Teee Sanders
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| Full name | Tonya Slacanin (formerly Tonya Sanders) | ||||||||||||||
| Nickname | Teee | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality | American | ||||||||||||||
| Born | Tonya Williams March 28, 1968 (age 56) Los Angeles, California, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||||||||||||||
| Spike | 129 in (328 cm) | ||||||||||||||
| Block | 120 in (304 cm) | ||||||||||||||
| Volleyball information | |||||||||||||||
| Position | Outside Hitter | ||||||||||||||
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Tonya Slacanin,[1] (born March 28, 1968), formerly known as "Teee" Williams or "Teee" Sanders, is a retired female volleyball player from the United States, who won the bronze medal with the USA National Team at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. She also competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics, finishing in seventh place. She played college women's volleyball with the Hawaii Rainbow Wahine volleyball team.
While playing collegiately at the University of Hawaii, she married an Army Soldier by the last name Sanders, and her name became Teee Williams-Sanders, the marriage ended in divorce with Williams taking back her maiden name. She has since remarried, and is currently Tonya Slacanin.
She was born in Los Angeles, California.
She played for Orion Sesto San Giovanni Milano in the Italian championship il 1992-93 and then for PVF Parmalat Matera from 1996 to 1998. She won the European "CEV-Cup" in 1994 with the German team Munster, the national indoor Championship and Cup title in Germany in 2004 with USC Münster as well as the German beachvolleyball title in 2003 partnering Ines Pianka.
International competitions
- 1990 – Goodwill Games
- 1990 – World Championships (bronze)
- 1991 – World Cup
- 1992 – Summer Olympics (bronze)
- 1992 – FIVB Super Four (bronze)
- 1993 – FIVB Grand Champions Cup
- 1994 – World Grand Prix
- 1994 – World Championship[2]
- 1995 – Pan American Games (silver)
- 1995 – Canada Cup (gold)
- 1995 – World Grand Prix (gold)
References
- ^ Miller, Ann (July 29, 2009). "'Teee' time remarkable one for UH volleyball". Honolulu Advertiser.
- ^ "Women Volleyball XIII World Championship 1994 - Teams Composition. - United States". todor66.com. Archived from the original on June 27, 2015. Retrieved November 29, 2015.
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External links
- Tonya Denise "Teee" Sanders-Williams at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- Tonya Williams at Olympics.com
- Teee Sanders at databaseOlympics.com (archived)
- US Olympic Team at the Wayback Machine (archived October 6, 2007)
- Teee Williams at The Washington Post
- Tonya Williams at the Beach Volleyball Database
- "'Teee' time remarkable one for UH volleyball" at the Honolulu Advertiser
- ·"Williams is sky high for Games" at the Honolulu Star-Bulletin
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