Bethania Almánzar Explained

Bethania Almánzar
Full Name:Bethania Almánzar Sosa
Nickname:Bety
Birth Date:February 11, 1987
Birth Place:Bonao, Dominican Republic
Hometown:Bonao, Dominican Republic
Height:180 cm
Weight:62 kg
Currentyears:2023
Currentteammate:Julibeth Payano
Updated:7 November 2023

Bethania Almánzar Sosa (born February 11, 1987, in Bonao) is a female beach volleyball and volleyball player from the Dominican Republic. She twice won the NORCECA Beach Volleyball Circuit 2007, partnering Margarita Suero. She played the 2023 Beach Volleyball World Championships and won the silver medal in the 2023 Central American and Caribbean Games playing with Julibeth Payano.

Career

Almánzar played with the club Los Prados from 2004[1] to 2006,[2] winning the 2005 Dominican Metropolitan League with this club.[3]

She trained in 2005 with the senior national indoor team in 2005, since the team split under the guidance of the Cuban trainer Ismael Ortega[4] just before the 2006 FIVB World Championship qualification.[5]

Almánzar won the silver medal during the 2006 National Games, playing with the North Region.[6] [7]

She twice won the silver medal in the women's competition at the NORCECA Beach Volleyball Circuit 2007 in Guatemala City[8] and Carolina, Puerto Rico,[9] partnering Margarita Suero.

Playing with Daniela Rosario, she won the Dominican Republic National Beach Volleyball Tour in 2008.[10]

In Indoor volleyball, she won the bronze medal in 2007[11] and 2008 at the Dominican Republic Volleyball League playing with Santiago.

She won the 2008 Bonao Athlete of the Year award[12] for her performance during 2008, and she was also contending for her province to the "Premio Nacional de la Juventud", for Sport Achievements.[13]

Almánzar participated during the 2009 Holy Week Sport Festival held in Hato Mayor, playing Beach Volleyball (three) with Dahiana Burgos and Karla Echenique, winning the Silver Medal of the event.[14] [15] She was enlisted for the national beach volleyball team under the guidance of the Cuban coach Carlos Suarez training for the 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games.[16] She played indoor volleyball with the Dominican Republic National team that won the silver medal at the 2010 Central American and Caribbean University Games.[17] [18]

She played the 2011 Santiago Intermunicipal Tournament with Navarrete, leading them to win the preliminary round with a 6–0 mark.[19]

She won the 2014 Hato Mayor Volleyball tournament gold medal with Darielis Ravelo and Soranyi Aquino.[20] Almánzar played with the club Manoguayabo in the 2015 Santo Domingo volleyball tournament.[21] In August 2016 she traveled to New York with the BanReservas team to play the Bameso USA International tournament, winning the first place.[22]

Almánzar played with Iris Santos and Anahí Lebrón the 2017 Hato Mayor Beach Volleyball Tournament, were they were beaten by Ana Esther Lara, Juana González and Dahiana Burgos, settling with the tournaments silver medal.[23] She later joined the Bonao club in the 2017 North Central ligue championship,[24] were her team claime the bronze medal[25] and she later won the X Bonao Reinforced Volleyball tournament with Plamed.

Playing with Esmeralda Ramírez and Pamela Suárez she won the Hato Mayor Beach Volleyball Tournament, representing INAPA.[26] [27]

With the Banreservas team, he won undefeated the IX Bameso USA International Tournament, held in the Riverbank State Park in New York City.[28] [29] She played with the INAPA indoor team, winning in their 57th anniversary tournament. She was awarded Best Scorer and Most Valuable Player. Almánzar won the XLV Santiago Intermunicipal Volleyball Tournament championship and the Best Spiker individual award, playing with Cienfuegos.[30] She won the silver medal and the Best Spiker award, playing with Bonao in the Cibao Cup.[31]

She won the silver medal in the 2020 National Championship, when her club, Santiago lost 1-3 the final match to National District.[32]

