Dominican volleyball player
In this
Spanish name , the first or paternal
surname is
Vargas and the second or maternal family name is
Valdez .
Annerys Vargas
Full name Annerys Victoria Vargas Valdez Nationality Dominican Born (1981-08-07 ) August 7, 1981 (age 42)
Santo Domingo Hometown
Santo Domingo Height 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) Weight 70 kg (154 lb) Spike 327 cm (129 in) Block 320 cm (130 in) Position Middle blocker Last updated: May 2022
Annerys Victoria Vargas Valdez (born August 7, 1981) is a retired female
volleyball player from the
Dominican Republic who won four consecutive gold medals at the
Central American and Caribbean Games .
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Career
2003
Vargas won gold medal with the
women's national team at the
2003 Pan American Games in her home town
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic .
[4] She was selected as the Best Server and Best Blocker.
[5] Later that year, she won the bronze medal at the
2003 NORCECA Championship , and was selected as the Best Blocker.
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2004
Vargas played as a middle blocker and competed at the
2004 Summer Olympics for her native country, which finished in 11th place.
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Playing with the Dominican club Los Cachorros, Vargas finished the 2004 season of the Superior Tournament as the First Runner-Up, after losing to Mirador in the final series.
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2005
Vargas joined the Puerto Rican professional team
Vaqueras de Bayamón from the
LVSF for the 2005 season. She was selected among the "Offensive Team".
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2006
In her second season with the
Bayamón team, Vargas was selected as the "Best Blocker" and as an "All-Star"
[13] for the 2006 season.
[14] While playing a game Puerto Rico, where she was seen as an idol, she lost a
shoe and a
fan jumped to the
court and picked it up, forcing her to finish the game with just one shoe.
[15]
At the volleyball tournament during the
2006 Central American and Caribbean Games , Vargas won the "Most Valuable Player", "Best Blocker" and "Best Server" awards and with her team the gold medal.
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[16] After a successful 2006 season, she won the Dominican Republic "Volleyball Athlete of the Year" award.
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2007
Playing with the Spanish team
Grupo 2002 Murcia , Vargas won the Supercup, Queen Cup,
[18] and
Spanish Superliga .
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[20] After winning the Superliga, she celebrated with her team by taking a bath at
Murcia 's Plaza Circular.
[21] In the same season, she won the
2007 CEV Top Teams Cup .
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2008
Vargas 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".
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Vargas won the 2008
CEV Challenge Cup with
Vakifbank Gunes Sigorta Stambuł and was awarded "Best Blocker".
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2009
Vargas played with
Criollas de Caguas from the Puerto Rican
LVSF for the
2009 season ,
[25]
[26] helping her team to reach the quarterfinals.
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After winning the gold medal at the
2009 NORCECA Championship ,
[28] Vargas qualified for the very first time for the
2009 World Grand Champions Cup ,
[29] where her team won the bronze medal.
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For the 2009-2010 season, Vargas played for the club
Usiminas/Minas , from the
Superliga Brasileira de Voleibol .
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2010
Vargas finished the 2009-2010 season of the Brazilian Superliga as the fourth best blocker.
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With the national team, Vargas won the gold medal at the
2010 Pan-American Cup held in
Rosarito and
Tijuana ,
Mexico .
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In
Mayagüez ,
Puerto Rico , Vargas was the recipient of the "Best Blocker" award
[35] during the volleyball tournament at the
2010 Central American and Caribbean Games won by her home team.
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Vargas joined the Dominican Republic club
Mirador to play at the
2010 FIVB World Club Championship , where her team finished in fourth place
[36] after being defeated by
Bergamo for the Bronze medal.
[37] Vargas won the "Best Blocker" award.
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2011-retirement
Vargas was selected 2017 Volleyball Player of the Year by her National Federation.
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Vargas played the 2018 season at Dominican Republic Superior Volleyball League from the National District, joining the team Caribeñas VC. She became league champion and was awarded Best Blocker.
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[42] During the 2019 season, she helped Caribeñas VC to finish second place in the league.
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For the 2021-22 season, Vargas joined the Republic of China's
Enterprise Volleyball League team CMFC Volleyball, and had matches suspended due to
COVID-19 pandemic restrictions in Taiwan .
[44] She led her team to qualify to the league's playoff, but they lost 0-3 to Taipei King Whale in the knockout round and could not make it to the semifinals, finishing in fourth place.
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Vargas announced her retirement on May 5, 2022, sending a letter to the women's national team director, Cristobal Marte, ending a 25-year career. Her career began in 1998, and encompassed three Olympic Games, five World Championships, five World Cups, five Pan American Games, and five Central American and Caribbean Games.
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Clubs
Awards
Individuals
Clubs
2004 Dominican Republic Distrito Nacional Superior Tournament –
Runner-Up, with Los Cachorros
2006 Spanish Supercup –
Champion, with Grupo 2002 Murcia
2007
CEV Top Teams Cup –
Champion, with
Grupo 2002 Murcia
2007 Spanish Queen's Cup –
Champion, with Grupo 2002 Murcia
2007
Spanish Superliga –
Champion, with Grupo 2002 Murcia
2008
CEV Challenge Cup –
Champion, with
VakıfBank Güneş Sigorta Istanbul
2011 Puerto Rican League –
Champion, with Criollas de Caguas
2012 Puerto Rican League –
Runner-Up, with Criollas de Caguas
2013–14 Azerbaijan Super League –
Runner-Up, Azeryol Baku
2014 Italian Supercup –
Champion, with River Piacenza
2018 Dominican Republic Superior Volleyball League –
Champion, with Caribeñas VC
2019 Dominican Republic Superior Volleyball League –
Runner-Up, with Caribeñas VC
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