Milagros Cámere
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| Full name | Milagros Beatriz Cámere Puga | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | La Zurda de Plata ("The Silver Lefty") | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Peruvian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 22 September 1972 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 5 May 2024 (aged 51) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 63 kg (139 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Outside hitter | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 7 (1996) 17 (2000) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Milagros Beatriz Cámere Puga (22 September 1972 – 5 May 2024), more commonly known as Milagros Cámere, was a Peruvian volleyball player. Cámere played with the Peruvian women's national volleyball team at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta[1] and the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, finishing eleventh in both events.[2][3] She was nicknamed "La Zurda de Plata" ("The Silver Lefty").[4]
Cámere also represented Peru at the 1994 FIVB World Championship in Brazil[5] and the 1998 FIVB World Championship in Japan.[6]
Personal life and death
[edit]Cámere died on 5 May 2024, at the age of 51.[4]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "1996 Olympics - Indoor Women Team Rosters". Volleyball.org. Archived from the original on 9 November 2017. Retrieved 14 December 2017.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Peruvian volleyball team at the 2000 Summer Olympics". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 6 October 2015.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Milagros Cámere". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 3 December 2016.
Full name: Milagros Beatriz Cámere Puga
- ^ a b Melendez, Kevin (7 May 2024). "Falleció Milagros Cámere, campeona sudamericana y 2 veces olímpica con la selección peruana de vóley". La República (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 30 September 2024. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
- ^ Krastev, Todor. "Women Volleyball XII World Championship 1994 Sao Paulo (BRA) 17-30.10 Winner Cuba". Todor66.com. Archived from the original on 27 June 2015. Retrieved 3 April 2017.
- ^ Krastev, Todor. "Women Volleyball XIII World Championship 1998 Japan - 03-12.11 Winner Cuba". Todor66.com. Archived from the original on 3 October 2023. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
External links
[edit]- Rosa López de D'Amico; Tansin Benn; Gertrud Pfister (20 May 2016). Women and Sport in Latin America. Routledge. pp. 250–. ISBN 978-1-317-56573-4.
- Milagros Cámere at Olympics.com
- Milagros Cámere at Olympedia
- Volleybox.net profile
Categories:
- 1972 births
- 2024 deaths
- Peruvian women's volleyball players
- Volleyball players at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Volleyball players at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Olympic volleyball players for Peru
- Volleyball players at the 1991 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 1991 Pan American Games
- Pan American Games bronze medalists for Peru
- Pan American Games medalists in volleyball
- 20th-century Peruvian women
- 21st-century Peruvian women