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1 Career  





2 Clubs  





3 Awards  



3.1  Individual  





3.2  Club  





3.3  National team  



3.3.1  Senior team  





3.3.2  Junior team  









4 References  





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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 ft2+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. She won the 2007 Pan American Games gold medal in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.[1]

Career

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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

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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. ^ 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.
  • [edit]
    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

    Russia Tatiana Kosheleva
    Brazil Fernanda Garay


    Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kenia_Carcaces&oldid=1235865364"

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