Verónica Maria Gómez Carabali ( - 13 April 2012) was a Venezuelan female

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.

Career

She was part of the

Venezuela women's national volleyball team The Venezuela women's national volleyball team is the national team of Venezuela. The dominant forces in women's volleyball on the South American continent are Brazil women's national volleyball team, Brazil, Peru women's national volley ...

. She won the silver medal at the

2002 Central American and Caribbean Games The 19th Central American and Caribbean Games were held in San Salvador, El Salvador from November 22 to December 8, 2002 and included 4,301 competitors from 31 nations, competing in 32 sports. The main stadium for these championships was the Es ...

and the silver medal at the

2005 Bolivarian Games The XV Bolivarian Games (Spanish: ''Juegos Bolivarianos'') were a multi-sport event held between 12–21 August 2005 in Armenia, Colombia, Armenia and Pereira, Colombia, Pereira, Colombia. Some events took place in Cartagena, Colombia, Cartagena d ...

. She was in 2007 awarded in Belgium as volleyball player of the year. Gómez died at the age of 26 due to heart failure. She recovered in Venezuela from surgery on the Achilles tendon when she died unexpectedly.

References

1985 births 2012 deaths Venezuelan women's volleyball players Place of birth missing {{Venezuela-volleyball-bio-stub