Winifer Fernández

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Fernández and the second or maternal family name is Pérez.
Winifer Fernández
Personal information
Full name Winifer María Fernández Pérez
Nationality  Dominican Republic
Born (1995-01-06) 6 January 1995
Santiago de los Caballeros, Santiago Province, Dominican Republic
Hometown Cienfuegos
Height 1.69 m (5 ft 6 1⁄2 in)
Weight 62 kg (137 lb)
Spike 270 cm (110 in)
Block 265 cm (104 in)
Volleyball information
Position Libero
Number 2
Career
YearsTeams
2010–2011
2012
2013–2014
2014–2015
2015–		Cienfuegos
Santiago
Telekom Baku
Rabita Baku
Mirador
National team
2012 -Dominican Republic
Honours
Women’s Volleyball
Representing the  Dominican Republic
Pan-American Cup
2016 Santo Domingo Team
2015 Lima/Callao Team
NORCECA Championship
2015 Michoacan Team
Last updated: September 2016

Winifer María Fernández Pérez (born 6 January 1995) is a Dominican female volleyball player. With her club Mirador she competed at the 2015 FIVB Volleyball Women's Club World Championship.[1]

Personal and early life

Fernández is 169 cm (5 ft 7 in) tall, 62 kilograms (137 lb), born on 6 January 1995 and hails from Cienfuegos in Santiago, Dominican Republic.[2] She started playing volleyball at the age of ten, under the guidance of coach Miguel Durán and she relocated in 2009 to Santo Domingo to join the junior national team. As of 2013, she was planning to pursue a degree in Business Administration.[2] She has been described as slick, fast and smart and someone who dazzles with her beauty.[3]

Career

2008-2010

Fernández won the 2008 Dominican Republic Volleyball League bronze medal with the Dominican club Santiago.[4] Fernández won the 2009 Santiago province championship and the Best Libero award with her club Cienfuegos.[5] As a fifteen-year-old, she won the Best Digger, Best Receiver and Best Libero awards in the 2010 NORCECA Youth Championship, finishing with her team in fourth place.[6]

2011-2014

Fernández played in the 2011 Girls' Youth Pan-American Cup, winning the bronze medal[7] and the Best Libero award.[8] She won the Best Digger, Best Receiver and Best Libero awards when she helped the Dominican club Cienfuegos win the 2011 provincial tournament gold medal.[9]

Fernández led Santiago to the 2012 Northern Region Cup gold medal in her home country, she contributed topping the spikers with 15 points.[10] Fernández shared with Ana Binet the libero position[11] in the 2012 FIVB World Grand Prix, debutin with the senior national team. They reached the twelfth position.[12]

She led her under 20 national team to win the gold medal at the 2012 Junior NORCECA Championship, qualifying for the 2013 Junior World Championship[13] winning also the Most Valuable Player, Best Digger, Best Receiver and Best Libero awards,[14] expressing how happy she was helping the Dominican Republic to win their first category gold medal.[15] She later helped her national team to capture the gold medal in the 2012 U23 Pan-American Cup.[16]

She started 2013 by winning the "Most Valuable Player" and gold medal during the Baja California International Cup, held in Mexico.[17][18] She later won the silver medal with her junior team in the 2013 Pan-American Cup held in La Habana, Cuba, when they lost 1-3 to Mexico.[19] Together with Brayelin Martínez and Larysmer Martínez, Fernández won the 7th Cabarete Beach Volleyball Tournament, with a RD$30,000 (approximately US$713 in April 2013) bonus.[20] She traveled in June to the FIVB U20 World Championship,[21] ranking eight with her national junior team.[22]

She took part in the 2013 FIVB World Grand Prix,[23] finishing with her team in the 10th position.[24]

In early 2014, Fernández was selected by the Santiago Province Guild of Sports Writers as Volleyball Player of the Year.[25] She also played with the Azerbajani professional club Telekom Baku.[26] She was selected in June to play the 2014 FIVB World Grand Prix,[27] but the team went 1-8 and ranked last[28] in the Group 1 of the FIVB World Grand Prix defeating only Turkey 3-2.[29]

