Kenia Carcaces Explained

Kenia Carcaces
Fullname:Kenia Carcaces Opón
Birth Date:22 January 1986
Birth Place:Holguín, Cuba
Weight:69kg (152lb)
Spike:323cm (127inches)
Block:306cm (120inches)
Position:Outside hitter / Opposite
Nationalyears:2006–2011
Updated:October 2013

Kenia Carcaces Opón (born 22 January 1986), also known as Kenia Carcaces, is a Cuban volleyball player who competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics, finishing fourth with the Cuban team in the Olympic tournament. She won the 2007 Pan American Games gold medal in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.[1]

Career

At the 2007 Cuban Liga Nacional, Carcaces was selected Best digger.[2] Playing Ciudad de La Habana, she won the Cuban National League Championship for the 2010 season and also being selected Best spiker.[3]

At the 2010 Montreux Volley Masters, Carcaces finished in third place, and she was selected Best scorer and Most Valuable Player.[4] [5]

Carcaces won the silver medal at the 2011 Pan American Games held in Guadalajara, Mexico.[6]

Carcaces played at the 2013 Club World Championship with Voléro Zürich and she was selected Best Outside Hitter.[7] Her team lost the bronze medal to Guangdong Evergrande.[8]

Carcaces won the Best Outside Spiker among the Best Team of the 2014 FIVB Club World Championship after her club lost the bronze medal to the Brazilian SESI-SP 2-3.[9]

In the 2015 South American Club Championship, Carcaces won the Most Valuable Player award and the silver medal in the continental championship.[10]

Clubs

Awards

Individual

Club

National team

Senior team

Junior team

References

  1. Web site: Juegos Panamericanos – Voleibol. Agencia Cubana de Noticias. es. 2010-06-14.
  2. Web site: Yumilka Ruiz JMV del Campeonato Cubano . NORCECA . es . 2010-06-14 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20091230175539/http://www.norceca.org/March_20_2007_Yumilka%20Ruiz%20JMV%20del%20Campeonato%20Cubano.htm . 30 December 2009 .
  3. Web site: Equipos de La Habana ganan Liga Nacional Cubana. NORCECA. es. 2010-06-14. 27 July 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110727130052/http://www.norceca.org/March%2018-2010-Equipos%20de%20La%20Habana%20ganan%20Liga%20Nacional%20Cubana.htm. dead.
  4. Web site: China wins the 26th edition of the Montreux Volley Masters . Montreux Volley Masters . 2010-06-14 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20101129082811/http://www.volleymasters.ch/news.php?cmd=zoom&id=245 . 29 November 2010 .
  5. Web site: China win 26th edition of Montreux Volley Masters. FIVB. 2010-06-14.
  6. Web site: Brazil wins fourth Pan Am Games gold medal. FIVB. 2011-10-20. 2011-10-20.
  7. Web site: Vakifbank Istanbul fly to first Women’s Club World Champs title, China claim bronze. Zurich, Switzerland. FIVB. 2013-10-13. 2013-10-13.
  8. Web site: Guangdong beat Zurich 3-1 to claim Women’s Club World Champs bronze. Zurich, Switzerland. FIVB. 2013-10-13. 2013-10-13.
  9. News: Russia's Kazan capture Women's Club World championship in style. FIVB. Zurich, Switzerland. 2014-05-11. 2014-05-11.
  10. Web site: SUDAMERICANO DE CLUBES: Rexona Ades es campeón. CSV. es. 2015-02-08. 2015-04-22.

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