| Wilma Salas | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Wilma Salas Rosell | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Cuba | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1991-03-09)9 March 1991 (age 34) 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) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Wing Spiker / Opposite | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Wilma Salas Rosell (born 9 March 1991) is a Cuban femalevolleyball player. She was part of theCuba women's national volleyball team. She currently plays in Italian Volley League forRoma Volley Club (women's volleyball).
She participated at the2010 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship in Japan.,[1] when she used to play with Santiago de Cuba.
Wilma Salas' career started at the age of 16 inCuban championship, playing for the local team ofSantiago de Cuba, where she remained until 2012. After two years of inactivity, she returned to the field in the 2014-15 season inAzerbaijan Super League, when she signed her first professional contract withRabitə Baku,[2] winning the championship. She also received the local sporting nationality, becoming also known as Wilma Aslihanova. In the following championship she moved toTurkey, where she defended the colors of Çanakkale, inTurkish League, also remaining there in the 2016-17 season, playing with theHalkbank Ankara shirt.
For the 2018-19 championship Wilma Salas played forCuneo Volley,[3] in theItalian League. Then she moved toPhilippines for the end of the season, where she played in the local championship with thePetro Gazz Angels.[4] The following season she moved to thePolish club ofChemik Police,[5] winning one Super Cup, twoPolish Cups and twoleague 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 inHellenic Volley League for Greek championsOlympiacos Piraeus.[7]
Salas returned for Petro Gazz for the2024 Premier Volleyball League Reinforced Conference. She was then tapped as a foreign player for thePLDT High Speed Hitters's stint at the2025 AVC Women's Champions League.[8][9]
In 2008 Wilma Salas made her debut in theCuban national team, with which a year later she became the protagonist of the2010 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 the2009 North American Championship, and in 2011 she won the silver medal at thePan American Games. In 2012 she wore the national team shirt for the last time, winning a bronze medal again, this time in thePan-American Cup.
Women's CEV Cup, withRabita Baku
BVA Cup with Çanakkale Belediyespor
Cuban Championship, with Santiago de Cuba Cuban Championship, with Santiago de Cuba
Azerbaijan Championship, withRabita BakuPolish Championship, withChemik PolicePolish Championship, withChemik Police Polish Super Cup, withChemik Police Polish Super Cup, withChemik Police Polish Cup, withChemik Police Polish Cup, withChemik Police