2015

After being awarded by the Santiago Province Guild of Sports Writers as Volleyball Player of the Year,[30] she played with the Dominican club Mirador,[31] Her club lost its two matches 1-3 to the Swiss Voléro Zürich[32] and 0-3 to the Brazilian Rexona Ades Rio[33] and finally ranking tied-fifth with the Japanese Hisamitsu Springs.[34] Fernández played in the 2015 Montreux Volley Masters,[35] and her national team lost the fifth place match 1-3 to Germany.[36] She later played the NORCECA Champions Cup, winning the gold medal and the qualification for the 2015 FIVB World Cup.[37] At the Pan-American Cup in Peru, she won the silver medal when her team lost 0-3 to the United States the gold medal match.[38] She then played the 2015 FIVB World Grand Prix, ranking with her national team 12th, after finishing winless 0-9 in the Group 1.[39] She played in Turkey the U23 World Championship having won the bronze medal when her team lost 2-3 to Brazil[40] but defeated Japan 3-2 to claim the bronze medal.[41] Fernández won the silver medal when her national team lost 1-3 the NORCECA Championship to the United States.[42]

2016

Fernández was called to play with her national team[43] who won the gold in the World Grand Prix Group 2.[44] And again during the Pan-American Cup[45] played in home soil.[46] Her team was perfect with 5-0 in the pool play[47] defeating Cuba 3-0 in the semifinals[48] and Puerto Rico 3-2 to win the gold medal and a berth for the 2017 FIVB World Grand Prix.[49] Her national federation reported that she was subjected to impersonation on Instagram and Twitter.[50] Fernández later played with her U23 national team, winning the U23 Pan-American Cup[51] and the 2017 FIVB U23 World Championship qualification,[52] being awarded tournament's best digger.[53]

