Sport Turquia (2018–21)
* Afyon Belediye Sport (2020–21)
* Kiziltepe Sport (2021–22)
* Atlantide Pallavolo Brescia Italia (2022–24)
References
External links
Volleybox.net profile
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1995 births
Living people
Cuban men's volleyball players
Cuban people convicted of rape
Cuban people imprisoned abroad
Expatriates in Finland
Place of birth missing (living people)
Prisoners and detainees of Finland
Sportspeople convicted of crimes