Dominican Republic volleyball player
Niverka Marte
Niverka Marte in 2011
Full name Niverka Dharlenis Marte Frica Nickname Nive Nationality
Dominican Born (1990-10-19 ) October 19, 1990 (age 33)
Santo Domingo Hometown
Santo Domingo Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Weight 67 kg (148 lb) Spike 312 cm (123 in) Block 300 cm (120 in) Position Setter Current club
Jakarta Popsivo Polwan Number 7 Last updated: September 2015
Niverka Dharlenis Marte Frica (born October 19, 1990 in Santo Domingo
[1] ) is a
volleyball
player from the
Dominican Republic who currently plays for
Indonesian side
Jakarta Popsivo Polwan . She played the
2012 Summer Olympics with the
Dominican Republic national team ranking in fifth place. She also played the
2010 and the
2014 World Championship earning the 17th place and the fifth place and the
2011 and the
2015 FIVB World Cup with her national team ranking in the eight and seventh place. She won the bronze medal in the
2015 Pan American Games .
With her Junior national team, she took the silver at the
2009 World Championship .
Career
During the 2006 season, she played in
La Romana with Aviación
[2] and with Mirador at
Distrito Nacional Superior Championship, winning her team the league championship.
[3]
Niverka played for her native country at the
2007 FIVB Girls' U18 Volleyball World Championship in
Baja California ,
Mexico . There her team ended up in 8th place.
[4]
[5]
In 2008, she participated at the
NORCECA Women´s Junior Continental Championship U-20 as team captain, winning with her them the silver medal
[6] and individually, the "Best Setter" award.
[7] Shortly afterwards she claimed the gold medal at the
2008 Women's Pan-American Volleyball Cup in
Mexico , with the
senior national team .
With the National Junior Team she won the silver medal at the
2009 Women's U20 Volleyball World Championship .
[8]
Playing
beach volleyball (three) with
Ana Yorkira Binet and
Marianne Fersola , she won the gold medal at the 2010 Hato Mayor Beach Volleyball Tournament .
[9]
[10]
As a setter, she helped the National Senior Team playing in
Chiapas ,
Mexico , to win the
2010 Final Four Cup gold medal.
[11]
Marte returned to
Hato Mayor to win the gold medal in the annual Sport Festival in Beach Volleyball (three), this time playing along
Altagracia Mambrú and
Ana Yorkira Binet .
[12]
In 2012, Marte played on Olympic Games, where Dominican Republic qualified to quarter-final.
In September 2012, Marte won the gold medal at the first
2012 U23 Pan-American Cup , played in
Callao ,
Peru .
[13]
Marte was transferred to the Azerbaijani Club
Igtisadchi Baku in early November.
[14]
[15] With this club, she claimed the silver medal of the
2012/13 Azerbaijani Super League .
[16]
[17]
During the
2014 World Championship held in Italy,
[18] Marte helped the national team to reach the competition's fifth place
[19] starting with 7-2 record,
[20] and despite the losing 2-3 to China,
[21] her team qualified for the first time to the World Championship third round besides but being unable to reach a semifinal spot after losing their two third round matches 2-3 to China and 0-3 to Brazil.
[22]
Marte and her national team took part of the
2014 Central American and Caribbean Games .
[23] and she helped them to win their fourth consecutive gold medal,
[24] being awarded Best Setter of the tournament.
[25]
[26]
Marte was part of the Dominican Republic delegation to the
2015 Pan American Games ,
[27] and she won with her national team the bronze medal after losing to the United States in the semifinals and defeated 3-1 the Puerto Rico national team.
[28] After leading the setters during the
2015 FIVB World Cup
[29] she was awarded tournament's Best Setter
[30] while her national team posted a 5-6 record,
[31] valid for the seventh place.
[32] After the World Cup, she was announced to be transferred to the French club
Rocheville Le Cannet taking the role of the main setter for the 2015-16 season.
[33] Castillo won the silver medal and the Best Setter award in the
NORCECA Championship .
[34] In December 2015, Marte won with her club the French Supercup, defeating
RC Cannes 3-2 in the championship match.
[35]
Clubs
Awards
Individuals
National Team
Senior Team
Junior Team
Clubs
Beach Volleyball
2010 Hato Mayor Beach Volleyball Tournament
Gold Medal
2011 Hato Mayor Beach Volleyball Tournament
Gold Medal
References
^ Hoy.
"Niverka Marte un diamante del voleibol RD" (in Spanish). Archived from
the original on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2010-04-12 .
^ El Nuevo Diario.
"Villaverde y Aviación van a la final femenina voleibol LR" (in Spanish). Archived from
the original on 2011-07-19. Retrieved 2009-09-18 .
^ NORCECA.
"Mirador ganó su 24ta corona" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2010-04-12 .
^ FIVB.
"2007 FIVB Girls' Youth World Championship / Mexico - Standings" . Retrieved 2010-04-12 .
^ FIVB.
"Dominican Republic - Team Composition" . Retrieved 2010-04-12 .