Clubs

Awards

Individuals

Clubs

References

  1. ↑ "Team Roster – Mirador Santo Domingo". FIVB. Retrieved 7 May 2015.
  2. 1 2 Cáceres, José (6 February 2013). "Winnifer: "Admira a Brenda y quiere llegar al equipo nacional"" [Winnifer: "Admires Brenda and wants to get to the national team"]. Hoy (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 July 2016.
  3. ↑ Breton, Raul (20 July 2016). "Winifer enamora al mundo con su juego y su físico" [Winifer dazzles the world with his game and his physique]. 7 Dias (in Spanish). Santo Domingo. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
  4. ↑ "Distrito revalida títulos en voleibol" [District revalidate titles in volleyball]. El Nacional (in Spanish). 22 December 2008. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
  5. ↑ "Cienfuegos campeón femenino intermunicipal de voleibol" [Cienfuegos intermunicipal female volleyball champion]. Diario Libre. Santiago. 30 November 2009. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
  6. ↑ "Dominicana Winifer Fernández ganò triple corona en Voleibol NORCECA" [Dominican Winifer Fernandez won triple crown in NORCECA Volleyball]. El Nuevo Diario (in Spanish). Guatemala City, Guatemala. 4 May 2010. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
  7. ↑ "Dominican Republic wins bronze in five-setter over Peru". Tijuana, Mexico: NORCECA. 8 July 2011. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
  8. ↑ NORCECA (8 July 2011). "Argentinean Bossio, MVP at U-18 Cup". Retrieved 31 July 2016.
  9. ↑ "Cienfuegos, ¡campeón! voleibol femenino intermunicipal provincia de Santiago" [Cienfuegos, Champion! women's intermunicipal volleyball province of Santiago]. El Nuevo Diario. 20 December 2011. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
  10. ↑ "SFM y Santiago logran corona voleibol Cibao" [SFM and Santiago achieved Cibao volleyball crown]. El Nacional (in Spanish). Bonao. 27 March 2012. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
  11. ↑ Sanchez, Carlos (11 June 2012). "Gran evento que dejó puntos por mejorar" [Great event that left items to improve]. El Caribe. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
  12. ↑ "Final Standing". FIVB. 2012. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
  13. ↑ Mora Zeledón, Nectalí (2012-08-26). "Dominicana capturó oro" [Dominican Republic captured gold]. La Prensa. Retrieved 26 August 2012.
  14. ↑ "Dominican Winifer Fernandez wins MVP Honors at NORCECA U-20". Managua, Nicaragua: NORCECA. 26 August 2012. Retrieved 26 August 2012.
  15. ↑ "Winifer Fernández electa la Más Valiosa en Norceca" [Winifer Fernandez elected the Most Valuable Norceca]. Listin Diario. Santo Domingo. 2012-08-29. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
  16. ↑ "Dominican Republic claim gold at U-23". Lima: NORCECA. 26 August 2012. Retrieved 26 August 2012.
  17. ↑ "Winifer Fernandez, MVP of the Baja California International Cup". FIVB. 10 March 2013. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
  18. ↑ "RD se corona campeón torneo voleibol México" [DR is crowned champion volleyball tournament in Mexico]. Listin Diario. Tijuana, Mexico. 12 March 2013. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
  19. ↑ "México, campeón panamericano del voleibol femenil de sala Sub-20" [México, U-20 Pan-American indoor female volleyball champion]. La Jornada (in Spanish). NOTIMEX. 25 March 2013. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
  20. ↑ Rae, Luis Tomas (2 April 2013). "Santana Auto y Ricardo Arias ganan Voleibol Playero Cabarete" [Santana Auto and Ricardo Arias win Carabete beach volleyball]. Ultimo Diario (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 August 2015.
  21. ↑ "Dominican Republic Team Composition". FIVB. 2013. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
  22. ↑ "2013 FIVB Women's U20 World Championship Final Ranking". FIVB. 2013. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
  23. ↑ Guerrero, Mario E. (3 August 2013). "Selección de Voleibol" [Volleyball national team]. Listin Diario. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
  24. ↑ "World Grand Prix Preliminary Round: More exciting than ever". FIVB. 20 August 2013. Retrieved 11 September 2013.
  25. ↑ "Atletas élite acaparan premios" [Elite athletes monopolize awards]. El Nacional (in Spanish). Santiago. 11 April 2014. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
  26. ↑ "Winifer Fernández es orgullo de Santiago que brilla en Azerbaiyán" [Winifer Fernandez is Santiago pride shining in Azerbaijan] (in Spanish). Santiago: La Informacion. 26 February 2014. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
