Annerys Victoria Vargas Valdez (born August 7, 1981) is a retired female

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player from the

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, who won four consecutive gold medals at the

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Career

2003

She won gold medal with the women's national team at the

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in her home town

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. There she was awarded best server and blocker. Later that year, she won the Best Blocker and bronze medal at the 2003 NORCECA Championship.

2004

She plays as a middle-blocker and competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics for her native country which finished in 11th place. Playing with the Dominican club Los Cachorros, she finished the 2004 season of the Superior Tournament as the First Runner-Up, after losing to Mirador the final series.

2005

Joined the Puerto Rican professional team Vaqueras de Bayamón from the LVSF for the 2005 season. Being selected among the "Offensive Team".

2006

In her second season with the Bayamón team, Annerys won the "Best Blocker" and "All-Star" for the 2006 season. While playing a game Puerto Rico, where she was such an idol, she lost a

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and a fan jumped to the

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and picked it up, she had to finish the game with just one shoe. At the volleyball tournament during the

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, she won the "Most Valuable Player", "Best Blocker" and "Best Server" awards and with her team the gold medal. After a successful 2006 season, she won the Dominican Republic "Volleyball Athlete of the Year" award.

2007

Playing with the Spanish team Grupo 2002 Murcia, win the Supercup, Queen Cup and Spanish Superliga. After winning the Superliga, she celebrated with her team taking a bath at the

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's Plaza Circular. The same season she won the 2007 CEV Top Teams Cup.

2008

She participated at the

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, and her team finished in 4th place failing to qualify to the 2008 Summer Olympics. She was selected tournament's "Best Blocker". Won the 2008

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with Vakifbank Gunes Sigorta Stambuł and was awarded "Best Blocker".

2009

Vargas Valdez played with

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from the Puerto Rican LVSF for the 2009 season, helping her team to reach the quarterfinals. After winning with her team the gold medal at the 2009 NORCECA Championship qualifying for the very first time to the 2009 World Grand Champions Cup where her team won the bronze medal. For the 2009/2010 she played for the club Usiminas/Minas, from the

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2010

She finished the 2009/2010 season of the Brazilian Superliga as the 4th best blocker. With her National Team, she won the gold medal at the 2010 Pan-American Cup held in Rosarito and

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. In Mayagüez,

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she were the recipient of the "Best Blocker" award during the volleyball tournament at the

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won by her home team. Joined the Dominican Republic club Mirador, to play at the 2010 FIVB World Club Championship, there her team finished in 4th place after being defeated by Bergamo for the Bronze medal. Vargas won the "Best Blocker" award.

2011-retirement

Vargas was selected 2017 Volleyball Player of the Year by her National Federation. She played the 2018 season at Dominican Republic Superior Volleyball League from the National District, joining the team Caribeñas VC. She became league champion and was awarded Best Blocker. During the 2019 season, she helped Caribeñas VC to win the league second place. For the 2021/22 season, she joined the Republic of China's Enterprise Volleyball League team CMFC Volleyball, losing the first three weekends for quarantine due to COVID-19 pandemic restrictions in Taiwan. She led her team to qualify to the league's playoff, but they lost 0-3 to Taipei King Whale in the knockout round and could not make it to the semifinals, ranking in fourth place. Valdez announced her retirement on May 5, 2022, sending a letter to the Female National Teams director, Cristobal Marte, ending a 25 years career, starting in 1998 and having played three Olympic Games, five World Championships, five World Cups, five Pan American Games and five Central American and Caribbean Games.

Clubs

* Simón Bolívar (1996–1998) * Modeca (1999–2002) * Los Cachorros (2003–2004) * Modeca (2005) * Bameso (2006) * Vaqueras de Bayamón (2005–2006) * Grupo 2002 Murcia (2006–2007) * Vakifbank Gunes Sigorta Stambuł (2007–2008) * La Romana (2008) *

(2009) * Usiminas/Minas (2009–2010) * Mirador (2010) *

(2011–2012) *

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(2013–2014) * River Volley Piacenza (2014–2015) * Caribeñas VC (2018-2019) * CMFC Volleyball (2021/22)

Awards

Individuals

* '' 2003 Pan-American Games "Best Server"'' * '' 2003 Pan-American Games "Best Blocker"'' * '' 2003 NORCECA Championship "Best Blocker"'' * ''2005 Puerto Rican League, "Offensive Team"'' * ''2006 Puerto Rican League, "All-Star"'' * ''2006 Puerto Rican League, "Best Blocker"'' * '' 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games "Most Valuable Player" '' * '' 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games "Best Blocker" '' * '' 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games "Best Server" '' * ''2006 Dominican Republic "Volleyball Player of the Year"'' * '' 2008 Olympic Qualifier "Best Blocker"'' * '' 2007-08 CEV Challenge Cup "Best Blocker"'' * '' 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games "Best Blocker" '' * '' 2010 World Club Championship "Best Blocker"'' * '' 2012 Summer Olympics NORCECA qualification tournament's "Best Blocker"'' * ''2013 Dominican Republic "Volleyball Player of the Year"'' * '' 2013–14 Azerbaijan Super League "Best Blocker"'' * '' 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games "Best Middle Blocker"'' * ''2017 Dominican Republic "Volleyball Player of the Year"'' * ''2018 Dominican Republic Superior Volleyball League, "Best Blocker"''

Clubs

* 2004 Dominican Republic Distrito Nacional Superior Tournament – Gorm silver cup

Runner-Up, with Los Cachorros * 2006 Spanish Supercup – Simple cup icon

Champion, with Grupo 2002 Murcia * 2007 CEV Top Teams Cup – Simple cup icon

Champion, with Grupo 2002 Murcia * 2007 Spanish Queen's Cup – Simple cup icon

Champion, with Grupo 2002 Murcia * 2007 Spanish Superliga – Simple cup icon

Champion, with Grupo 2002 Murcia * 2008

–

Champion, with VakıfBank Güneş Sigorta Istanbul * 2011 Puerto Rican League – Simple cup icon

Champion, with Criollas de Caguas * 2012 Puerto Rican League – Gorm silver cup

Runner-Up, with Criollas de Caguas * 2013–14 Azerbaijan Super League – Gorm silver cup

Runner-Up, Azeryol Baku * 2014 Italian Supercup – Simple cup icon

Champion, with River Piacenza * 2018 Dominican Republic Superior Volleyball League – Simple cup icon

Champion, with Caribeñas VC * 2019 Dominican Republic Superior Volleyball League – Gorm silver cup

Runner-Up, with Caribeñas VC

References

External links

FIVB Profile

Usiminas/Minas Profile

CEV Profile
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