Almánzar helped Los Mina to win the Santo Domingo Superior Tournament,[33] she was elected Most Valuable Player.[34] She then helped Bonao to win the 2021 version of the Cibao Cup.[35] Later Almanzar played with Caribeñas-New Horizons VC at the Dominican Republic Superior Volleyball League from the National District,[36] she ended up winning the tournament second place when her team was defeated 0–3 in the final series by Cristo Rey.[37]

2022

She won the Villa Tapia Beach Tournament, playing as the Banreservas team with Maite Camacho and Esmeralda Ramírez[38] and the first stage of the 2022 National Beach Volleyball Circuit played in Macao, La Altagracia partnering with Esmeralda Ramírez.[39] She then won the indoor National Superior Volleyball Tournament with Bonao and was elected Most Valuable Player.[40]

In October, Almanzar returned to the NORCECA Beach Volleyball Tour, winning the fifth place with Esmeralda Ramírez playing in Punta Cana[41] and a fourth place in Hato Mayor, also with Ramírez,[42] before ranking fourth in Cayman Islands and sixth at the Continental Tour Final, held in Punta Cana, both of them with Crismil Paniagua.[43]

2023

With Crismil Paniagua, Almanzar played the Grand Cayman stage of the NORCECA Beach Volleyball Tour, ranking 13th.[44] She won the 2023 Hato Mayor Beach Volleyball tournament silver medal, playing with Michel Cruz and Génesis Durán.[45] She ranked fourth after falling 0-2 to the Canadian pair in the World Championship Qualifier stage held in Punta Cana, this time playing with Julibeth Payano.[46] Playing with Payano, she won the Beach Volleyball competition at the 2023 Central American and Caribbean Games silver medal, losing 1-2 to the Puerto Rican team.[47] They later commented that they got along very well throughout the tournament despite only having been playing together for a month.[48] They played together the World Championships held in Tlaxcala, Mexico where they finished without victories in the group stage, after losing their three games 0-2 against Australians Mariafe Artacho del Solar and Taliqua Clancy, Polish Jagoda Gruszczyńska and Aleksandra Wachowicz[49] and Spaniards Liliana Fernández and Paula Soria Gutiérrez,[50] Then represented her home country in the Pan American Games finishing in ninth position with three wins and three losses.[51]

2024

She won the 2024 Hato Mayor Beach Volleyball tournament gold medal, this time playing with Burgos and Paola Pérez.[52] She played indoor volleyball with her native team of Bonao at the Dominican Republic National Champions Cup, helping her team to win the third place when her club lost to Distrito Nacional for the second place and she was awarded tournament's Best Spiker and Best Scorer.[53]

