Dominican volleyball player
In this
Spanish name , the first or paternal
surname is
Vargas and the second or maternal family name is
Valdez .
Annerys Vargas Full name Annerys Victoria Vargas Valdez Nationality Dominican Born (1981-08-07 ) August 7, 1981 (age 43) Santo Domingo Hometown Santo Domingo Height 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) Weight 70 kg (154 lb) Spike 327 cm (129 in) Block 320 cm (130 in) Position Middle blocker Last updated: May 2022
Annerys Victoria Vargas Valdez (born August 7, 1981) is a retired female volleyball player from the Dominican Republic who won four consecutive gold medals at the Central American and Caribbean Games .[ 1] [ 2] [ 3]
Career
2003
Vargas won gold medal with the women's national team at the 2003 Pan American Games in her home town Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic .[ 4] She was selected as the Best Server and Best Blocker.[ 5] Later that year, she won the bronze medal at the 2003 NORCECA Championship , and was selected as the Best Blocker.[ 6] [ 7]
2004
Vargas played as a middle blocker and competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics for her native country, which finished in 11th place.[ 8] [ 9] [ 10]
Playing with the Dominican club Los Cachorros, Vargas finished the 2004 season of the Superior Tournament as the First Runner-Up, after losing to Mirador in the final series.[ 11]
2005
Vargas joined the Puerto Rican professional team Vaqueras de Bayamón from the LVSF for the 2005 season. She was selected among the "Offensive Team".[ 12]
2006
In her second season with the Bayamón team, Vargas was selected as the "Best Blocker" and as an "All-Star"[ 13] for the 2006 season.[ 14] While playing a game Puerto Rico, where she was seen as an idol, she lost a shoe and a fan jumped to the court and picked it up, forcing her to finish the game with just one shoe.[ 15]
At the volleyball tournament during the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games , Vargas won the "Most Valuable Player", "Best Blocker" and "Best Server" awards and with her team the gold medal.[ 1] [ 16] After a successful 2006 season, she won the Dominican Republic "Volleyball Athlete of the Year" award.[ 17]
2007
Playing with the Spanish team Grupo 2002 Murcia , Vargas won the Supercup, Queen Cup,[ 18] and Spanish Superliga .[ 19] [ 20] After winning the Superliga, she celebrated with her team by taking a bath at Murcia 's Plaza Circular.[ 21] In the same season, she won the 2007 CEV Top Teams Cup .[ 22]
2008
Vargas participated at the 2008 FIVB Women's World Olympic Qualification Tournament , and her team finished in 4th place failing to qualify to the 2008 Summer Olympics . She was selected tournament's "Best Blocker".[ 23]
Vargas won the 2008 CEV Challenge Cup with Vakifbank Gunes Sigorta Stambuł and was awarded "Best Blocker".[ 24]
2009
Vargas played with Criollas de Caguas from the Puerto Rican LVSF for the 2009 season ,[ 25] [ 26] helping her team to reach the quarterfinals.[ 27]
After winning the gold medal at the 2009 NORCECA Championship ,[ 28] Vargas qualified for the very first time for the 2009 World Grand Champions Cup ,[ 29] where her team won the bronze medal.[ 30]
For the 2009-2010 season, Vargas played for the club Usiminas/Minas , from the Superliga Brasileira de Voleibol .[ 31] [ 32]
2010
Vargas finished the 2009-2010 season of the Brazilian Superliga as the fourth best blocker.[ 33]
With the national team, Vargas won the gold medal at the 2010 Pan-American Cup held in Rosarito and Tijuana , Mexico .[ 34]
In Mayagüez , Puerto Rico , Vargas was the recipient of the "Best Blocker" award[ 35] during the volleyball tournament at the 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games won by her home team.[ 2]
Vargas joined the Dominican Republic club Mirador to play at the 2010 FIVB World Club Championship , where her team finished in fourth place[ 36] after being defeated by Bergamo for the Bronze medal.[ 37] Vargas won the "Best Blocker" award.[ 38]
2011-retirement
Vargas was selected 2017 Volleyball Player of the Year by her National Federation.[ 39] [ 40]
Vargas played the 2018 season at Dominican Republic Superior Volleyball League from the National District, joining the team Caribeñas VC. She became league champion and was awarded Best Blocker.[ 41] [ 42] During the 2019 season, she helped Caribeñas VC to finish second place in the league.[ 43]
For the 2021-22 season, Vargas joined the Republic of China's Enterprise Volleyball League team CMFC Volleyball, and had matches suspended due to COVID-19 pandemic restrictions in Taiwan .[ 44] She led her team to qualify to the league's playoff, but they lost 0-3 to Taipei King Whale in the knockout round and could not make it to the semifinals, finishing in fourth place.[ 45]
Vargas announced her retirement on May 5, 2022, sending a letter to the women's national team director, Cristobal Marte, ending a 25-year career. Her career began in 1998, and encompassed three Olympic Games, five World Championships, five World Cups, five Pan American Games, and five Central American and Caribbean Games.[ 46]
Clubs
Awards
Individuals
Clubs
2004 Dominican Republic Distrito Nacional Superior Tournament – Runner-Up, with Los Cachorros
2006 Spanish Supercup – Champion, with Grupo 2002 Murcia
2007 CEV Top Teams Cup – Champion, with Grupo 2002 Murcia
2007 Spanish Queen's Cup – Champion, with Grupo 2002 Murcia
2007 Spanish Superliga – Champion, with Grupo 2002 Murcia
2008 CEV Challenge Cup – Champion, with VakıfBank Güneş Sigorta Istanbul
2011 Puerto Rican League – Champion, with Criollas de Caguas
2012 Puerto Rican League – Runner-Up, with Criollas de Caguas
2013–14 Azerbaijan Super League – Runner-Up, Azeryol Baku
2014 Italian Supercup – Champion, with River Piacenza
2018 Dominican Republic Superior Volleyball League – Champion, with Caribeñas VC
2019 Dominican Republic Superior Volleyball League – Runner-Up, with Caribeñas VC
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^ Soldevila, Dionisio (6 May 2022). "La Reina del Caribe Annerys Vargas Valdez anuncia su retiro" [The Queen of the Caribbean Annerys Vargas Valdez announces her retirement] (in Spanish). Santo Domingo: Diario Libre. Retrieved 17 May 2022 .
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