Wilma Salas

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Salas and the second or maternal family name is Rosell.

Wilma Salas Rosell (born 9 March 1991) is a Cuban female volleyball player. She was part of the Cuba women's national volleyball team. She currently plays in Hellenic Volley League for Olympiacos Piraeus.

Wilma Salas
Personal information
Full name	Wilma Salas Rosell
Nationality	Cuba, Azerbaijan
Born	(1991-03-09) 9 March 1991 (age 32) Santiago de Cuba, Cuba
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	65 kg (143 lb)
Spike	321 cm (126 in)
Block	309 cm (122 in)
Volleyball information
Position	Wing Spiker / Opposite
Current club	Olympiacos S.F. Piraeus
Number	10
Career
Years Teams 2007-2012 Santiago de Cuba 2014–2015 Rabita Baku 2015–2016 Çanakkale Belediyespor 2016–2018 Halkbank Ankara 2018–2019 Cuneo Volley 2019 Petro Gazz Angels 2019–2021 KPS Chemik Police 2021– Olympiacos S.F. Piraeus
National team
2010– Cuba
Honours Women's volleyball Representing  Cuba Pan American Games 2011 Guadalajara Team

She participated at the 2010 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship in Japan.^[1], when she used to play with Santiago de Cuba.

Career

Wilma Salas' career started at the age of 16 in Cuban championship, playing for the local team of Santiago de Cuba, where she remained until 2012. After two years of inactivity, she returned to the field in the 2014-15 season in Azerbaijan Super League, when she signed her first professional contract with Rabitə Baku,^[2] winning the championship. She also received the local sporting nationality, becoming also known as Wilma Aslihanova. In the following championship she moved to Turkey, where she defended the colors of Çanakkale, in Turkish League, also remaining there in the 2016-17 season, playing with the Halkbank Ankara shirt.

For the 2018-19 championship Wilma Salas played for Cuneo Volley,^[3] in the Italian League. Then she moved to Philippines for the end of the season, where she played in the local championship with the Petro Gazz Angels.^[4] The following season she moved to the Polish club of Chemik Police,^[5] winning one Super Cup, two Polish Cups and two league titles, although she did not play most of the 2020-21 season due to a serious knee injury, which occurred in the initial part of the championship.^[6]

In the 2021-22 season Salas returned to the field in Hellenic Volley League for Greek champions Olympiacos Piraeus.^[7]

International career

In 2008 Wilma Salas made her debut in the Cuban national team, with which a year later she became the protagonist of the 2010 world championship qualifiers, gaining access to the world championship and being awarded as the best attacker and best server of the tournament. Later that year she won the bronze medal at the 2009 North American Championship, and in 2011 she won the silver medal at the Pan American Games. In 2012 she wore the national team shirt for the last time, winning a bronze medal again, this time in the Pan-American Cup.

Sporting achievements

National Team

• 2010   Montreux Volley Masters
• 2011   Montreux Volley Masters
• 2011   Pan American Games
• 2012   Pan-American Cup

Clubs

International competitions

• 2015   Women's CEV Cup, with Rabita Baku
• 2016   BVA Cup with Çanakkale Belediyespor

National championships

• 2009/2010   Cuban Championship, with Santiago de Cuba
• 2010/2011   Cuban Championship, with Santiago de Cuba
• 2014/2015   Azerbaijan Championship, with Rabita Baku
• 2019/2020   Polish Championship, with Chemik Police
• 2020/2021   Polish Championship, with Chemik Police

National trophies

• 2019   Polish Super Cup, with Chemik Police
• 2020   Polish Super Cup, with Chemik Police
• 2019/2020   Polish Cup, with Chemik Police
• 2020/2021   Polish Cup, with Chemik Police

Individual awards

• 2019 Philippines - Premier Volleyball League Reinforced Conference "Best Foreign Player"

References

1. "Cuban volleyball team at the 2010 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship". www.fivb.org. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
2. "Salas in Rabitə Baku". www.volleywood.net. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
3. "Wilma Salas in Cuneo Volley". volleymob.com. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
4. "Wilma Salas in Petro Gazz Angels". www.philstar.com. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
5. "Wilma Salas in Chemik Police". www.philstar.com. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
6. "Wilma Salas' serious injury". worldofvolley.com. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
7. "Wilma Salas in Olympiacos Piraeus". www.olympiacossfp.gr. Retrieved 28 November 2021.(in Greek)

External links

• Profile - clubs - titles at women.volleybox.net
• Profile at www.fivb.org
• Olympiacos team 2021-22 at cev.eu
• Wilma Salas in Olympiacos Piraeus at www.athina984.gr
• Sslas in CEV Champions League at cev.eu