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Elnis Palomino

Elnis Palomino Castillo
Personal information
NationalityDominican
Born (1986-07-02) 2 July 1986 (age 38)
San Pedro de Macorís, Dominican Republic
Height194 cm (6 ft 4 in)
Weight94 kg (207 lb)
Spike342 cm (135 in)
Block332 cm (131 in)
National team
2007–2014Dominican Republic
Honours
Men's Volleyball
Representing the  Dominican Republic
Pan American Cup
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Chiapas Team
Bronze medal – third place 2012 Santo Domingo Team
Central American and Caribbean Games
Gold medal – first place 2014 Veracruz Team

Elnis Palomino Castillo (born (1986-07-02)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.

Career

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

  • Dominican Republic José Martí (2006)
  • Dominican Republic Sánchez Ramírez (2008)
  • Dominican Republic Distrito Nacional (2010)
  • Argentina Instituto Dr. Carlos Pellegrini (2010–2011)
  • Israel Maccabi Hod Hasharon (2011–2012)
  • Dominican Republic La Romana (2013)
  • Dominican Republic Los Alcarrizos (2014)
  • Lebanon Riseleh Sarafand (2014–2015)
  • United States Team IE (2016)

Awards

Individuals

Clubs

References

  1. ^ a b "Dominicanos se la juegan dentro del mundo árabe". Diario Libre (in Spanish). Carolina,Puerto Rico. 16 January 2015. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
  2. ^ "De la Cruz y Concepción más Valiosos voleibol distrital". Hoy (in Spanish). 2006-04-22. Retrieved 2016-10-19.
  3. ^ "Distrito revalida títulos en voleibol". El Nacional (in Spanish). 22 December 2008. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
  4. ^ "El Distrito barre Tamayo y retiene título de campeón". Listin Diario (in Spanish). 15 June 2010. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
  5. ^ "Los planteles de la Liga Argentina". ESPN (in Spanish). Télam. 20 November 2010. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
  6. ^ "Caceres leads Dominican Republic over Puerto Rico". Chiapas, Mexico: NORCECA. 20 June 2009. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
  7. ^ "Dominicans claim bronze with historic victory over Brazil". Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: NORCECA. 14 July 2012. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
  8. ^ "República Dominicana derrota a Haití y gana oro en voleibol". Acento (in Spanish). Santo Domingo. 5 November 2012. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
  9. ^ "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.
  10. ^ "México se lleva el bronce contra República Dominicana". Listin Diario (in Spanish). Mayaguez, Puerto Rico. AFP. 30 July 2010. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
  11. ^ "Dominican Republic win first crown at CACG". Cordoba, Mexico: NORCECA. 30 November 2014. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
  12. ^ "Team Roster – La Romana VB Club". clubworldchampionships.2012.men.fivb.com. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
  13. ^ "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.
  14. ^ Nolasco, Jeffrey (8 March 2014). "Los Mina derrota Alcarrizos y mantiene invicto voleibol PSD". Hoy (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 October 2016.
  15. ^ "Por sanción, se retira de la selección de la República Dominicana". Diario Libre (in Spanish). Santo Domingo. 29 May 2015. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
  16. ^ "Palomino no volverá a selección de voleibol por el "maltrato"". Diario Libre (in Spanish). Santo Domingo. 5 December 2015. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
  17. ^ "Team IE - Finished 7th". Advanced Event Systems. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
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