Gina Mambrú

Gina Altagracia Mambrú Casilla (born January 21, 1986 in

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) is a

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player from the

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, who played the 2012 Olympic Games and the 2014 World Championship ranking fifth in both competitions. She won the gold medal at the 2010 and

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and bronze at the
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Early life
Altagracia used to be a
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before becoming a volleyball player for Los Cachorros club.

Career
Mambru played at the 2005 FIVB U20 Volleyball World Championship in
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. Her team finished in 9th place. She played as opposite and wore the #16 jersey. With her ''Junior National Team'' at the 2006 U-20 NORCECA Women´s Junior Continental Championship, she won the ''Best attacker'' award. Her team won the silver medal. Playing with the Brazilian team Vôlei Futuro for the 2009/2010 season, she won the "Best server" award in the Brazilian Superliga (
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).

2010
Playing in Chiapas,
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with her National Senior Team she won the 2010 Final Four Cup gold medal. Mambrú was sidelined in October from the Dominican Republic 2010 FIVB World Championship squad, because she suffered a
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, from she is recovered.

2011
In early 2011, Altagracia received for magnificent performance during 2010, making her the recipient of the ''2010 Dominican Republic "Volleyball Player of the Year"''.

2012
Mambru played the 2012 Olympic tournament and her national team ranked 5th, after losing the quarterfinal match 3-0 against the
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2013
She won the Bronze Medal at the
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defeating Italy 3-1 after dropping the semifinals 0-3 from Brazil.

2015
Mambru helped her national team to win the Pan American Games bronze medal when they defeated the Puerto Rico national team 3-1. She was awarded tournament's Best Server.

Clubs
* Los Cachorros (2001–2005) * Voley Sanse Mepaban (2006–2007) *
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(2007) * Sportway Challengers (2008) * Centro Deportivo Nacional (2008) *
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(2008–2009) * Vôlei Futuro (2009–2010) *
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(2010) * Beşiktaş (2014-2015) * Mirador (2015) * Südtirol Neruda Bolzano (2015-2016) * Pgn Popsivo Polwan (2016-2017) * Pgn Popsivo Polwan (2019-2020) * Ilbank Volleyball Club turquia (2020-2021) * Jakarta Mandiri Popsivo Polwan (2022) * ALS Volleyball Club Turquía (2022-2023) * HO CHI MING Volleyball Club Vietnam (2023)

Awards

Individuals
* '' 2006 NORCECA Women´s Junior Continental Championship U-20 "Best spiker"'' * '' 2007 Dominican Volleyball League "Most valuable player"'' * ''2010 Dominican Republic "Volleyball Player of the Year"'' * '' 2009/2010 Superliga Brasileira de Voleibol "Best server"'' * '' 2010 World Championship NORCECA Qualification Pool H "Most valuable player"'' * '' 2010 World Championship NORCECA Qualification Pool H "Best server"'' * '' 2012 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix "Best scorer"'' * '' 2013 FIVB World Grand Champions Cup "Best opposite spiker"'' * '' 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games "Best server"'' * '' 2015 Pan American Games "Best server"''

National Team

U-20 National Team
* 2006 NORCECA Women´s Junior Continental Championship U-20, Silver Medal

Senior Team
* 2008 Final Four Cup, Silver Medal * 2009 NORCECA Championship, Gold Medal * 2009 FIVB World Grand Champions Cup, Bronze Medal * 2009 Pan-American Cup, Silver Medal * 2009 Final Four Cup, Bronze Medal * 2010 Final Four Women's Cup - Gold Medal *
2010 Central American and Caribbean Games The 21st Central American and Caribbean Games (Spanish: ''XXI Juegos Centroamericanos y del Caribe, Mayagüez 2010'') took place in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, from 18 July 2010 to 1 August 2010. Bid It was understood that Mayagüez was going to b ...
- Gold Medal * 2010 Pan-American Cup - Gold Medal *
2014 Central American and Caribbean Games The 22nd Central American and Caribbean Games were held November 14–30, 2014 in Veracruz, Mexico.Sport page
- Gold Medal * '' 2015 Pan American Games "Bronze medal"''

Clubs
* 2007
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- Champion, with
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* 2008 International Women’s Volleyball League - 3rd Place, with Sportway Challengers * 2013 Puerto Rican League - Runner-Up, with
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* 2022 Indonesian Proliga - 3rd place, with Jakarta Mandiri Popsivo Polwan

References

External links

FIVB profile
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