Annerys Vargas
Quick Facts
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Annerys Victoria Vargas Valdez (born August 7, 1981) is a female volleyball player from the Dominican Republic, who won four consecutive gold medals at the Central American and Caribbean Games.
Career
2003
She won gold medal with the women's national team at the 2003 Pan American Games in her home town Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. There she was awarded best server and blocker. Later that year, she won the Best Blocker and bronze medal at the 2003 NORCECA Championship.
2004
She plays as a middle-blocker and competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics for her native country which finished in 11th place.
Playing with the Dominican club Los Cachorros, she finished the 2004 season of the Superior Tournament as the First Runner-Up, after losing to Mirador the final series.
2005
Joined the Puerto Rican professional team Vaqueras de Bayamón from the LVSF for the 2005 season. Being selected among the "Offensive Team".
2006
In her second season with the Bayamón team, Annerys won the "Best Blocker" and "All-Star" for the 2006 season. While playing a game Puerto Rico, where she was such an idol, she lost a shoe and a fan jumped to the court and picked it up, she had to finish the game with just one shoe.
At the volleyball tournament during the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games, she won the "Most Valuable Player", "Best Blocker" and "Best Server" awards and with her team the gold medal. After a successful 2006 season, she won the Dominican Republic "Volleyball Athlete of the Year" award.
2007
Playing with the Spanish team Grupo 2002 Murcia, win the Supercup, Queen Cup and Spanish Superliga.After winning the Superliga, she celebrated with her team taking a bath at the Murcia's Plaza Circular. The same season she won the 2007 CEV Top Teams Cup.
2008
She 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".
Won the 2008 CEV Challenge Cup with Vakifbank Gunes Sigorta Stambuł and was awarded "Best Blocker".
2009
Vargas Valdez played with Criollas de Caguas from the Puerto Rican LVSF for the 2009 season, helping her team to reach the quarterfinals.
After winning with her team the gold medal at the 2009 NORCECA Championship qualifying for the very first time to the 2009 World Grand Champions Cup where her team won the bronze medal.
For the 2009/2010 she played for the club Usiminas/Minas, from the Superliga Brasileira de Voleibol.
2010
She finished the 2009/2010 season of the Brazilian Superliga as the 4th best blocker.
With her National Team, she won the gold medal at the 2010 Pan-American Cup held in Rosarito and Tijuana, Mexico.
In Mayagüez, Puerto Rico she were the recipient of the "Best Blocker" award during the volleyball tournament at the 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games won by her home team.
Joined the Dominican Republic club Mirador, to play at the 2010 FIVB World Club Championship, there her team finished in 4th place after being defeated by Bergamo for the Bronze medal. Vargas won the "Best Blocker" award.
Clubs
- Simón Bolívar (1996–1998)
- Modeca (1999–2002)
- Los Cachorros (2003–2004)
- Modeca (2005)
- Bameso (2006)
- Vaqueras de Bayamón (2005–2006)
- Grupo 2002 Murcia (2006–2007)
- Vakifbank Gunes Sigorta Stambuł (2007–2008)
- La Romana (2008)
- Criollas de Caguas (2009)
- Usiminas/Minas (2009–2010)
- Mirador (2010)
- Criollas de Caguas (2011–2012)
- Azeryol Baku (2013–2014)
- River Volley Piacenza (2014–2015)
Awards
Individuals
- 2003 Pan-American Games "Best Server"
- 2003 Pan-American Games "Best Blocker"
- 2003 NORCECA Championship "Best Blocker"
- 2005 Puerto Rican League, "Offensive Team"
- 2006 Puerto Rican League, "All-Star"
- 2006 Puerto Rican League, "Best Blocker"
- 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games "Most Valuable Player"
- 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games "Best Blocker"
- 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games "Best Server"
- 2006 Dominican Republic "Volleyball Player of the Year"
- 2008 Olympic Qualifier "Best Blocker"
- 2007-08 CEV Challenge Cup "Best Blocker"
- 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games "Best Blocker"
- 2010 World Club Championship "Best Blocker"
- 2012 Summer Olympics NORCECA qualification tournament's "Best Blocker"
- 2013 Dominican Republic "Volleyball Player of the Year"
- 2013–14 Azerbaijan Super League "Best Blocker"
- 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games "Best Middle Blocker"
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