Raquel Chumpitaz
Appearance
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Full name | Raquel Chumpitaz Suárez (-West) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nickname | La Chunga | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Peruvian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Lima, Peru | 11 February 1962||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 174 cm (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Setter / Middle blocker | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Number | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Honours
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Raquel Chumpitaz (born 11 February 1962), also known as Raquel West, is a Peruvian former volleyball player who competed in the 1980 Summer Olympics.[1] She was a member of the Peruvian team that won second place in the World Championship in 1982.[2]
Personal life
Chumpitaz is the club director and head coach at Spaceneedle Volleyball Foundation in Mukilteo, Washington.[3]
Chumpitaz also has a son named Matt West who played college volleyball at Pepperdine University.[4]
References
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Raquel Chumpitaz". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 24 May 2012.
- ^ "Raquel Chumpitaz". Olympedia. Archived from the original on 27 July 2022. Retrieved 20 September 2023.
- ^ "Raquel West, OLY". Spaceneedlevolleyball.org. Archived from the original on 20 September 2023. Retrieved 20 September 2023.
- ^ "1 Matt West". Pepperdinewaves.com. Archived from the original on 4 December 2022. Retrieved 20 September 2023.
External links
Categories:
- 1962 births
- Living people
- Peruvian women's volleyball players
- Olympic volleyball players for Peru
- Volleyball players at the 1980 Summer Olympics
- Pan American Games medalists in volleyball
- Pan American Games silver medalists for Peru
- Pan American Games bronze medalists for Peru
- Volleyball players at the 1979 Pan American Games
- Volleyball players at the 1991 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 1979 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 1991 Pan American Games
- 20th-century Peruvian women