Kenia Carcaces

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Kenia Carcaces
Personal information
Full name Kenia Carcaces Opón
Nationality Cuba
Born (1986-01-22)22 January 1986
Holguín
Hometown Holguín
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 1⁄2 in)
Weight 69 kg (152 lb)
Spike 306 cm (120 in)
Block 289 cm (114 in)
Volleyball information
Position Outside Hitter
Current club Voléro Zürich
Number 4
National team
2006–2011 Cuba
Honours
Women's volleyball
Competitor for Cuba
FIVB World Grand Prix
Silver 2008 Yokohama Team
Pan American Games
Gold 2007 Rio de Janeiro Team
Silver 2011 Guadalajara Team
Pan-American Cup
Gold 2007 Colima Team
NORCECA Championship
Gold 2007 Winnipeg Team
Bronze 2011 Caguas Team
Last updated: October 2013

Kenia Carcaces Opón (born 22 January 1986 in Holguín) 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, she 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 her national team finished in 3rd place, and she was selected Best Scorer and Most Valuable Player.[4][5]

Kenia won with his national team 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]

Clubs

Awards

Individual

  • 2005–06 V.Premier League "Best Scorer"
  • 2007 Cuban Liga Nacional "Best Spiker"
  • 2010 Cuban Liga Nacional "Best Digger"
  • 2010 Montreux Volley Masters "Most Valuable Player"
  • 2010 Montreux Volley Masters "Best Scorer"
  • 2010 Pan-American Cup "Best Scorer"
  • 2013 FIVB Women's Club World Championship "Best Outside Hitter"

Club

National team

Senior team

Junior team

  • 2002 NORCECA Women´s Junior Continental Championship U-20 - Bronze medal

References

  1. ↑ Agencia Cubana de Noticias. "Juegos Panamericanos - Voleibol" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2010-06-14. 
  2. ↑ NORCECA. "Yumilka Ruiz JMV del Campeonato Cubano" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2010-06-14. 
  3. ↑ NORCECA. "Equipos de La Habana ganan Liga Nacional Cubana" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2010-06-14. 
  4. ↑ Montreux Volley Masters. "China wins the 26th edition of the Montreux Volley Masters". Retrieved 2010-06-14. 
  5. ↑ FIVB. "China win 26th edition of Montreux Volley Masters". Retrieved 2010-06-14. 
  6. ↑ FIVB (2011-10-20). "Brazil wins fourth Pan Am Games gold medal". Retrieved 2011-10-20. 
  7. ↑ "Vakifbank Istanbul fly to first Women’s Club World Champs title, China claim bronze". Zurich, Switzerland: FIVB. 2013-10-13. Retrieved 2013-10-13. 
  8. ↑ "Guangdong beat Zurich 3-1 to claim Women’s Club World Champs bronze". Zurich, Switzerland: FIVB. 2013-10-13. Retrieved 2013-10-13. 

External links

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