Elnis Palomino Castillo (born 2 July 1986 in San Pedro de Macorís[1]) is a Dominican Republic male volleyball player who competed with the Dominican club La Romana in the 2013 FIVB Club World Championship.
| Elnis Palomino Castillo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nationality | Dominican | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 2 July 1986 San Pedro de Macorís, Dominican Republic | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 194 cm (6 ft 4 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 94 kg (207 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Spike | 342 cm (135 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Block | 332 cm (131 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Honours
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Career edit
Palomino was chosen Rookie of the Year in the 2006 Dominican Republic league, while playing with the club José Martí.[2] With the Dominican club Sánchez Ramírez Palomino played the 2008 Dominican Republic League season, winning the bronze medal.[3]
Palomino played with Distrito Nacional contributing to win the 2010 season Dominican Republic Volleyball League championship.[4] He then played with the professional club from the Argentinian League Instituto Dr. Carlos Pellegrini for the 2010-2011 season.[5] With his national team, he won the bronze medal in the 2009 Pan-American Cup[6] and he played the 2010 edition and won the bronze again in the 2012 cup.[7]
With the Dominican Republic national team he lost the chance to play the 2014 World Championship, after winning the gold medal and best server in the first round,[8] but his team lost to Puerto Rico the final qualifier round.[9]
Palomino lost the bronze medal in the 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games 2-3 from Mexico[10] but he won the 2014 regional games gold medal, the country's first ever gold.[11]
Palomino played in the 2013 FIVB Club World Championship with the Dominican club La Romana finishing in tied seventh place.[12] With his national team, Palomino won the 2013 NORCECA Final Four Cup silver medal and the Best Server individual award.[13] In 2014, Palomino played with the Dominican local team Los Alcarrizos from the Santo Domingo provincial tournament.[14]
For the 2014-2015 season he signed with the Lebanese club Riseleh Sarafand.[1] For this contract he was expelled from the national team because his Lebanese club was blamed of not paying the international transfer fee and for playing without permission.[15] He was later reinstated but refused to come back to the national team citing mistreatment and the difference of training conditions of the male and female national team.[16] Palomino played with Team IE from the American Professional Volleyball League in the 2016 season, ranking seventh with his team.[17]
Clubs edit
José Martí (2006)- Sánchez Ramírez (2008)
- Distrito Nacional (2010)
Instituto Dr. Carlos Pellegrini (2010–2011)
Maccabi Hod Hasharon (2011–2012)- La Romana (2013)
- Los Alcarrizos (2014)
Riseleh Sarafand (2014–2015)
Team IE (2016)
Awards edit
Individuals edit
Clubs edit
- 2008 Dominican Republic Volleyball League –
Bronze medal, with Sánchez Ramírez - 2010 Dominican Republic Volleyball League -
Champion, with Distrito Nacional
References edit
- ^ a b "Dominicanos se la juegan dentro del mundo árabe". Diario Libre (in Spanish). Carolina,Puerto Rico. 16 January 2015. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
- ^ "De la Cruz y Concepción más Valiosos voleibol distrital". Hoy (in Spanish). 2006-04-22. Retrieved 2016-10-19.
- ^ "Distrito revalida títulos en voleibol". El Nacional (in Spanish). 22 December 2008. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
- ^ "El Distrito barre Tamayo y retiene título de campeón". Listin Diario (in Spanish). 15 June 2010. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
- ^ "Los planteles de la Liga Argentina". ESPN (in Spanish). Télam. 20 November 2010. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
- ^ "Caceres leads Dominican Republic over Puerto Rico". Chiapas, Mexico: NORCECA. 20 June 2009. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
- ^ "Dominicans claim bronze with historic victory over Brazil". Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: NORCECA. 14 July 2012. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
- ^ "República Dominicana derrota a Haití y gana oro en voleibol". Acento (in Spanish). Santo Domingo. 5 November 2012. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
- ^ "RD pierde chance de jugar Mundial Voleibol al caer en Puerto Rico". 7 Dias (in Spanish). Carolina, Puerto Rico. 20 July 2014. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
- ^ "México se lleva el bronce contra República Dominicana". Listin Diario (in Spanish). Mayaguez, Puerto Rico. AFP. 30 July 2010. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
- ^ "Dominican Republic win first crown at CACG". Cordoba, Mexico: NORCECA. 30 November 2014. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
- ^ "Team Roster – La Romana VB Club". clubworldchampionships.2012.men.fivb.com. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
- ^ "RD concluye con plata en Final Four Varonil de Norceca". 7 Dias (in Spanish). 10 November 2013. Archived from the original on 20 October 2016. Retrieved 20 October 2016.
- ^ Nolasco, Jeffrey (8 March 2014). "Los Mina derrota Alcarrizos y mantiene invicto voleibol PSD". Hoy (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 October 2016.
- ^ "Por sanción, se retira de la selección de la República Dominicana". Diario Libre (in Spanish). Santo Domingo. 29 May 2015. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
- ^ "Palomino no volverá a selección de voleibol por el "maltrato"". Diario Libre (in Spanish). Santo Domingo. 5 December 2015. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
- ^ "Team IE - Finished 7th". Advanced Event Systems. Retrieved 19 October 2016.