^ NORCECA.
"USA confirmed its quality by winning the gold" . Retrieved 2010-04-12 .
^ NORCECA.
"Brenda Castillo elected as the U-20 MVP" . Retrieved 2009-09-18 .
^ FIVB.
"Germany wins gold at Women's Juniors" . Retrieved 2009-08-14 .
^ El Nacional.
"Puñal, Opal Jean y Las Kety vencen" (in Spanish). Archived from
the original on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2010-04-12 .
^ Hoy.
"Equipos triunfan en torneo voleibol HM" (in Spanish). Archived from
the original on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2010-04-12 .
^ Terra.
"Perú cae ante República Dominicana y pierde título del Final Four" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2010-09-25 .
^ El Nacional (2011-04-25).
"Los Blackers y Pinkys logran títulos festival" (in Spanish). Archived from
the original on 2011-08-15. Retrieved 2011-04-27 .
^ FIVB (2012-09-08).
"Dominicans claim gold medal at Pan Am U-23" . Lima, Peru. Retrieved 2012-09-11 .
^
" "İqtisadçı"da daha 2 yeni transfer" (in Azerbaijani). apasport.az. 2012-11-19. Retrieved 2013-04-28 .
^
" "İqtisadçı"da nə baş verir?" (in Azerbaijani). rekord.az. 2012-12-04. Retrieved 2013-04-28 .
^
"АзерРейл" и выиграл серебро Суперлиги (in Russian). Azerbaijan Volleyball Federation. 2013-04-27. Retrieved 2013-04-28 . [
permanent dead link ]
^
"Рабита" празднует чемпионство (in Russian). Azerbaijan Volleyball Federation. 2013-04-17. Archived from
the original on 2013-04-29. Retrieved 2013-04-28 .
^
"Semifinalists confirmed for Women's World Championship" (in Italian). Rome, Italy: CorrieredelloSport.it. 2014-10-01. Archived from
the original on 2014-10-18. Retrieved 2014-10-11 .
^
"Semifinalists confirmed for Women's World Championship" . Milan, Italy: FIVB. 2014-10-10. Retrieved 2014-10-11 .
^
"Dominicans stepping on the land of giants" . Milan, Italy: FIVB. 2014-10-07. Retrieved 2014-10-11 .
^
"Brazil, Italy, Dominican Republic qualify for FIVB women's worlds third round" . English.news.cn . Bari, Italy. Xinhua. 2014-10-04. Archived from
the original on 2014-10-09. Retrieved 2014-10-12 .
^
"The United States and China claim remaining semifinal spots" . Milan, Italy: FIVB. 2014-10-10. Retrieved 2014-10-11 .
^ Sánchez, Carlos (2014-11-15).
"República Dominicana luchará desde hoy por sus primeras medallas" . Diario Libre (in Spanish). Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Retrieved 2014-11-21 .
^
"La República Dominicana logra cuarto oro al hilo en voleibol femenino Juegos Centroamericanos" . Espaciodeprensa.com (in Spanish). Cordoba, Mexico. 21 November 2014.
^
"Brenda Castillo is the MVP of the CACG" . Cordoba, Mexico: NORCECA. 2014-11-21. Retrieved 2014-11-21 .
^
"Giochi Centroamericani: Oro Rep.Dominicana, Castillo MVP" (in Italian). Veracruz, Mexico: Volleyball.it. 2014-11-21. Archived from
the original on 2014-11-29. Retrieved 2014-11-21 .
^
"RD llevará delegación histórica a los Juegos Panam de Toronto 2015" [DR taking historic delegation to the Toronto 2015 Pan American Games]. Listin Diario (in Spanish). 2015-05-08. Retrieved 2015-08-05 .
^
"Dominicanas ganan bronce en voleibol de Toronto-2015" [Dominicans won bronze in volleyball at Toronto 2015] (in Spanish). Prensa Latina. 2015-07-25. Retrieved 2015-08-05 .
^
"Player statistics - Best Setters" . FIVB. 2015. Retrieved 2015-09-08 .
^
"Zhu leads women's World Cup dream team" . Nagoya, Japan: FIVB. 2015-09-07. Retrieved 2015-09-08 .
^
"Lang Ping guides China to fourth World Cup title" . Nagoya, Japan: FIVB. 2015-09-06. Retrieved 2015-09-08 .
^
"Results and Ranking - Round Robin" . FIVB. 2015. Retrieved 2015-09-08 .
^
"Notre nouvelle joueuse Niverka Marte" [Our new player Niverka Marte] (in French). Le Cannet Volley Ball. 2015. Retrieved 2015-09-11 .
^
"USA win third consecutive NORCECA title" . Morelia, Mexico: FIVB. 2015-10-02. Retrieved 2015-11-03 .
^
"Le Cannet gagne la première Supercoupe de volley" [Le Cannet won the first volleyball Super Cup] (in French). Femmes de Sport. 2015-12-24. Retrieved 2016-04-16 .
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