Dulce Téllez
{{short description|Cuban volleyball player (born 1983)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2023}}
{{Infobox volleyball biography
| fullname = Dulce María Téllez Palacio
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1983|9|12|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Santiago de Cuba, Cuba
| death_date =
| death_place =
| height = 1.79 m
| image =
| nationalyears = 2003–2006
| nationalteam = {{vbw|CUB}}
| position = Middle blocker
| teamnumber = 16 (national team)
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport | Women's volleyball}}
{{MedalCountry | {{CUB}} }}
{{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}}
{{MedalBronze| 2004 Athens |Team}}}}
Dulce María Téllez Palacio (born 12 September 1983), also known as Dulce Téllez, is a Cuban volleyball player who competed with the Cuban women's national volleyball team in the 2004 Summer Olympics and won the bronze medal.{{Cite web |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/109170 |title=Dulce Téllez |website=Olympedia |access-date=23 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230819155208/https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/109170 |archive-date=19 August 2023 |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |website=Sports-Reference.com |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/te/dulce-tellez-1.html |title=Dulce Téllez |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121026100813/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/te/dulce-tellez-1.html |archive-date=26 October 2012 }}
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.{{Cite news |url=https://www.eluniverso.com/2006/07/02/0001/15/518C5788793543CF8A3977664B5C816C.html/ |work=El Universo |date=2 July 2006 |title=Voleibolista cubana Tellez pide asilo político en Puerto Rico |language=es |access-date=23 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220216181059/https://www.eluniverso.com/2006/07/02/0001/15/518C5788793543CF8A3977664B5C816C.html/ |archive-date=16 February 2022 |url-status=live }}
Clubs
- {{flagicon|PUR}} Mets de Guaynabo (2010-2011)
References
{{reflist}}
External links
- [https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/109170 Olympedia Profile: Dulce María Téllez Palacio]
- [https://women.volleybox.net/dulce-maria-tellez-p11184 Volleybox.net Profile]
{{Cuba women volleyball team 2004 Olympics}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Tellez, Dulce}}
Category:Cuban women's volleyball players
Category:Olympic volleyball players for Cuba
Category:Volleyball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic bronze medalists for Cuba
Category:Olympic medalists in volleyball
Category:Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Category:Sportspeople from Santiago de Cuba
Category:Cuban emigrants to Puerto Rico
Category:Puerto Rican women's volleyball players