  27. ↑ "La selección nacional de voleibol femenino viaja este domingo a Italia para Grand Prix" [The women's volleyball national team travels this sunday to Italy to Grand Prix] (in Spanish). Santo Domingo: 7 Dias. 26 July 2014. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
  28. ↑ "USA outclass gallant Dominicans in thrilling four sets". Bangkok, Thailand: FIVB. 17 August 2014. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
  29. ↑ "Dominican Republic achieves epic comeback against Turkey". Ankara, Turkey: FIVB. 8 August 2014. Retrieved 8 August 2015.
  30. ↑ "ACDS elige atletas que premiará en su Gala" [ACDS athletes choose their reward in Gala]. El Nuevo Diario (in Spanish). Santiago. 31 March 2015. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
  31. ↑ "Mirador jugará el Mundial de Clubes En Suiza" [Mirador will play the Club World Championship in Switzerland]. 7 dias (in Spanish). Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. 5 May 2015. Retrieved 28 August 2015.
  32. ↑ "Thompson takes heart from opening win". Zurich, Switzerland: FIVB. 6 May 2015. Retrieved 28 August 2015.
  33. ↑ "Rexona-AdeS demolish Mirador on way to semifinals". Zurich, Switzerland: FIVB. 8 May 2015. Retrieved 28 August 2015.
  34. ↑ "Eczacibasi reach summit of club volleyball at Zurich 2015". Zurich, Switzerland: FIVB. 10 May 2015. Retrieved 28 August 2015.
  35. ↑ "Best volleyball teams come to humongous 30th birthday party". Montreux, Switzerland: FIVB. 25 May 2015. Retrieved 5 August 2015.
  36. ↑ "Germany overpower Dominican Republic in four-set clash". Montreux, Switzerland: Montreux Volley Masters. 30 May 2015. Retrieved 5 August 2015.
  37. ↑ "Dominican Republic and Cuba to FIVB World Cup". Havana, Cuba: NORCECA. 7 June 2015. Retrieved 5 August 2015.
  38. ↑ "USA wins third crown in four years". Lima, Peru: NORCECA. 21 June 2015. Retrieved 5 August 2015.
  39. ↑ "WGP Group 1 Ranking". FIVB. 2015. Retrieved 5 August 2015.
  40. ↑ "Brazil overpower Dominican Republic to claim first final ticket". Ankara, Turkey: FIVB. 2015-08-18. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
  41. ↑ "Brazil claim gold at Women's U23 world champs, Turkey and Dominicans complete podium". Ankara, Turkey: FIVB. 19 August 2015. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
  42. ↑ "USA win third consecutive NORCECA title". Morelia, Mexico: FIVB. 2 October 2015. Retrieved 3 November 2015.
  43. ↑ "Voleibol RD debuta este viernes contra Bulgaria en Grand Prix de Argentina" [RD volleyball debuts this Friday against Bulgaria in Grand Prix of Argentina]. El Nuevo Diario (in Spanish). Santo Domingo. EFE. 1 June 2016. Retrieved 7 July 2016.
  44. ↑ Breton, Raul (19 June 2016). "Reinas del Caribe, campeonas del Grand Prix al derrotar a Polonia" [Reinas Caribbean Grand Prix champions by defeating Poland]. 7 Dias (in Spanish). Santo Domingo. Retrieved 7 July 2016.
  45. ↑ "Reinas del Caribe concluyen entrenamientos de Copa Panamericana". 7 Días (in Spanish). Santo Domingo. 30 June 2016. Retrieved 14 July 2016.
  46. ↑ "Reinas del Caribe mostrarán talento ante afición dominicana" [Caribbean queens talent show to Dominican fans]. 7 Días (in Spanish). Santo Domingo. 2016-07-01. Retrieved 14 July 2016.
  47. ↑ Mota Nina, Alipio (8 July 2016). "RD dejará el 'pellejo' tras oro en Copa Panam de Voleibol". El Día (in Spanish). Santo Domingo. Retrieved 14 July 2016.
  48. ↑ Comarazamy, Roosevelt (10 July 2016). "Duelo por el Oro entre Dominicana y Puerto Rico en Copa Panamericana de Voleibol" [Gold duel between Dominican and Puerto Rico in Pan American Cup]. El Nacional (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 July 2016.
  49. ↑ Gómez, Juan Julio (11 July 2016). "Copa Panamericana de Voleibol ganada por las Reinas del Caribe es la cuarta para RD" [Pan American Cup won by the Caribbean Queens is the fourth for RD]. Acento (in Spanish). Santo Domingo. EFE. Retrieved 14 July 2016.
  50. ↑ Cabral, Ariel (22 July 2016). "Denuncian cuenta falsa en Twitter e Instagram de jugadora de voleibol Winifer Fernández" [False account reported on Twitter and Instagram about volleyball player Winifer Fernández]. Hoy (in Spanish). Retrieved 31 July 2016.
  51. ↑ "Dominican Republic Claims Hat-Trick at U23 Pan Am Cup". San Vicente de Cañete, Peru: NORCECA. 25 September 2016. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
  52. ↑ "Dominicans top preliminary round, claim ticket to world championship". San Vicente de Cañete, Peru: NORCECA. 23 September 2016. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
  53. ↑ "Dominican Brayelin Martinez elected the MVP of the Women's U-23 Pan-Am Cup". San Vicente del Cañete, Peru: NORCECA. 25 September 2016. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
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