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References

  1. News: Bameso barre en voleibol; vencieron LP en ambas ramas en torneo. NORCECA. Spanish. 2004-03-22. 2016-10-31.
  2. News: Mirador derrota a Los Prados en voleibol. Hoy. Spanish. 2006-03-18. 2016-10-31.
  3. News: Corona para Los Prados. Caceres. Jose. Hoy. Spanish. 2005-04-27. 2016-10-31.
  4. News: Pelean por las últimas plazas. Santo Domingo. EFE. ESPN. Spanish. 2005-08-23. 2016-10-31.
  5. News: Sorprende dividan equipo de voleibol. Caceres. Jose. Hoy. Spanish. 2005-08-17. 2016-10-31.
  6. News: El remo y canotaje tiene su lugar en Bonao. Castro C.. Julio E.. El Caribe. Spanish. 2014-04-29. 2016-10-31.
  7. News: Monte Plata gana oro en voleibol. Caceres. Jose. Bayaguana. Hoy. Spanish. 2006-02-25. 2016-10-31.
  8. Web site: Cubanos se adueñan de la arena. La Hora. Spanish . 2009-08-10.
  9. Web site: Boricuas fueron profetas en su tierra. NORCECA. Spanish. 2007-05-30. 2016-10-31.
  10. Web site: Tour de Playa arranca este viernes. FEDOVOLI. Spanish. 2009-08-10. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20100410011055/http://www.fedovoli.org/ListItem.aspx?ListId=411. 2010-04-10.
  11. Web site: Los equipos de la Capital se coronaron en masculino y femenino. FEDOVOLI. Spanish. 2009-08-10. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20100409203014/http://www.fedovoli.org/ListItem.aspx?ListId=294. 2010-04-09.
  12. News: UDEMON celebra por lo alto 22 aniversarios. El Nuevo Diario. Spanish. 2009-02-17. 2016-10-31. https://web.archive.org/web/20161103215357/http://www.elnuevodiario.com.do/mobile/article.aspx?id=140348. 2016-11-03. dead.
  13. Web site: Seleccionan concursantes al Premio nacional de la juventud. El Nuevo Diario. Spanish. 2009-08-10. https://web.archive.org/web/20110719133528/http://www.elnuevodiario.com.do/app/article.aspx?id=145748. 2011-07-19. dead.
  14. Web site: Equipo Pedro Martínez avanza a la final. Listin Diario. Spanish. 2009-04-11. 2011-04-27.
  15. Web site: Equipos ganan voleibol playero HM. Hoy. Spanish. 2009-04-13. 2011-04-27. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120319002616/http://www.hoy.com.do/deportes/2009/4/13/273623/. 2012-03-19.
  16. News: Voleibol de Playa proyecta un futuro promisorio en RD. Ortiz Pujols. Freddy. Listin Diario. Spanish. 2010-03-06. 2016-10-31.
  17. Web site: RD se impone en basket y voly;Panamá gana. El Nacional. Spanish. 2021-10-04. 2021-11-11.
  18. Web site: PR gana el oro en voleibol Juegos Universitarios. Hoy. Spanish. 2010-10-07. 2021-11-11.
  19. News: Sexteto femenino Villa González gana regular Intermunicipal volibol Santiago. El Nuevo Diario. Spanish. 2011-11-29. 2016-10-31. https://web.archive.org/web/20161101164531/http://www.elnuevodiario.com.do/mobile/article.aspx?id=266566. 2016-11-01. dead.
  20. News: Los Primos ganan en voleibol playero. El Dia. Spanish. 2014-04-22. 2016-10-31.
  21. News: Manoguayabo y playeras ganan. Nolasco. Jeffrey. El Nacional. Spanish. 2015-06-05. 2016-10-31.
  22. News: Equipo de voleibol femenino Banreservas gana Torneo en New York. El Nacional. Spanish. 2016-08-12. 2016-10-31.
  23. News: "Las Anas" y "Monstruos", ganan torneo arena HM. Listin Diario. Spanish. 2017-04-18. 2017-12-01.
  24. News: Liga Femenina de Voleibol Superior Norcentral. Superior North Central Volleyball League. FEDOVOLI. Spanish. 17 March 2017. 1 December 2017.
  25. News: Liga Femenina Norcentral de Voleibol Santiago campeon. North Central Volleyball Ligue Santiago Champion. FEDOVOLI. Spanish. 3 April 2017. 1 December 2017.
  26. Web site: IDAC e Inapa ganan voleibol Rubén Toyota. El Nacional. Spanish. 2019-04-22. 2021-11-11.
  27. Web site: El IDAC e Inapa triunfan en empresarial de voleibol Playero Rubén Toyota. Diario Libre. Spanish. 2019-04-22. 2021-11-11.
  28. Web site: Equipo de voleibol femenino Banreservas gana invicto en IX Torneo Internacional Bameso USA. Hoy. Spanish. 2019-07-31. 2021-11-11.
  29. Web site: Banreservas gana invicto el IX Torneo Bameso USA en Nueva York. Acento. Spanish. 2019-07-30. 2021-11-11.
