Nickname Ley Name Leyla Chihuan Party Fuerza 2011 Current club retired Weight 66 kg | Block 296 cm (117 in) Height 1.83 m Spike 306 cm (120 in) Role Olympic athlete | |
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Full name Leyla Felicita Chihuan Ramos Similar People Natalia Malaga, Milagros Moy, Elena Keldibekova, Rosa Garcia, Sara Joya | ||
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Leyla Felicita Chihuán Ramos (born September 4, 1975 in Lima) is a former female volleyball player from Peru, of Quechua and Afro-Peruvian descent, who twice represented her native country at the Summer Olympics. In 2011, she entered politics, becoming a Congresswoman.
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Sports career
She was the captain of the Peruvian volleyball national team from 2005 to 2010 2006 FIVB Women's World Championship.
She has played in several teams in Spain and Italy.
Playing in Chiapas, Mexico with her National Senior Team, she won the Best Blocker award and the silver medal at the 2010 Final Four Cup.
Chihuán stated during the 2010 FIVB Women's World Championship that it would be her last tournament with her team and that she would step down as player and captain. After Peru's final match against China she told reporters in interviews that she did not leave because of some physical or age related issue but due to "circumstances" that she could not control.
Clubs
Political career
In 2011, Leyla Chihuán was elected to the Congress of Peru on the list of the fujimorist Fuerza 2011 party, representing the city of Lima. She is one of four female ex-volleyball players serving in Congress for the 2011-2016 term.
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