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Sidarka Núñez

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Nationality
  
Dominican Republic

Position
  
Opposite

Weight
  
62 kg

Block
  
320 cm (130 in)

Height
  
1.80 m


Spike
  
330 cm (130 in)

Role
  
Volleyball player

Hometown
  
Santo Domingo

Name
  
Sidarka Nunez

Home town
  
Santo Domingo

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Full name
  
Sidarka de los Milagros Nunez

Born
  
June 25, 1984 (age 39) Santo Domingo (
1984-06-25
)

Sidarka de los Milagros Núñez (born June 25, 1984 in Santo Domingo) is a female volleyball player from the Dominican Republic, who played for the Women's National Team at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. There her team ended up in fifth place. She claimed the gold medal at the 2008 Women's Pan-American Volleyball Cup in Mexico, where Núñez was named Most Valuable Player of the tournament.

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Núñez also won the 2013 Peruvian League Championship with Universidad César Vallejo, winning the season's Best Spiker award and the silver medal in the 2013 South American Club Championship.

Career

Playing with her National Junior Team, she won the Silver medal at the 2002 NORCECA Junior Championship.

In 2007-08 she played for Japanese volleyball team Ageo Medics. Playing the next season (2008/2009) for the Hitachi Sawa Rivale.

Núñez won the 2008 Pan-American Cup gold medal with the Dominican Republic National Team, she was also awarded Most Valuable Player of the tournament. There, she set the record for most points in a single match in the Pan-American Cup with 37 points on June 30 against Brazil.

Playing in Chiapas, Mexico with her National Senior Team she won the 2010 Final Four Cup gold medal.

Núñez was part of the fifth-place finishers team that represented her country during the 2012 Summer Olympics. Her team lost to the USA team in the quarterfinals.

She signed to play the Peruvian National Superior League with the team Universidad César Vallejo. She won the league championship and the Best Spiker award for that season, qualifying to play the South American Club Championship. In the South American tournament, she won the silver medal.

Clubs

  • Liga Juan Guzman (1997–1999)
  • Naco (2000)
  • Deportivo Nacional (2001)
  • Los Prados (2002)
  • Bameso (2004)
  • Liga Juan Guzman (2005)
  • Ageo Medics (2007–2008)
  • Deportivo Nacional (2008)
  • Hitachi Sawa Rivale (2008–2009)
  • Mirador (2010)
  • Indias de Mayagüez (2011)
  • Universidad César Vallejo (2012-2013)
  • Universidad César Vallejo (2014-2015)
  • Individuals

  • 2008 Pan-American Cup "Most Valuable Player"
  • 2013 Liga Nacional Superior de Voleibol Femenino "Best Spiker"
  • Junior Team

  • 2002 NORCECA Girls Youth Continental Championship U-18 Silver Medal
  • Clubs

  • 2012–13 Peruvian League - Champion, with Universidad César Vallejo
  • 2013 South American Club Championship - Runner-Up, with Universidad César Vallejo
  • References

    Sidarka Núñez Wikipedia