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Teee Williams
Personal information
Full nameTonya Slacanin (married name)
Tonya Williams
Maiden name Williams, not Sanders.
BornMarch 28, 1968 (1968-03-28) (age 56)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Height5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Medal record
Women’s Volleyball
Representing the  United States
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 1992 Barcelona Team Competition

Tonya Slacanin,[1] formerly known as Tonya "Teee" Williams (born March 28, 1968), 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 won the European "CEV-Cup" in 1994, 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
  • 1995 – Pan American Games (silver)
  • 1995 – Canada Cup (gold)
  • 1995 – World Grand Prix (gold)

References

  1. ^ Miller, Ann (July 29, 2009). "'Teee' time remarkable one for UH volleyball". Honolulu Advertiser.

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