Natalia Martínez (born November 25, 2000) is a Dominican Republic female
volleyball
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player. With her club
Mirador she competed at the
2015 FIVB Club World Championship.
She won the
2015 FIVB U20 World Championship gold medal and silver in the
2017 FIVB U18 World Championship.
Career
2014
Martínez helped her home country to win for the first time
Youth NORCECA Championship defeating the United States and qualifying for the
2015 FIVB Girls' World Championship at the time she was decorated with the Most Valuable Player award.
She later won the
U23 Pan-American Cup, defeating 3-1 Colombia in the final match.
2015
Martínez played with the Dominican club Mirador the
FIVB Club World Championship, and her club lost its two matches 1–3 to the Swiss
Voléro Zürich and 0–3 to the Brazilian
Rexona Ades Rio and finally ranking tied-fifth with the Japanese
Hisamitsu Springs
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. With her U18 national team, she played the
FIVB U18 World Championship in Peru in July, helping his nation to reach the 17th place in the tournament. She later won the
FIVB U20 World Championship gold medal, the first ever volleyball title for the Dominican Republic, after performing 6-0 after the pool play.
2016
The Dominican Republic won the
NORCECA Junior Championship
and qualified to the
2017 FIVB Women's Junior World Championship led by Martínez who won the Most Valuable Player. She later guided her U18 national team to qualify for the
2017 FIVB Girls' World Championship and the gold medal in the
NORCECA Youth Championship being awarded Most Valuable Player and Best Scorer.
2017
Martínez played the
2017 FIVB U20 World Championship were her team could only rank 11th, and the
2017 FIVB U23 World Championship in
Ljubljana
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During antiquity, a Roman city called Emona stood in the are ...
, Slovenia, losing 2-4 the bronze medal to Bulgaria. She won the
2017 FIVB U18 World Championship silver medal when her team lost 1–3 to Italy in the final match. She won the U23 tournament gold medal played in the
2017 Bolivarian Games
The 2017 Bolivarian Games, officially the XVIII Bolivarian Games, was an international multi-sport event that was held from 11–25 November 2017, in Santa Marta, Colombia.
Host city selection
Ciudad Bolivar (Venezuela) and Santa Marta (Colom ...
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Clubs
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Mirador (2015)
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Jakarta Elektrik PLN (2022)
Awards
Individuals
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2014 NORCECA Youth Championship "Most Valuable Player"''
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2015 Youth Pan American Cup "Best Server"''
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2016 NORCECA Junior Championship "Most Valuable Player"''
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2016 NORCECA Youth Championship "Most Valuable Player"''
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2016 NORCECA Youth Championship "Best Scorer"''
References
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2000 births
Living people
Dominican Republic women's volleyball players
Sportspeople from Santo Domingo
Outside hitters
Bolivarian Games gold medalists for the Dominican Republic
Bolivarian Games medalists in volleyball