Kenia Carcaces
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| Full name | Kenia Carcaces Opón | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 22 January 1986 Holguín, Cuba | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2+1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 69 kg (152 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Spike | 323 cm (127 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Block | 306 cm (120 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Outside hitter / Opposite | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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
[edit]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
[edit]Holguín
Hisamitsu Springs (2005–2006)
Voléro Zürich (2013–2014)
Molico Osasco (2014–2016)
VBC Èpiù Casalmaggiore (2018–2020)
Panathinaikos (2023–2024)
Jakarta BIN (2024)
Awards
[edit]Individual
[edit]- 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 Club World Championship "Best outside hitter"
- 2014 FIVB Club World Championship "Best outside hitter"
- 2015 South American Club Championship "Most valuable player"
Club
[edit]- 2005–06 V.Premier League –
Runner-up, with Hisamitsu Springs
- 2006 Kurowashiki All Japan Volleyball Tournament –
Champion, with Hisamitsu Springs
- 2010 Cuban Liga Nacional –
- 2015 South American Club Championship –
- 2017 FIVB Club World Championship –
Bronze medal, with Voléro Zürich
- 2023–24 Greek Volleyball League –
Champion, with Panathinaikos
- 2024 Indonesian Women's Proliga –
National team
[edit]Senior team
[edit]- 2007 Montreux Volley Masters –
Silver medal
- 2007 Pan American Games –
Gold medal
- 2007 NORCECA Championship –
- 2008 FIVB World Grand Prix –
- 2010 Montreux Volley Masters –
- 2011 Montreux Volley Masters –
- 2011 Pan American Games –
Junior team
[edit]- 2002 NORCECA Women´s Junior Continental Championship U-20 –
References
[edit]- ^ Agencia Cubana de Noticias. "Juegos Panamericanos – Voleibol" (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 June 2010.
- ^ NORCECA. "Yumilka Ruiz JMV del Campeonato Cubano" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 30 December 2009. Retrieved 14 June 2010.
- ^ NORCECA. "Equipos de La Habana ganan Liga Nacional Cubana" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 27 July 2011. Retrieved 14 June 2010.
- ^ 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.
- ^ FIVB. "China win 26th edition of Montreux Volley Masters". Retrieved 14 June 2010.
- ^ FIVB (20 October 2011). "Brazil wins fourth Pan Am Games gold medal". Retrieved 20 October 2011.
- ^ "Vakifbank Istanbul fly to first Women's Club World Champs title, China claim bronze". Zurich, Switzerland: FIVB. 13 October 2013. Retrieved 13 October 2013.
- ^ "Guangdong beat Zurich 3-1 to claim Women's Club World Champs bronze". Zurich, Switzerland: FIVB. 13 October 2013. Retrieved 13 October 2013.
- ^ "Russia's Kazan capture Women's Club World championship in style". Zurich, Switzerland: FIVB. 11 May 2014. Retrieved 11 May 2014.
- ^ "SUDAMERICANO DE CLUBES: Rexona Ades es campeón" (in Spanish). CSV. 8 February 2015. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
External links
[edit]- FIVB profile
- 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.
- 1986 births
- Living people
- Cuban women's volleyball players
- Cuban expatriate sportspeople in Japan
- Cuban expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland
- Expatriate volleyball players in Switzerland
- Olympic volleyball players for Cuba
- Volleyball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Volleyball players at the 2011 Pan American Games
- Sportspeople from Holguín
- Pan American Games silver medalists for Cuba
- Pan American Games gold medalists for Cuba
- Pan American Games medalists in volleyball
- Opposite hitters
- Outside hitters
- Cuban expatriate sportspeople in Brazil
- Expatriate volleyball players in Japan
- Expatriate volleyball players in Brazil
- Medalists at the 2011 Pan American Games
- Cuban expatriate volleyball players in Italy
- Panathinaikos women's volleyball players