Dulce María Téllez Palacio (born 12 September 1983), also known as Dulce Téllez, is a

Cuba Cuba, officially the Republic of Cuba, is an island country, comprising the island of Cuba (largest island), Isla de la Juventud, and List of islands of Cuba, 4,195 islands, islets and cays surrounding the main island. It is located where the ...

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 who competed with the Cuban women's national volleyball team in the

2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad (), and officially branded as Athens 2004 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 13 to 29 August 2004 in Athens, Greece. The Games saw 10,625 athletes ...

and won the bronze medal.

2006 Defection

On 2 July 2006, during international competition in Puerto Rico, Téllez requested political asylum. She left the hotel where her team was staying at 3:00 in the morning. She had played the day before and defeated Venezuela.

Clubs

* Mets de Guaynabo (2010-2011)

References

External links

Olympedia Profile: Dulce María Téllez Palacio

Volleybox.net Profile
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