Bibiana Candelas
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| Full name | Bibiana Candelas Ramírez | ||||
| Nickname | Bibi | ||||
| Born | December 2, 1983 Torreón, Coahuila, Mexico | ||||
| Hometown | Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico | ||||
| Height | 196 cm (6 ft 5 in) | ||||
| Weight | 78 kg (172 lb) | ||||
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Bibiana Candelas Ramírez (born December 2, 1983, in Torreon, Coahuila) is a 6'5" (195 cm) female beach volleyball and indoor volleyball player who represented her native country, Mexico, at the 2008 Olympics with her beach partner, Mayra García.
Prep and early life
[edit]Candelas was born in Torreón, Coahuila.
She graduated in 2002 from Colegio Ponceño in Puerto Rico, but attended Preparatoria Luzac in Torreón as a freshman and sophomore. She was an eight-year (1997–2004) member of the Mexico women's national volleyball team.
USC
[edit]She played middle blocker at the University of Southern California from 2002 to 2005 and was a three time All-American. She helped her team win the 2002 and 2003 NCAA Women's Volleyball Championship, as well as a final four appearance in 2004.
National team
[edit]Candelas played in the 2002 Pan-American Cup helping her team to reach the 4th place and individually winning the Best Blocker award.[1]
- 2002: 21st place in the World Championship in Germany
- 2002: Bronze Medal in the Central American and Caribbean Games in El Salvador
- 2006: 21st place in the World Championship in Japan
Pan American Games
[edit]Candelas won the silver medal in 2011 Pan American Games.[2]
Clubs
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Leonas de Ponce (2002)
Awards
[edit]Individuals
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ CONADE (June 30, 2002). "Cuba Campeón Panamericano de voleibol femenil". Gaceta Olimpiada Nacional (in Spanish). Archived from the original on May 11, 2012. Retrieved October 8, 2011.
- ^ Bicampeã, Juliana destaca superação contra rival "de 2,20 m" portuguese
External links
[edit]- FIVB Biography
- Bibiana Candelas at the FIVB beach volleyball database
- Bibiana Candelas at the Beach Volleyball Database
- USC Bio
- NORCECA Beach Volleyball Circuit 2008
- Bibiana Candelas Ramirez at Olympics.com
- Bibiana Candelas at Olympedia
- Bibiana Candelas at the Toronto 2015 Pan American Games (archived)
- 1983 births
- Living people
- Mexican women's volleyball players
- American women's volleyball players
- Olympic beach volleyball players for Mexico
- Beach volleyball players at the 2007 Pan American Games
- Beach volleyball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Beach volleyball players at the 2011 Pan American Games
- Beach volleyball players at the 2015 Pan American Games
- Expatriate volleyball players in the United States
- USC Trojans women's volleyball players
- Sportspeople from Torreón
- Pan American Games silver medalists for Mexico
- Pan American Games bronze medalists for Mexico
- Pan American Games medalists in volleyball
- Central American and Caribbean Games bronze medalists for Mexico
- Competitors at the 2002 Central American and Caribbean Games
- Middle blockers
- Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in volleyball
- Medalists at the 2011 Pan American Games
- Mexican women's beach volleyball players
- 21st-century American sportswomen