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2006 Women's Pan-American Volleyball Cup
The 2006 Women's Pan-American Volleyball Cup was the fifth edition of the annual women's volleyball tournament, played by twelve countries from June 27 to July 8, 2006 in the Coliseo Roberto Clemente in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The event served as a qualifier for the 2007 World Grand Prix in Ningbo, PR China. The winner of each pool automatically advanced to the semi-finals and the teams placed in second and third met in crossed matches in the quarterfinals round. Competing nations Squads * Preliminary round Group A *Thursday June 29 *Friday June 30 *Saturday July 1 *Sunday July 2 *Monday July 3 Group B *Thursday June 29 *Friday June 30 *Saturday July 1 *Sunday July 2 *Monday July 3 Final round Quarterfinals *Wednesday July 5, 2006 Semi-finals *Thursday July 6, 2006 Finals *Wednesday July 5, 2006 — Eleventh Place Match *Wednesday July 5, 2006 — Ninth Place Match *Thursday July 6, 2006 — Seventh Place Match *Thursday July 6, 2006 — Fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico (; abbreviated PR; tnq, Boriken, ''Borinquen''), officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico ( es, link=yes, Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, lit=Free Associated State of Puerto Rico), is a Caribbean island and Unincorporated territories of the United States, unincorporated territory of the United States. It is located in the northeast Caribbean Sea, approximately southeast of Miami, Florida, between the Dominican Republic and the United States Virgin Islands, U.S. Virgin Islands, and includes the eponymous main island and several smaller islands, such as Isla de Mona, Mona, Culebra, Puerto Rico, Culebra, and Vieques, Puerto Rico, Vieques. It has roughly 3.2 million residents, and its Capital city, capital and Municipalities of Puerto Rico, most populous city is San Juan, Puerto Rico, San Juan. Spanish language, Spanish and English language, English are the official languages of the executive branch of government, though Spanish predominates. Puerto Rico ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yarleen Santiago
Yarleen Santiago Pagán (born January 18, 1978, in Arecibo, Puerto Rico) is a female beach volleyball player who won the gold medal at the NORCECA Beach Volleyball Circuit 2009, NORCECA Circuit 2009 at 2009 NORCECA Beach Volleyball Circuit (Montelimar), Montelimar, Nicaragua playing with Dariam Acevedo. At home, Santiago was runner-up of the beach professional circuit ''Circuito de Voleibol Playero Profesional'', playing with Sheila Conley. In 2009, playing with Dariam Acevedo, she won the championship. College Santiago studied and played at the University of Arkansas as an outside hitter. There, between 1997 and 1999, she earned AVCA All District/All region, All Southeastern Conference (SEC) Team and SEC All-Tournament Team honors every year. She also led her team in digs every season between 1997 and 1999. She earned the ''Freshman of the Year'' Award in 1997. Indoor Santiago retired from the Puerto Rico women's national volleyball team, Puerto Rican national volleyball team i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2006 In Women's Volleyball
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José Roberto Guimarães
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Fabiana Claudino
Fabiana Marcelino Claudino (born 24 January 1985) is a Brazilian volleyball player who made her debut for the Brazilian national team against Croatia. She captained Brazil to the gold medal at the 2012 Olympics. Personal life Claudino was born on 24 January 1985 in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. Early life Claudino began playing volleyball in 2000 at Minas Tênis Clube. After one year, in 2011, she won the Junior World Championship. Career Claudino was named Best Spiker at the 2006 World Grand Prix in Reggio Calabria, Italy, where Brazil claimed the gold medal for the sixth time at the annual competition. She represented her native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. Claudino was a part of the national team who won the gold medal at the 2011 Pan American Games held in Guadalajara, Mexico. She played for Turkish professional club Fenerbahçe during the 2011–12 season. Claudino won one of the Best Middle Blockers awards during the 2013 South American Cha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arlene Xavier
Arlene de Queiroz Xavier (born December 20, 1969) is a volleyball player from Brazil. She represented her native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. Xavier was named "Best Libero" at the FIVB World Grand Prix 2006 in Reggio Calabria Reggio di Calabria ( scn, label= Southern Calabrian, Riggiu; el, label= Calabrian Greek, Ρήγι, Rìji), usually referred to as Reggio Calabria, or simply Reggio by its inhabitants, is the largest city in Calabria. It has an estimated popul ..., Italy, where the Brazil women's national volleyball team, Brazilian National Team claimed the gold medal for the sixth time at the annual competition. Clubs * Minas Tênis Clube (women's volleyball), Minas Tênis Clube (1990–1994) * Osasco Voleibol Clube, BCN Guarujá (1994–1996) * Esporte Clube Pinheiros (women's volleyball), Pinheiros (1996–1999) * Osasco Voleibol Clube, BCN Osasco (1999–2000) * Flamengo (2000–2001) * Osasco Voleibol Clube, BCN Osasco (2001–2003) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stacey Gordon (volleyball)
