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2009 Women's Pan-American Volleyball Cup
The 2009 Women's Pan-American Volleyball Cup was the eighth edition of the annual women's volleyball tournament, played by eleven countries from June 24 to July 5, 2009 in Miami, Florida. The intercontinental event served as a qualifier for the 2010 FIVB World Grand Prix. Competing Nations Squads * Preliminary round Group A *Friday June 26, 2009 *Saturday June 27, 2009 *Sunday June 28, 2009 *Monday June 29, 2009 *Tuesday June 30, 2008 Group B *Friday June 26, 2009 *Saturday June 27, 2009 *Sunday June 28, 2009 *Monday June 29, 2009 *Tuesday June 30, 2009 Final round ---- Classification 5–10 *Thursday July 2, 2009 Quarterfinals *Thursday July 2, 2009 Classification 9 *Friday July 3, 2009 Classification 5–8 *Friday July 3, 2009 Semifinals *Friday July 3, 2009 Classification 10–11, 7–8, 5–6 *Saturday July 4, 2009 Finals *Saturday July 4, 2009 ---- Final ranking **''Brazil, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico and the United St ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States
The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territories, nine Minor Outlying Islands, and 326 Indian reservations. The United States is also in free association with three Pacific Island sovereign states: the Federated States of Micronesia, the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau. It is the world's third-largest country by both land and total area. It shares land borders with Canada to its north and with Mexico to its south and has maritime borders with the Bahamas, Cuba, Russia, and other nations. With a population of over 333 million, it is the most populous country in the Americas and the third most populous in the world. The national capital of the United States is Washington, D.C. and its most populous city and principal financial center is New York City. Paleo-Americ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danielle Scott-Arruda
Danielle Racquel Scott-Arruda (born October 1, 1972) is an American-Brazilian indoor volleyball player. She has played at the 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008 and the 2012 Summer Olympics, breaking a U.S. female volleyball athlete record for Olympic appearances. She's currently playing professionally for Brazilian league Banana Boat/Praia Clube. Scott-Arruda carried the flag for her native country at the opening ceremony of the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. High school and personal life Scott-Arruda was born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and attended Woodlawn High School in Baton Rouge, where she was an All-State performer in volleyball and basketball. Scott-Arruda's parents are Charles Young and Vera Scott. She has one brother (Charles) and one late sister (Stefanie). She was married to Eduardo Arruda. And a daughter Juliánne Scott Arruda. She also loved her high school. She states, " My math teacher never gave up on me she will never be forgetting.". Long Beach ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2009 In American Sports
9 (nine) is the natural number following and preceding . Evolution of the Arabic digit In the beginning, various Indians wrote a digit 9 similar in shape to the modern closing question mark without the bottom dot. The Kshatrapa, Andhra and Gupta started curving the bottom vertical line coming up with a -look-alike. The Nagari continued the bottom stroke to make a circle and enclose the 3-look-alike, in much the same way that the sign @ encircles a lowercase ''a''. As time went on, the enclosing circle became bigger and its line continued beyond the circle downwards, as the 3-look-alike became smaller. Soon, all that was left of the 3-look-alike was a squiggle. The Arabs simply connected that squiggle to the downward stroke at the middle and subsequent European change was purely cosmetic. While the shape of the glyph for the digit 9 has an ascender in most modern typefaces, in typefaces with text figures the character usually has a descender, as, for example, in . The mod ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2009 In Sports In Florida
9 (nine) is the natural number following and preceding . Evolution of the Arabic digit In the beginning, various Indians wrote a digit 9 similar in shape to the modern closing question mark without the bottom dot. The Kshatrapa, Andhra and Gupta started curving the bottom vertical line coming up with a -look-alike. The Nagari continued the bottom stroke to make a circle and enclose the 3-look-alike, in much the same way that the sign @ encircles a lowercase ''a''. As time went on, the enclosing circle became bigger and its line continued beyond the circle downwards, as the 3-look-alike became smaller. Soon, all that was left of the 3-look-alike was a squiggle. The Arabs simply connected that squiggle to the downward stroke at the middle and subsequent European change was purely cosmetic. While the shape of the glyph for the digit 9 has an ascender in most modern typefaces, in typefaces with text figures the character usually has a descender, as, for example, in . The mod ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2009 In Women's Volleyball
9 (nine) is the natural number following and preceding . Evolution of the Arabic digit In the Brahmi numerals, beginning, various Indians wrote a digit 9 similar in shape to the modern closing question mark without the bottom dot. The Kshatrapa, Andhra and Gupta started curving the bottom vertical line coming up with a -look-alike. The Nagari continued the bottom stroke to make a circle and enclose the 3-look-alike, in much the same way that the sign @ encircles a lowercase ''a''. As time went on, the enclosing circle became bigger and its line continued beyond the circle downwards, as the 3-look-alike became smaller. Soon, all that was left of the 3-look-alike was a squiggle. The Arabs simply connected that squiggle to the downward stroke at the middle and subsequent European change was purely cosmetic. While the shape of the glyph for the digit 9 has an Ascender (typography), ascender in most modern typefaces, in typefaces with text figures the character usually has a desc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brenda Castillo
