Elvis Contreras Explained

Elvis Contreras
Fullname:Elvis Dalsires Contreras de los Santos
Nationality:Dominican
Birth Date:20 July 1979
Birth Place:Tamayo
Hometown:Santo Domingo
Weight:77kg (170lb)
Spike:365cm (144inches)
Block:355cm (140inches)
Position:Wing spiker
Currentclub:Al Arabi Kuwait
Nationalyears:1998-2014
Updated:26 October 2023

Elvis Dalsires Contreras de los Santos (born 20 July 1979, in Tamayo),[1] also known as Elvis Contreras, is a male volleyball player from the Dominican Republic, who won the silver medal with the Dominican Republic men's national volleyball team at the 2006 Pan-American Cup in Mexicali, Mexico.

Career

Contreras won the Best Spiker award at the 2001 NORCECA Championship,[2] and Best Scorer at the 2005 version.[3]

At the 2007 NORCECA Championship, Contreras was awarded Best Receiver, and his national team finished in 5th place.[4]

Contreras won the Dominican Republic "2007 Volleyball Player of the Year".[5]

In mid-June 2012, the Poland club Zaksa Kędzierzyn-Koźle announced his joining for the 2012–13 season.[6]

Contreras won the bronze medal in the 2012 Men's Pan-American Volleyball Cup playing with his national team, and also won the Best Receiver and Best Server awards.[7]

Contreras led the Technocrats to the title of the 2013 Caribbean Volleyball League,[8] also winning the Most Valuable Player, Best Scorer, Best Spiker, and Best Server awards in the Trinidad and Tobago-based tournament.[9] He then joined the Brazilian club Funvic Taubaté.[10]

In August 2014, Contreras announced that he would retire from the national team after the 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games.[11] At these games, the Dominican Republic won the gold medal for the first time,[12] and Contreras was awarded the Most Valuable Player, Best Outside Spiker, and Best Scorer.[13]

Clubs

Individuals

Clubs

References

  1. Web site: Dominican Republic . FIVB . 2012 . 2013-01-21 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121230184344/http://www.fivb.org/EN/volleyball/competitions/WorldLeague/2013/TeamsVB-M.asp?Team=DOM . 2012-12-30 .,
  2. Web site: Cuba wins 13th NORCECA Title . Volley Barbados . 2010-06-24 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110717231053/http://www.volleybarbados.com/norceca/norhome.htm . 2011-07-17 .
  3. Web site: Cuban Poey was the MVP at Norceca's Men Continental. DominicanToday.com. 2010-06-24. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120307231559/http://www.dominicantoday.com/dr/sports/2005/9/17/4780/Cuban-Poey-was-the-MVP-at-Norcecas-Men-Continental. 2012-03-07.
  4. Web site: USA Men Captured NORCECA Gold Against Puerto Rico . FIVB . 2010-06-24 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20071213043844/http://www.fivb.com/EN/Volleyball/viewPressDB.asp?No=15155 . 2007-12-13 .
  5. Web site: Athletes of the Year . 12 February 2007 . DR1.com . 15 June 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070509192750/http://www.dr1.com/news/2007/dnews021207.shtml . 9 May 2007 . dead .
  6. News: Niespodzianka z Dominikany. Nowy przyjmujący w Zaksie. nto.pl. Polish. 2012-06-12. 2012-06-13.
  7. Web site: USA clinch fifth Pan American Cup title . FIVB . 14 July 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120724180851/https://www.fivb.org/viewPressRelease.asp?No=36026&Language=en . 24 July 2012 . dead .
  8. News: Technocrats capture men volleyball title. Trinidad & Tobago Newsday. Sunich. Kevin. 2013-06-05. 2013-06-09.
  9. News: Thompson, Contreras adjudged MVP's. Trinidad & Tobago Newsday. Sunich. Kevin. 2013-06-05. 2013-06-09.
  10. News: Vôlei Taubaté contrata estrangeiros e corre para agilizar documentação. Globoesporte.com. Portuguese. 2013-10-22. 2013-11-19.
  11. News: José Cáceres y Elvis Contreras se van de la selección nacional. Diario Libre. Spanish. 2015-08-06. 2015-10-31.
  12. News: Dominican Republic win first crown at CACG. NORCECA. Cordoba, Mexico. 2014-11-30. 2015-10-31.
  13. News: Elvis Contreras MVP of the Central American Games. NORCECA. Cordoba, Mexico. 2014-11-30. 2015-10-31.

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