Stacey Gordon is an American puppeteer from Arizona who is best known for portraying Julia (Sesame Street), Julia, a four-year-old female Muppet with autism, on the children's television series ''Sesame Street''. Gordon previously worked as a therapist for children with autism. Her son has autism, and her experiences inform her portrayal of Julia (Sesame Street), Julia. Gordon uses knowledge from her experiences with autistic children in portraying Julia. Gordon began puppeteering while in high school. She also performs with the Great Arizona Puppet Theater, and is part of an improv duo. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Gordon, Stacey Living people Muppet performers People from Arizona American puppeteers Sesame Street Muppeteers Year of birth missing (living people) Female puppeteers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robyn Ah Mow-Santos
Robyn Mokihana Ah Mow (born September 15, 1975) is the head coach of the Hawaii Rainbow Wahine volleyball team and a former American indoor volleyball player. She was a setter on the USA national team and played at the 2000 Sydney Olympics, the 2004 Athens Olympics, and at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, helping Team USA to a silver medal. She worked as an assistant coach at the University of Hawaii Rainbow Wahine volleyball team from 2011-2015 and was named Head Coach in 2017 after Dave Shoji's retirement. She has also served as a club coach at Na Keiki Mau Loa Volleyball Club. Personal life Ah Mow was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, to Talmage and Lovina Ah Mow (both deceased) and has two brothers, Kekoa and Tyson, and two sisters, Dara and Arlene. She attended McKinley High School in Honolulu, Hawaii, where she was a first-team all-Oahu Interscholastic Association East selection for four years and a three-time All-State first team selection. Ah Mow was married to Niobel Rafael Sant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coliseo Roberto Clemente
Roberto Clemente Coliseum (Spanish language, Spanish: ''Coliseo Roberto Clemente'') is a sports and concert arena located in San Juan, Puerto Rico. It was, for many years, Puerto Rico's largest indoor event facility, and remains one of the largest. General information The Coliseum is named after baseball hall of famer Roberto Clemente, who died in a plane crash off Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport in Carolina, Puerto Rico, Carolina in 1972, while flying with relief articles to be given to victims of the 1972 Nicaragua earthquake, Nicaragua earthquake. Construction of the facility began in the early 1970s, it was finished in January 1973, and inaugurated in February of that year by the Fania All-Stars. The coliseum has been host to a variety of events, including world championship boxing and basketball, business expos, circus, concerts and other things. Many Puerto Rico, Puerto Rican and international performers have been at the arena, among others. Concerts that have b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
PR China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and borders fourteen countries by land, the most of any country in the world, tied with Russia. Covering an area of approximately , it is the world's third largest country by total land area. The country consists of 22 provinces, five autonomous regions, four municipalities, and two Special Administrative Regions (Hong Kong and Macau). The national capital is Beijing, and the most populous city and financial center is Shanghai. Modern Chinese trace their origins to a cradle of civilization in the fertile basin of the Yellow River in the North China Plain. The semi-legendary Xia dynasty in the 21st century BCE and the well-attested Shang and Zhou dynasties developed a bureaucratic political system to serve hereditary monarchies, or dyn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ningbo
Ningbo (; Ningbonese: ''gnin² poq⁷'' , Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ), formerly romanized as Ningpo, is a major sub-provincial city in northeast Zhejiang province, People's Republic of China. It comprises 6 urban districts, 2 satellite county-level cities, and 2 rural counties, including several islands in Hangzhou Bay and the East China Sea. Ningbo is the southern economic center of the Yangtze Delta megalopolis, and is also the core city and center of the Ningbo Metropolitan Area. To the north, Hangzhou Bay separates Ningbo from Shanghai; to the east lies Zhoushan in the East China Sea; on the west and south, Ningbo borders Shaoxing and Taizhou respectively. As of the 2020 Chinese National Census, the entire administrated area of Ningbo City had a population of 9.4 million (9,404,283), of which 4,479,635 lived in the built-up (or metro) area of its five urban districts. Within the next decade, the cities of Cixi, Yunhao and Fenghua will likely also be co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
