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2018 Women's Pan-American Volleyball Cup
The 2018 Women's Pan-American Volleyball Cup was the 17th edition of the annual women's volleyball tournament. It was held in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic from 8 to 14 July. Twelve teams competed and the top five ranked teams at the end of the tournament qualified to the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru. The United States won the second straight title (sixth in history) after defeating the Dominican Republic 3–2 in the final. American Lauren Carlini was awarded the Most Valuable Player. Pools composition Venue *Ricardo Arias Gymnasium, Santo Domingo Pool standing procedure # Number of matches won # Match points # Points ratio # Sets ratio # Result of the last match between the tied teams Match won 3–0: 5 match points for the winner, 0 match points for the loser Match won 3–1: 4 match points for the winner, 1 match point for the loser Match won 3–2: 3 match points for the winner, 2 match points for the loser Preliminary round *All times are Atlantic Standard ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dominican Republic
The Dominican Republic ( ; es, República Dominicana, ) is a country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean region. It occupies the eastern five-eighths of the island, which it shares with Haiti, making Hispaniola one of only two Caribbean islands, along with Saint Martin, that is shared by two sovereign states. The Dominican Republic is the second-largest nation in the Antilles by area (after Cuba) at , and third-largest by population, with approximately 10.7 million people (2022 est.), down from 10.8 million in 2020, of whom approximately 3.3 million live in the metropolitan area of Santo Domingo, the capital city. The official language of the country is Spanish. The native Taíno people had inhabited Hispaniola before the arrival of Europeans, dividing it into five chiefdoms. They had constructed an advanced farming and hunting society, and were in the process of becoming an organized civilization. The Taínos also in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aiyana Whitney
Aiyana is a given name A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a fa .... It is often claimed to be a Native American name, meaning "blossoming" or "eternal flower", but it is more likely to be a modern respelling of the Somali name Ayanna, which means "this is a beautiful flower". In the United States, the name Aiyana was most popular in 2003, when it was given to 846 newborn girls. The name was on the top 1000 chart every year from 1992 to 2014. References Feminine given names {{given-name-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2018 In Women's Volleyball
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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] |
Kiera Van Ryk
Kiera Van Ryk (born January 6, 1999) is a Canadian volleyball player. She is part of the Canadian women's national volleyball team. She participated at the 2018 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship, 2018 Women's Pan-American Volleyball Cup, and 2019 FIVB Volleyball Women's Challenger Cup. University career Van Ryk played two seasons of U Sports women's volleyball for the University of British Columbia Thunderbirds from 2017 to 2019. She finished her rookie season by winning a Bronze medal at the 2018 U Sports Women's Volleyball Championship. In her second year, she had an outstanding season as she won the Mary Lyons Award as the best U Sports women's volleyball player that year and won the Lieutenant Governor Athletic Award as the best female athlete in all of U Sports for the 2018–19 season. With the Thunderbirds that year, she won a national championship as the team won the 2019 U Sports Women's Volleyball Championship and Van Ryk was named the Tournament MVP. Prof ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Krystle Esdelle
Krystle Esdelle (born ) is a Trinidad and Tobago female volleyball player, playing as an opposite spiker. She is part of the Trinidad and Tobago women's national volleyball team. She participated at the 2011 Women's Pan-American Volleyball Cup. References External links * * * * 1984 births Living people Trinidad and Tobago women's volleyball players Trinidad and Tobago expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Place of birth missing (living people) Trinidad and Tobago expatriate sportspeople in Indonesia Trinidad and Tobago expatriate sportspeople in France Trinidad and Tobago expatriate sportspeople in Poland Trinidad and Tobago expatriate sportspeople in Germany Trinidad and Tobago expatriate sportspeople in Romania Trinidad and Tobago expatriate sportspeople in Italy Trinidad and Tobago expatriate sportspeople in the Philippines Trinidad and Tobago expatriate sportspeople in Greece Expatriate volleyball players in Germany Expatriate volleyball players in France Expatriate vo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melissa Rangel
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Elina Rodríguez
Elina may refer to: *Elina (Epirus) an ancient Greek fortified town in the region of Epirus *''Elina: As If I Wasn't There'', a 2002 Swedish film *Elina, protagonist of the ''Barbie: Fairytopia'' series of animated films *Elina (butterfly), ''Elina'' (butterfly), a genus of butterflies in the family Nymphalidae Elina is also a feminine given name in several European languages. Elina as a given name may refer to: *Elīna Babkina (born 1989), Latvian basketball player *Elina Born (born 1994), Estonian singer *Elina Bystritskaya (1928 – 2019), Russian actress *Elina Danielian (born 1976), Armenian chess player *Elina Duni (born 1981), Swiss-Albanian singer *Elina Eggers (born 1987), Swedish diver *Elina Fuhrman (born 1969), Russian-American journalist *Elīna Garanča (born 1976), Latvian opera singer *Elina Guseva (born 1964), Azerbaijani-Russian handball player *Elina Haavio-Mannila (born 1933), Finnish social scientist and professor *Elina Hirvonen (born 1975), Finnish writer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brayelin Martínez
Brayelin Elizabeth Martínez (born September 11, 1996, in Santo Domingo) is a Dominican volleyball player who won the bronze medal in the Volleyball at the 2015 Pan American Games – Women's tournament, 2015 Pan American Games as a member of the Dominican Republic women's national volleyball team, Dominican Republic national team. She played in the 2014 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship, 2014 Senior World Championship and the 2011 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup, 2011 and 2015 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup, 2015 FIVB World Cup. With their under-age national teams, she won the gold medal in the 2015 FIVB Volleyball Women's U20 World Championship, 2015 U20 World Championship, silver medal in the 2013 FIVB Volleyball Women's U23 World Championship, 2013 FIVB U23 World Championship and bronze in the 2015 FIVB Volleyball Women's U23 World Championship, 2015 FIVB U23 World Championship. With the senior team she won the gold medal in the 2014 Women's Pan-American Volleybal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jona Newman-Gonchar
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Chiaka Ogbogu
Chiaka Sylvia Ogbogu (born April 15, 1995) is an American professional volleyball player. She plays for VakıfBank S.K. and the United States women's national volleyball team, United States women's volleyball team. She participated in the 2018 Women's Pan-American Volleyball Cup, 2018 Pan American Cup and the 2018 FIVB Volleyball Women's Nations League, 2018 and 2019 FIVB Volleyball Women's Nations League. Ogbogu led Coppell High School to two straight volleyball Texas state championships in 2011 and 2012, and then played for University of Texas at Austin. On a club level, she started her professional career for Azzurra Volley San Casciano, Il Bisonte Firenze. She is currently playing for the Turkish club VakıfBank S.K., VakifBank. On June 7, 2021, US National Team head coach Karch Kiraly announced she would be part of the 12-player Olympic roster for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. She won the Olympic gold medal with her team. Clubs * Azzurra Volley San Casciano, Il Biso ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