Brenda Castillo (born June 5, 1992, in San Cristóbal) is a volleyball player from the Dominican Republic and plays as a libero. She was a member of the Dominican Republic national team that won fifth place in the 2012 Summer Olympics, while she was named the tournament's Best Libero. She played in the 2014 World Championship reaching also the fifth place and ranking 17th in the 2010 World Championship and the 2011 FIVB World Cup where her national team ranked eight and the 2015 FIVB World Cup, winning the Best Libero individual award and ranking in seventh place. She won the silver medal at the 2009 U20 World Championship, 2013 U23 World Championship and Bronze in the 2009 FIVB Women's World Grand Champions Cup and the 2015 Pan American Games. She won the gold medal of the 2009 NORCECA Championship, 2010 Final Four and the 2010 and 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games. Castillo also won the 2008, 2010, 2014 and 2016 Pan American Cup championship. In club comp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vanessa Palacios
Vanessa Magda Palacios Silva (born July 3, 1984, in Lima, Peru) is a Peruvian volleyball player who plays as Libero for the Peru women's national volleyball team. Career Palacios was awarded Best Libero in the 2009/10 season from the Spanish Superliga . (In Spanish) Clubs * Divino Maestro * CV Venidorm (2003–2008) * CV Sanse (2008–2009) * (2009–2010) * Divino Maestro (2010-2011) * (2011-2012) * Vannes VB (2012-2013) * CV Univ ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vilmarie Mojica
Vilmarie Mojica (born August 13, 1985, in Toa Baja, Puerto Rico) is a volleyball player from Puerto Rico, who captained the Women's National Team at the 2008 Olympic Qualification Tournament in Japan. There the team ended up in eighth and last place, having received a wild card for the event after Peru and Kenya withdrew. Career She participated at the 2002 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship in Germany. Mojica was named ''Best Setter'' at the 2007 NORCECA Championship, where her team finished in fifth place in final rankings. She participated at the 2010 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship The 2010 FIVB Women's World Championship was the sixteenth edition of the competition. Like the previous tournament, the 2010 edition also was held from 29 October to 14 November 2010 in Japan, though the range of venues and locations was modifie .... Awards Individuals * 2007 NORCECA Championship "Best Setter" * 2009 Pan-American Cup "Best Setter" * 2009 NORCECA Cham ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicole Davis
Nicole Marie Davis (born April 24, 1982) is a retired American indoor volleyball player and mindset coach at Compete To Create, founded by Seattle Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll and high performance psychologist, Michael Gervais. Nicole last played professionally for Le Cannet Rocheville in France and retired in 2015. She is 5'4" (167 cm) and played the libero position. She played for Fenerbahçe Women's Volleyball team for the 2007 season and wore the number 1 jersey. She was the first foreign-born libero to play in the Turkish league and led her team to a second-place finish. Davis represented the United States at the 2008 Olympics and 2012 Olympics, helping Team USA to a silver medal both times. She was also part of the US team that won the 2014 World Championships. High school and personal life Davis was born in Stockton, California, to Randy and Barbara Davis. Her favorite sports team is the New York Yankees, her favorite movie is ''Dirty Dancing'', her favori ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yulissa Zamudio
} Yulissa Noelia Zamudio Ore (born 24 March 1976) is a Peruvian volleyball player. She competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics and the 2000 Summer Olympics. She competed at the 2010 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship The 2010 FIVB Women's World Championship was the sixteenth edition of the competition. Like the previous tournament, the 2010 edition also was held from 29 October to 14 November 2010 in Japan, though the range of venues and locations was modifie ..., She played for Alianza Lima, AD A Pinguela, and Latino Amisa. References External links * 1976 births Living people Peruvian women's volleyball players Olympic volleyball players for Peru Volleyball players at the 1996 Summer Olympics Volleyball players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Place of birth missing (living people) Pan American Games medalists in volleyball Pan American Games bronze medalists for Peru Volleyball players at the 1991 Pan American Games Medalists at the 1991 Pan American Games ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Florida International University
Florida International University (FIU) is a public university, public research university with its main campus in Miami-Dade County. Founded in 1965, the school opened its doors to students in 1972. FIU has grown to become the third-largest university in Florida and the List of United States university campuses by enrollment, fifth-largest public university in the United States by enrollment. FIU is a constituent part of the State University System of Florida. In 2021, it was ranked #1 in the Florida Board of Governors performance funding, and had over $246 million in research expenditures. The university is Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education, classified among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity". FIU has 11 colleges and more than 40 centers, facilities, labs, and institutes that offer more than 200 programs of study. It has an annual budget of over $1.7 billion and an annual economic impact of over $5 billion. The university is ac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Áurea Cruz
Áurea Esther "Aury" Cruz Dalmau (born January 10, 1982) is an indoor and beach volleyball player from Puerto Rico who competed for the Puerto Rico national team at the 2008 Olympic Qualification Tournament in Japan, where she was named Best Server at the event. College career Cruz accepted an athletic scholarship to attend the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where she competed for coach Mary Wise's Florida Gators women's volleyball team from 2000 to 2003. The Gators competed in NCAA Division I and the Southeastern Conference (SEC), and were the regular season SEC champions for four straight years during Cruz's college career. In 2003, Cruz guided the Gators to their first-ever appearance in the NCAA championship final, where they lost to the University of Southern California (USC). Following her 2003 senior season, she was nominated for Best Player in NCAA Division I. She was a three-time first-team All-SEC selection, and received AVCA first-team All-Am ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
