Joel Sotelo Villalobos

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Joel Sotelo Villalobos
portrait
birthday July 13, 1970
place of birth Mexico City, Mexico
size 1.92 m
Indoor volleyball
societies
Arona Tenerife Sur
beach volleyball
partner 1998 Alfonso Jackson Avina
1998–2000 Juan Alberto Rodríguez Ibarra
2002–2003 José Luis Martell
successes
1999 - World Cup participant
2000 - Olympic participant
As of June 25, 2014

José Joel Sotelo Villalobos (born July 13, 1970 in Mexico City ) is a Mexican volleyball and beach volleyball player and coach.

Career hall

Sotelo played as an indoor volleyball player for the Spanish club Arona Tenerife Sur, among others .

Career beach volleyball

Sotelo played his first international beach tournaments in 1998 with Alfonso Jackson Avina . The two Mexicans reached the 25th place twice at the Open tournaments in Lignano and Moscow . At their last appearance together they reached the top ten for the first time as ninth at the Alanya Open. Sotelo already played the last tournament of the year in Vitória with his new partner Juan Alberto Rodríguez Ibarra . At the start of 1999, Sotelo / Ibarra finished seventh in front of their home crowd in Acapulco . In Toronto and Stavanger they came in 13th. They also took part in the 1999 World Cup in Marseille , where they finished 25th. Then they were again 13th in Tenerife and Ostend . They were able to repeat the result on the island in 2000. Before that, they reached 17th place in both Guarujá and Rosarito . In their first Grand Slam in Chicago they reached 25th place. In addition, Sotelo / Ibarra qualified for the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney . There they sat in the first game against the Australians Prosser / Zahner . In the round of 16 they had to admit defeat to the US duo Heidger / Wong without winning a point.

In 2002 Sotelo formed a new duo with José Luis Martell . In the first year, 33rd place at the Gstaad Open and 25th place at the Grand Slam in Klagenfurt were the duo's best results. In 2003, Sotelo / Martell did not get past 57th place in two open tournaments and the Berlin Grand Slam.

Career as a coach

After his career as a player, Sotelo became the national coach of the Mexican beach volleyball teams.

Private

Sotelo is married to the Mexican beach volleyball player Mayra Huerta .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Joel Sotelo y Mayra Huerta participan en la Asamblea Nacional. (No longer available online.) Voleibol Mexico, March 29, 2010, archived from the original on March 10, 2016 ; Retrieved June 25, 2014 (Spanish). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / voleibolmexico.com
  2. ↑ El voleibol de playa da un plus a México. El Sol de Tijuana, August 14, 2010, accessed June 25, 2014 (Spanish).
  3. ↑ Ex olímpicos mexicanos engalanan el voleibol en Progreso. Por Esto, Retrieved June 25, 2014 (Spanish).
personal data
SURNAME Sotelo Villalobos, Joel
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Sotelo Villalobos, José Joel (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Mexican beach volleyball player and coach
DATE OF BIRTH July 13, 1970
PLACE OF BIRTH Mexico City , Mexico