Cándida Arias Explained
Cándida Arias |
Fullname: | Cándida Estefany Arias Pérez |
Nickname: | Yaguate |
Nationality: | Dominican |
Birth Date: | March 11, 1992 |
Birth Place: | Yaguate, Dominican Republic |
Hometown: | Santo Domingo |
Weight: | 80kg (180lb) |
Spike: | 340cm (130inches) |
Block: | 330cm (130inches) |
Position: | Middle Blocker |
Currentnumber: | 15 |
Nationalyears: | 2009 - |
Updated: | November 2023 |
Medaltemplates-Expand: | yes |
Cándida Estefany Arias Pérez (born March 11, 1992, in Yaguate,[1] San Cristóbal) is a volleyball player from the Dominican Republic, who won the bronze medal with her native country at the 2008 NORCECA Girls' U18 Volleyball Continental Championship in Guaynabo, Puerto Rico wearing the number 15 jersey.[2]
Career
She debuted with her senior national team in June 2009, at the 2010 World Championship NORCECA Qualification Pool H, at Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic, helping her team to qualify to the world event.[3]
With her U-18 team she won the 11th place at the 2009 Girls Youth Volleyball World Championship held in Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand,[4] and shortly afterwards, won the silver medal with the National Junior Team at the 2009 Women's U20 Volleyball World Championship.[5]
Arias played in Chiapas, Mexico, with her National Senior Team, helping her team to win the 2010 Final Four Cup gold medal.[6]
In June 2011, Arias played with her National Junior Team at the U-20 Pan-American Cup, held in Peru. There Arias win the "Best Blocker" award while her team won the silver medal.[7]
The Peruvian team San Martín de Porres signed Arias for the second leg of the 2012 season, as her first international club experience.[8]
In September 2012, Arias won the gold medal and the Best Blocker award at the first 2012 U23 Pan-American Cup, played in Callao, Peru.[9] Arias won the 2013 NORCECA Championship Best Middle Blocker award.[10]
Clubs
Awards
Individuals
- 2007 Dominican Volleyball League "Best Blocker"
- 2011 Junior Pan-American Cup "Best Blocker"
- 2012 Copa Latina "Best Blocker"
- 2011-12 Liga Nacional Superior de Voleibol "Best Blocker"
- 2012 U23 Pan-American Cup "Best Blocker"
- 2013 NORCECA Championship "Best Middle Blocker"
- 2014 Pan-American Cup "Best Middle Blocker"
National Team
Senior Team
Junior Team
Clubs
References
- Web site: Cándida Arias con talento para no fallar. hoy.com.do. Spanish. 2009-10-11. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110716055215/http://www.hoy.com.do/deportes/2009/9/6/292536/Candida-Arias-con-talento-para-no-fallar. 2011-07-16.
- Web site: Dominicana vence a Puerto Rico y se queda con el Tercer Lugar. FPvoleivol. Spanish. 2009-10-11.
- Web site: República Dominicana pasea a Islas Vírgenes de EU. NORCECA. 2009-06-19. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120318080129/http://www.norceca.org/June_12_2009-Rep%C3%BAblica%20Dominicana%20pasea%20a%20Islas%20V%C3%ADrgenes%20de%20EU.htm. 2012-03-18.
- Web site: In-form Dominicans whip USA in contested straight sets. FIVB. 2009-10-11.
- Web site: Germany wins gold at Women's Juniors. FIVB. 2009-08-14.
- Web site: Perú cae ante República Dominicana y pierde título del Final Four . Terra . Spanish . 2010-09-25 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100929065930/http://www.terra.com.pe/deportes/noticias/dep887004/peru-cae-ante-republica-dominicana-pierde-titulo-final-four.html . 2010-09-29 .
- Web site: Peruvian Brenda Uribe, MVP at U-20 Cup. NORCECA. 2011-06-21. 2011-06-22. 2012-09-19. https://web.archive.org/web/20120919004640/http://www.norceca.org/June. dead.
- Web site: San Martín se refuerza con dominicana Cándida Arias. elpoli.pe. 2012-01-15. 2012-09-11.
- Web site: Dominicans claim gold medal at Pan Am U-23. Lima, Peru. FIVB. 2012-09-08. 2012-09-11.
- Web site: Kelly Murphy Named NORCECA Women's Championship MVP. Omaha, Nebraska. NORCECA. 2013-09-21. 2013-09-22.
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