Carlos Tejeda

{{short description|Venezuelan volleyball player (born 1980)}}

{{family name hatnote|Tejada|Rivera|lang=Spanish}}

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| name = Carlos Tejeda

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| fullname = Carlos Arturo Tejeda Rivera

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1980|07|29|df=y}}

| birth_place = Distrito Capital, Caracas, Venezuela

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| height = {{convert|198|cm|ftin|0|abbr=on}}

| weight = {{convert|98|kg|lb|0|abbr=on}}

| spike = {{convert|365|cm|in|0|abbr=on}}

| block = {{convert|348|cm|in|0|abbr=on}}

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| years1 = 2000–2001

| teams1 = Obras Sanitarias

| years2 = 2001–2002

| teams2 = Obras Sanitarias

| years3 = 2003–2004

| teams3 = Intempo Abanilla

| years4 = 2006–2007

| teams4 = Reima Crema

| years5 = 2007

| teams5 = AEK Athens

| years6 = 2008

| teams6 = Al Arabic

| years7 = 2008–2009

| teams7 = Maliye Millipiango

| years8 = 2009–2010

| teams8 = LIG

| years9 = 2010–2011

| teams9 = Al Rayan

| years10 = 2011–2012

| teams10 = Havash Gombad

| years11 = 2013

| teams11 = Najama

| years12 = 2014–2015

| teams12 = Zahra

| years13 = 2016

| teams13 = Obras UDAP San Juan

| years14 = 2017

| teams14 = Linares

| years15 = 2017–2018

| teams15 = Jordan

| years16 = 2018–2019

| teams16 = Jordan

| nationalyears = 2000–2010

| nationalteam = Venezuela

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{{MedalSport | Men's volleyball }}

{{MedalCountry | {{VEN}} }}

{{MedalCompetition | Pan American Games }}

{{MedalGold | 2003 Santo Domingo | Team }}

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Carlos Arturo Tejeda Rivera (born July 29, 1980){{cite web |url=http://www.fivb.ch/En/Volleyball/Competitions/WorldChampionships/Men/2002/Teams/VB_Player.asp?No=11668 |title=Team Player's biography |website=www.fivb.ch |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021017170745/http://www.fivb.ch/EN/Volleyball/Competitions/WorldChampionships/Men/2002/Teams/VB_Player.asp?No=11668 |archive-date=2002-10-17}} is a volleyball player from Venezuela, who won the gold medal with the men's national team at the 2003 Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic playing as a wing-spiker. In the final his team defeated Cuba 3-0 (25-23, 25–18, 25-20).

He won with his team the gold medal at the 2005 Bolivarian Games.{{cite web|url=http://www.juegosbolivarianos2005.gov.co/showpage.aspx?d=VOL&n=2,4,2

|title=Estado Final

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|accessdate=2010-06-08

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|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719174333/http://www.juegosbolivarianos2005.gov.co/showpage.aspx?d=VOL&n=2%2C4%2C2

|archivedate=2011-07-19

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He was born in Distrito Capita, Caracas, Venezuela.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/te/carlos-tejeda-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418051403/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/te/carlos-tejeda-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2020-04-18}}