Karina Ocasio
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 Ocasio playing for Galatasaray in 2010 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Karina Ocasio Clemente | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Puerto Rican | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | August 1, 1985 Bayamón, Puerto Rico | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 72 kg (159 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Spike | 298 cm (117 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Block | 288 cm (113 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Opposite hitter | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Current club | Mets de Guaynabo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Last updated: September 12, 2016 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Karina Ocasio Clemente (born August 1, 1985) is a volleyball player who plays for Puerto Rico national team.
Club career
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Conquistadoras de Guaynabo (2000–2003)
Despar Sirio Perugia (2003–2004)- Caoduro Cavazzale (2004–2005)
- Valencianas de Juncos (2005–2008)
Heungkuk Life Pink Spiders (2008–2010)
Galatasaray Medical Park (2010–2011)- Criollas de Caguas (2013)
- Hwaseong IBK Altos (2013–2014)
- Criollas de Caguas (2014)
Fujian Xi Meng Bao (2014–2015)- Criollas de Caguas (2015)
- Fujian Yango (2015–2016)
- Criollas de Caguas (2017)
Jakarta BNI 46 (2018)- Criollas de Caguas (2019–2021)
Al-Ahly (2022–2023)[1]- Mets de Guaynabo (2023–present)
International career
[edit]Ocasio was part of the Puerto Rico women's national volleyball team at the 2002 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship in Germany.,[2] 2015 FIVB World Grand Prix,[3] and 2022 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship.[4]
She competed at the 2008 Olympic Qualification Tournament in Japan, where her team ended up in eighth and last place, having received a wild card for the event after Peru and Kenya withdrew. However, she became Best Scorer at the event, alongside Kazakhstan's Yelena Pavlova. She also won the Best Scorer award at the 2015 Pan American Games, losing the bronze medal to the Dominican Republic 1–3.[5]
Awards
[edit]Club
- Valencianas de Juncos
- Criollas de Caguas
- Liga de Voleibol Superior Femenino: 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2021
- Heungkuk Life Pink Spiders
- V-League: 2009
- Al Ahly
- Egyptian League: 2022–23
Individual
- 2008 Olympic Qualifier "Best scorer"
- 2015 NORCECA Champions Cup "Best opposite spiker"
- 2015 Pan American Games "Best scorer"
References
[edit]- ^ "Karina Ocasio » clubs :". Women Volleybox. Retrieved October 19, 2022.
- ^ "Team Rosters". fivb.
- ^ "Team Roster - Puerto Rico - FIVB World Grand Prix 2015". World Grand Prix. Retrieved May 21, 2018.
- ^ volleyballworld.com. "Puerto Rican legend Ocasio still at it 20 years later". volleyballworld.com. Retrieved October 19, 2022.
- ^ "USA women win second gold medal in Pan Am Games history". Toronto, Canada: FIVB. July 25, 2015. Retrieved July 26, 2015.
External links
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- 1985 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Bayamón, Puerto Rico
- Puerto Rican women's volleyball players
- Volleyball players at the 2007 Pan American Games
- Volleyball players at the 2015 Pan American Games
- Pan American Games competitors for Puerto Rico
- Galatasaray S.K. (women's volleyball) players
- Volleyball players at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Central American and Caribbean Games silver medalists for Puerto Rico
- Central American and Caribbean Games bronze medalists for Puerto Rico
- Competitors at the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games
- Competitors at the 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games
- Opposite hitters
- Summer Olympics competitors for Puerto Rico
- Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in volleyball
- Puerto Rican expatriate sportspeople in Italy
- Puerto Rican expatriate sportspeople in Turkey
- Puerto Rican expatriate sportspeople in South Korea
- Puerto Rican expatriate sportspeople in China
- Puerto Rican expatriate sportspeople in India
- Puerto Rican expatriate sportspeople in Egypt
- 21st-century American sportswomen
- Puerto Rican volleyball biography stubs