  30. Web site: Seleccionan Equipo Todos Estrellas del voleibol de Santiago. Listin Diario. Spanish. 2019-11-07. 2021-11-11.
  31. Web site: Santiago gana corona Copa Cibao. Hoy. Spanish. 2019-12-03. 2021-11-11.
  32. Web site: Distrito y Bayaguana arrasan en voleibol. Santo Domingo. El Dia. Spanish. 2020-03-02. 2021-11-11.
  33. Web site: San Lorenzo campeón Torneo Voleibol Superior Femenino 2021. EFE. Hoy. Spanish. 2021-07-26. 2021-11-11.
  34. Web site: Los Mina se corona campeón del Voleibol Superior Femenino 2021. Santo Domingo. El Nuevo Diario. Spanish. 2021-07-26. 2021-11-11.
  35. Web site: Bonao y Santiago conquistan la Copa del Cibao de Voleibol. Santo Domingo. Listin Diario. Spanish. 2021-11-29. 2021-12-26.
  36. Web site: Cristo Rey vence a las Caribeñas en inicio final LVS. Santo Domingo. Listin Diario. Spanish. 2021-12-07. 2021-12-26.
  37. Web site: Cristo Rey se coronó y completó la misión. El Caribe. Spanish. 2021-12-11. 2021-12-26.
  38. Web site: Equipos Puñal y Banreservas ganan torneo. Puñal and Banreservas teams win tournament. Hato Mahyor. El Caribe. Spanish. 2022-04-12. 2023-06-30.
  39. Web site: Almánzar y Ramírez ganan la 1ra etapa del Circuitol Nacional. Almánzar and Ramírez win National Circuit First Stage. Bavaro, La Altagracia, Dominican Republic. Listin Diario. Spanish. 2022-04-16. 2022-04-18.
  40. Web site: Bonao y Cabral, campeones del torneo nacional de voleibol. Bonao and Cabral, champions of the national volleyball tournament. Santo Domingo. Listin Diario. Spanish. 2022-04-04. 2024-08-04.
  41. Web site: Americans Molly Turner and Madelyne Anderson Champions at Punta Cana. Punta Cana. NORCECA. 2022-10-02. 2023-06-30.
  42. Web site: Puerto Ricans Navas and González Champions at Hato Mayor. Hato Mayor, Domminican Republic. NORCECA. 2022-11-06. 2023-06-30.
  43. Web site: USA Van Gunst and Lindstrom win Gold at Cayman Islands. Seven Mile Beach, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands. NORCECA. 2022-11-13. 2023-06-30.
  44. Web site: NORCECA Beach Volleyball Tour. Cayman Islands. NORCECA. 2023-05-21. 2023-06-30.
  45. Web site: Las auténticas, campeonas voleibol femenino playero Hato Mayor. The authentics, women's beach volleyball champions Hato Mayor. Hato Mayor. COLIMDO. Spanish. 2023-04-10. 2023-06-30.
  46. Web site: Puerto Rico, USA, Canada and Dominican Republic Women qualify to the World Championship. Punta Cana. NORCECA. 2023-06-08. 2023-06-30.
  47. Web site: Selección nacional femenina de voleibol de playa conquista plata en los Centroamericanos. Women's national beach volleyball team wins silver in the Central American and Caribbean Games. Sánchez G.. Carlos. Diario Libre. Spanish. 2023-06-27. 2023-06-30.
  48. Web site: Julibeth y Bethania. Julibeth and Bethania. Corporan. Leo. El Nacional. Spanish. 2023-06-28. 2023-11-07.
  49. Web site: Beach volley, en plein azzurro nella terza giornata dei Mondiali! Ranghieri/Carambula e Lupo/Rossi secondi nel girone!. Beach volleyball, en plein blue on the third day of the World Cup! Ranghieri/Carambula and Lupo/Rossi second in the group!. Spada. Enrico. OA. Italian. 2023-10-09. 2023-11-07.
  50. Web site: Pleno de las parejas españolas hacia la segunda ronda. Plenary of the Spanish couples towards the second round. EP. As. Spanish. 2023-10-10. 2023-11-07.
  51. Web site: Payano y Almánzar se despiden de los Panam venciendo a Colombia. Payano and Almánzar say goodbye to the Panam by beating Colombia. Santo Domingo. Listin Diario. Spanish. 2023-10-28. 2023-11-07.
  52. Web site: Voleibol playero en Hato Mayor corona sus campeones. Beach volleyball in Hato Mayor crowns its champions. Hato Mayor. Diario Libre. Spanish. 2024-03-31. 2024-08-03.
  53. Web site: El Distrito vence a Bonao, avanza a la final de la Copa de Campeones. The District defeats Bonao, advances to the Champions Cup final. Santo Domingo. Listin Diario. Spanish. 2024-04-20. 2024-08-04.

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