Ernardo "Harry" Andrés Gómez Cañas (born July 30, 1982, in Bolívar) is a

Venezuela Venezuela, officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many Federal Dependencies of Venezuela, islands and islets in the Caribbean Sea. It com ...

n former professional

volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Summ ...

player, who won the gold medal with the Venezuela national team at the

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. He is 195 cm and 100 kg weight. He played over 300 times for his national team. He also played for Fenerbahçe Istanbul in

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, Olympiacos Piraeus,

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and

PAOK Thessaloniki PAOK (, Πανθεσσαλονίκειος Αθλητικός Όμιλος Κωνσταντινοπολιτών, ''Panthessalonikeios Athlitikós Ómilos Constantinopoliton'', ''Pan-Thessalonian Athletic Club of Constantinopolitans''), commonly ...

, in

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and

Toyoda Gosei Trefuerza The Wolf Dogs Nagoya () are a men's volleyball team based in Inazawa, Aichi, Japan. They play in the V.League (Japan), V.Premier League. History The Toyota Gosei Trefuerza volleyball team was founded in 1961 by enthusiasts as a 9-player team. I ...

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. At only 20 years of age ''Harry'', as he is affectionately known‚ was Venezuela's main attacking weapon. A powerful attack near the net as well as from the back zone and an excellent service were his strongest weapons and since making his international debut at the age of 13 he proved to be

's ace card. Standing at only 195 cm tall‚ Gomez has never come up short on court. He was the best scorer of the Intercontinental Rounds of the 2001 World League and has picked up a silver medal at the FIVB Youth World Championship in Saudi Arabia in 1999‚ a bronze medal at the Junior FIVB WCH in

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in 2001‚ and two fourth places in Bahrain 1997 and Thailand 1999. He won with his team the gold medal at the 2005 Bolivarian Games. He was part of the Venezuela men's national volleyball team at the

2014 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship The 2014 FIVB Men's Volleyball World Championship was held in Poland from 30 August to 21 September 2014. The tournament featured 24 teams to determine the world champions in men's volleyball. In addition to the host nation Poland, 23 teams qual ...

in Poland. He played for

Sporting achievements

Club

National Championships

* 2000/2001 Gold_medal_with_cup

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with

Olympiacos Olympiacós Sýndesmos Filáthlon Peiraiós (, Olympic Association of Fans of Piraeus) is a major multi-sport club based in Piraeus, Greece. Olympiacos is parent to a number of different competitive departments which participate in football, ...

* 2002/2003 Gold_medal_with_cup

with

* 2005/2006 Gold_medal_with_cup

with Panathinaikos * 2007/2008 Gold_medal_with_cup

Turkish Championship with Fenerbahçe * 2014/2015 Gold_medal_with_cup

with

PAOK PAOK (, Πανθεσσαλονίκειος Αθλητικός Όμιλος Κωνσταντινοπολιτών, ''Panthessalonikeios Athlitikós Ómilos Constantinopoliton'', ''Pan-Thessalonian Athletic Club of Constantinopolitans''), commonly ...

* 2016/2017 Gold_medal_with_cup

with

National Cups

* 2000/2001 Simple_gold_cup

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, with

* 2007/2008 Simple_gold_cup

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, with Fenerbahce * 2014/2015 Simple_gold_cup

, with

National Super Cups

* 2000

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, with

* 2006

, with Panathinaikos

Individually

* ''2001–02

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Top Scorer * ''2003–04 Greek Championship MVP'' * ''2005–06 Greek Championship MVP'' * ''2007–08 Turkish Championship MVP'' * ''2007–08 Turkish Championship Top scorer'' *''2009–10 Japanese Championship Top scorer'' *''2014–15 Greek Championship MVP''

Awards

* YOUNG WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP SAUDI ARABIA MVP 1999 * JUNIOR WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP POLAND MVP 2001 * World League 2001 Best Scorer of International Round * Pan Americans Games Santo Domingo 2003 Gold Medal and MVP * Olympics Games Beijing 2008 China 9 Places and Best Scorer of Qualifications Round * Fenerbahce 2007-08 Doble title Cup and League champions (Best Scorer and MVP) * 3 TIME MVP OF GREEK LEAGUE 2001, 2006, 2015 * Toyoda Gosei 2004-05 7 Places and Best Scorer with the Record in the League with 711 points in 28 Games, * JT Thunders 2008 6 Places and Best Scorer * JT Thunders 2009 5 Places and silver medal in the Emperator Cup and MVP * JT Thunders 2010 5 Places and Best Scorer and Best Server * JT Thunders 2011 6 Places

National Team

* Young World Championship Silver Medal and MVP * Junior World Championship Bronze Medal and MVP

Senior Team

* American Cup Argentina 1998 6 Places * American Cup USA 1999 6 Places * American Cup Brazil 2000 5 Places Pan American Games Winnipeg 1999 Canada 4 Place World League 2001 Best scorer of International Round 2002, 2003, 2007, 2008 World Championship Argentina 2002 Pan Americans Games Santo Domingo 2003 Gold Medal and MVP * 2005 Bolivarian Games, - Gold Medal World Championship Japan 2006 Pan American Games Rio Brazil 2007 4 Places Sud American Championship Rio Brasil 2007 World Cup Japan 2007 Olympics Games Beijing 2008 China 9 Places and Best Scorer of Qualifications Round Center American and Caribbeans Games Mayagues Puerto Rico 2010 Silver Medal World Championship Poland 2014 Brazilian League Ulbra 2000 4 places

lleyLeague

* ). Turkish League Fenerbahce 2007-08 Doble Title Cup and League Champions, Best Scorer and MVP Ziraat Bank 2012 9 Places Inegol Belediye Sport Club 2015-16 Japanese V-League Toyoda Gosei 2004-05 7 Places and Best scorer with the record in the league with 711 Points in 28 Games. JT Thunders 2008 6 Places and Best Scorer, 2009 5 Places and silver medal in the Emperator cup, 2010 5 Places and Best Scorer and Best Server, 2011 6 Places

References

External links

FIVB Profile

PAOK Team Roster
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