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{{short description|Venezuelan volleyball player (born 1980)}}
{{family name hatnote|Tejada|Rivera|lang=Spanish}}
{{Infobox volleyball biography
| name             = Carlos Tejeda
| image            = 
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| fullname         = Carlos Arturo Tejeda Rivera
| nickname         = 
| birth_date       = {{birth date and age|1980|07|29|df=y}}<ref name="FIVB" />
| birth_place      = [[Distrito Capital]], [[Caracas]], Venezuela 
| hometown         = 
| height           = {{convert|198|cm|ftin|0|abbr=on}}
| weight           = {{convert|98|kg|lb|0|abbr=on}}
| spike            = {{convert|365|cm|in|0|abbr=on}}
| block            = {{convert|348|cm|in|0|abbr=on}}
| college          = 
| position         = 
| currentclub      = 
| currentnumber    = 
| years1           = 2000–2001
| teams1           = [[Obras Sanitarias]]
| years2           = 2001–2002
| teams2            = [[Obras Sanitarias]]
| years3           = 2003–2004
| teams3           = [[Intempo Abanilla]]
| years4           = 2006–2007
| teams4           = [[Reima Crema]]
| years5           = 2007
| teams5           = [[AEK Athens]]
| years6           = 2008
| teams6           = [[Al Arabic]]
| years7           = 2008–2009
| teams7           = [[Maliye Millipiango]]
| years8           = 2009–2010
| teams8           = [[LIG]]
| years9           = 2010–2011
| teams9           = [[Al Rayan]]
| years10          = 2011–2012
| teams10          = [[Havash Gombad]]
| years11          = 2013
| teams11          = [[Najama]]
| years12          = 2014–2015
| teams12          = [[Zahra El Mina|Zahra]]
| years13          = 2016
| teams13          = [[Obras UDAP San Juan]]
| years14          = 2017
| teams14          = [[Linares]]
| years15          = 2017–2018
| teams15          = [[Jordan]]
| years16          = 2018–2019
| teams16          = [[Jordan]]
| nationalyears    = 2000–2010
| nationalteam     = [[Venezuela men's national volleyball team|Venezuela]]
| medaltemplates   = 
{{MedalSport | Men's [[volleyball]] }}
{{MedalCountry | {{VEN}} }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Pan American Games]] }}
{{MedalGold | [[2003 Pan American Games|2003 Santo Domingo]] | [[Volleyball at the 2003 Pan American Games|Team]] }}
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'''Carlos Arturo Tejeda Rivera''' (born July 29, 1980)<ref name="FIVB">{{cite web |url=http://www.fivb.ch/En/Volleyball/Competitions/WorldChampionships/Men/2002/Teams/VB_Player.asp?No=11668 |title=Team Player's biography |website=www.fivb.ch |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021017170745/http://www.fivb.ch/EN/Volleyball/Competitions/WorldChampionships/Men/2002/Teams/VB_Player.asp?No=11668 |archive-date=2002-10-17}}</ref> is a [[volleyball]] player from [[Venezuela]], who won the gold medal with the [[Venezuela men's national volleyball team|men's national team]] at the [[2003 Pan American Games]] in [[Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic]] playing as a wing-spiker. In the final his team defeated [[Cuba men's national volleyball team|Cuba]] 3-0 (25-23, 25–18, 25-20).

He won with his team the gold medal at the [[Volleyball at the 2005 Bolivarian Games|2005 Bolivarian Games]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.juegosbolivarianos2005.gov.co/showpage.aspx?d=VOL&n=2,4,2 
 |title=Estado Final 
 |author=juegosbolivarianos2005.gov.co 
 |accessdate=2010-06-08 
 |url-status=dead 
 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719174333/http://www.juegosbolivarianos2005.gov.co/showpage.aspx?d=VOL&n=2%2C4%2C2 
 |archivedate=2011-07-19 
}}</ref>

He was born in [[Distrito Capita]], [[Caracas]], Venezuela.<ref>{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/te/carlos-tejeda-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418051403/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/te/carlos-tejeda-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2020-04-18}}</ref>

==Awards==

===National Team===
* Junior World Championship 1999 Thailand 4 Places

====Senior Team====
* American Cup {{BRA}} 2000 5 Places
* Olympic Qualifiers {{PRT}} 2000 3 Places
* World League 2002 {{ITA}} {{POL}} {{RUS}} {{VEN}}
* [[Volleyball at the 2002 Bolivarian Games|2005 Bolivarian Games]], - [[File:Med 1.png]] Gold Medal
* World Championship 2002 {{ARG}} 9 Places
* Center American and Caribbeans Games {{SLV}} 2002 3 Places
* World League {{GRC}} {{POL}} {{RUS}} {{VEN}} 2003
* Pan Americans Games {{DOM}} 2003 Gold Medal
* Olympic Qualifiers {{PRT}} 2004 4 Places
* American Cup {{BRA}} 2005 5 Places
* World League {{BRA}} {{JPN}} {{PRT}} {{VEN}} 2005
* [[Volleyball at the 2005 Bolivarian Games|2005 Bolivarian Games]], - [[File:Med 1.png]] Gold Medal
* World Championship {{JPN}} 2006
* Pan Americans Games {{BRA}} 2007 4 Places
* Olympic Qualifiers {{ARG}} 2008 1 Places
* Olympic Games Beijing {{CHN}} 2008 9 Places
* Center American and Caribbeans Games {{PRI}} 2010 2 Places
* World Championship {{ITA}} 2010 12 Places

===Foreign Leagues===
* Obras Sanitarias San Juan {{ARG}} 2000 - 2001
* Obras Sanitarias San Juan {{ARG}} 2001 - 2002
* Intempo Abanilla {{ESP}} 2003 - 2004
* Unicaja Almeria {{ESP}} 2005 - 2006
* Champions League Unicaja Almeria {{ESP}} {{GRC}} {{BEL}} {{NLD}} {{AUT}} 2006
* Reima Crema {{ITA}} 2006 - 2007
* AEK Athens {{GRC}} 2007
* Al Arabic {{QAT}} 2008
* Maliye Millipiango {{TUR}} 2008 - 2009
* LIG {{KOR}} 2009 - 2010
* Al Rayan {{QAT}} 2010 - 2011
* Havash Gombad {{IRN}} 2011 - 2012
* Najama {{BHR}} 2013
* Zahra {{LIB}} 2014 - 2015
* Obras UDAP San Juan {{ARG}} 2016
* Linares {{CHI}} 2017
* Wady Musa {{JOR}} 2017 - 2018
* Wady Musa {{JOR}} 2018 - 2019

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://www.fivb.org/EN/volleyball/competitions/WorldChampionships/men/2006/Teams/VB_PlayerDB.asp?No=111668 FIVB Profile]

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[[Category:1980 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Venezuelan men's volleyball players]]
[[Category:Volleyball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Olympic volleyball players for Venezuela]]
[[Category:Volleyball players at the 2003 Pan American Games]]
[[Category:Volleyball players at the 2007 Pan American Games]]
[[Category:Pan American Games gold medalists for Venezuela]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Anzoátegui]]
[[Category:Pan American Games gold medalists in volleyball]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 2003 Pan American Games]]
[[Category:20th-century Venezuelan people]]
[[Category:21st-century Venezuelan sportsmen]]
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