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Kenia Carcaces

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Kenia Carcaces
Personal information
Full nameKenia Carcaces Opón
Born (1986-01-22) 22 January 1986 (age 38)
Holguín, Cuba
Height1.89 m (6 ft 2+12 in)
Weight69 kg (152 lb)
Spike323 cm (127 in)
Block306 cm (120 in)
Volleyball information
PositionOutside hitter / Opposite
National team
2006–2011 Cuba
Honours
Women's volleyball
Representing Cuba
FIVB World Grand Prix
Silver medal – second place 2008 Yokohama Team
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 2007 Rio de Janeiro Team
Silver medal – second place 2011 Guadalajara Team
Pan-American Cup
Gold medal – first place 2007 Colima Team
NORCECA Championship
Gold medal – first place 2007 Winnipeg Team
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Caguas Team
Last 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.[1] She won the 2007 Pan American Games gold medal in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.[2]

Career

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At the 2007 Cuban Liga Nacional, Carcaces was selected Best digger.[3] Playing Ciudad de La Habana, she won the Cuban National League Championship for the 2010 season and also being selected Best spiker.[4]

At the 2010 Montreux Volley Masters, Carcaces finished in third place, and she was selected Best scorer and Most Valuable Player.[5][6]

Carcaces won the silver medal at the 2011 Pan American Games held in Guadalajara, Mexico.[7]

Carcaces played at the 2013 Club World Championship with Voléro Zürich and she was selected Best Outside Hitter.[8] Her team lost the bronze medal to Guangdong Evergrande.[9]

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.[10]

In the 2015 South American Club Championship, Carcaces won the Most Valuable Player award and the silver medal in the continental championship.[11]

Clubs

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Awards

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Individual

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Club

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National team

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Senior team

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Junior team

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References

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  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Kenia Carcaces". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
  2. ^ Agencia Cubana de Noticias. "Juegos Panamericanos – Voleibol" (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 June 2010.
  3. ^ NORCECA. "Yumilka Ruiz JMV del Campeonato Cubano" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 30 December 2009. Retrieved 14 June 2010.
  4. ^ NORCECA. "Equipos de La Habana ganan Liga Nacional Cubana" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 27 July 2011. Retrieved 14 June 2010.
  5. ^ Montreux Volley Masters. "China wins the 26th edition of the Montreux Volley Masters". Archived from the original on 29 November 2010. Retrieved 14 June 2010.
  6. ^ FIVB. "China win 26th edition of Montreux Volley Masters". Retrieved 14 June 2010.
  7. ^ FIVB (20 October 2011). "Brazil wins fourth Pan Am Games gold medal". Retrieved 20 October 2011.
  8. ^ "Vakifbank Istanbul fly to first Women's Club World Champs title, China claim bronze". Zurich, Switzerland: FIVB. 13 October 2013. Retrieved 13 October 2013.
  9. ^ "Guangdong beat Zurich 3-1 to claim Women's Club World Champs bronze". Zurich, Switzerland: FIVB. 13 October 2013. Retrieved 13 October 2013.
  10. ^ "Russia's Kazan capture Women's Club World championship in style". Zurich, Switzerland: FIVB. 11 May 2014. Retrieved 11 May 2014.
  11. ^ "SUDAMERICANO DE CLUBES: Rexona Ades es campeón" (in Spanish). CSV. 8 February 2015. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
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Awards
Preceded by
Not awarded
Best Outside Hitter of
FIVB Club World Championship

2013
ex aequo Turkey Gözde Kırdar Sonsırma

2014
ex aequo Brazil Suelle Oliveira

Succeeded by