Niverka Marte
Niverka Dharlenis Marte Frica (born October 19, 1990 in Santo Domingo[1]) is a volleyball player from the Dominican Republic who currently plays for Indonesian side Jakarta Popsivo Polwan. She played the 2012 Summer Olympics with the Dominican Republic national team ranking in fifth place. She also played the 2010 and the 2014 World Championship earning the 17th place and the fifth place and the 2011 and the 2015 FIVB World Cup with her national team ranking in the eight and seventh place. She won the bronze medal in the 2015 Pan American Games.
With her Junior national team, she took the silver at the 2009 World Championship.
Career
During the 2006 season, she played in La Romana with Aviación[2] and with Mirador at Distrito Nacional Superior Championship, winning her team the league championship.[3]
Niverka played for her native country at the 2007 FIVB Girls' U18 Volleyball World Championship in Baja California, Mexico. There her team ended up in 8th place.[4][5]
In 2008, she participated at the NORCECA Women´s Junior Continental Championship U-20 as team captain, winning with her them the silver medal[6] and individually, the "Best Setter" award.[7] Shortly afterwards she claimed the gold medal at the 2008 Women's Pan-American Volleyball Cup in Mexico, with the senior national team.
With the National Junior Team she won the silver medal at the 2009 Women's U20 Volleyball World Championship.[8]
Playing beach volleyball (three) with Ana Yorkira Binet and Marianne Fersola, she won the gold medal at the 2010 Hato Mayor Beach Volleyball Tournament.[9][10]
As a setter, she helped the National Senior Team playing in Chiapas, Mexico, to win the 2010 Final Four Cup gold medal.[11]
Marte returned to Hato Mayor to win the gold medal in the annual Sport Festival in Beach Volleyball (three), this time playing along Altagracia Mambrú and Ana Yorkira Binet.[12]
In 2012, Marte played on Olympic Games, where Dominican Republic qualified to quarter-final.
In September 2012, Marte won the gold medal at the first 2012 U23 Pan-American Cup, played in Callao, Peru.[13]
Marte was transferred to the Azerbaijani Club Igtisadchi Baku in early November.[14][15] With this club, she claimed the silver medal of the 2012/13 Azerbaijani Super League.[16][17]
During the 2014 World Championship held in Italy,[18] Marte helped the national team to reach the competition's fifth place[19] starting with 7-2 record,[20] and despite the losing 2-3 to China,[21] her team qualified for the first time to the World Championship third round besides but being unable to reach a semifinal spot after losing their two third round matches 2-3 to China and 0-3 to Brazil.[22]
Marte and her national team took part of the 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games.[23] and she helped them to win their fourth consecutive gold medal,[24] being awarded Best Setter of the tournament.[25][26]
Marte was part of the Dominican Republic delegation to the 2015 Pan American Games,[27] and she won with her national team the bronze medal after losing to the United States in the semifinals and defeated 3-1 the Puerto Rico national team.[28] After leading the setters during the 2015 FIVB World Cup[29] she was awarded tournament's Best Setter[30] while her national team posted a 5-6 record,[31] valid for the seventh place.[32] After the World Cup, she was announced to be transferred to the French club Rocheville Le Cannet taking the role of the main setter for the 2015-16 season.[33] Castillo won the silver medal and the Best Setter award in the NORCECA Championship.[34] In December 2015, Marte won with her club the French Supercup, defeating RC Cannes 3-2 in the championship match.[35]
Clubs
Deportivo Nacional (2004)
Modeca (2005)
Mirador (2006)
Aviación (2006)
Deportivo Nacional (2007–2008)
Distrito Nacional (2007–2010)
Mirador (2010)
Igtisadchi Baku (2012-2013)
Mirador (2015)
Rocheville Le Cannet (2015-2016)
Geminis de Comas (2018-2019)
Jakarta Pertamina Energi (2022)
Jakarta Popsivo Polwan (2023)
Awards
Individuals
- 2008 NORCECA Junior Continental Championship U-20 "Best Setter"
- 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games "Best Setter"
- 2015 FIVB World Cup "Best Setter"
- 2015 NORCECA Championship "Best Setter"
- 2022 Pan-American Cup "Most Valuable Player"
National Team
Senior Team
- 2008 Pan-American Cup -
Gold Medal
- 2008 Final Four Women's Cup -
Silver Medal
- 2009 FIVB World Grand Champions Cup -
Bronze Medal
- 2009 NORCECA Championship -
Gold Medal
- 2009 Pan-American Cup -
Silver Medal
- 2009 Final Four Women's Cup -
Bronze Medal
- 2010 Final Four Women's Cup -
Gold Medal
- 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games -
Gold Medal
- 2010 Pan-American Cup -
Gold Medal
- 2011 Pan-American Cup -
Silver Medal
- 2011 NORCECA Championship -
Silver Medal
- 2012 U23 Pan-American Cup -
Gold Medal
- 2013 Pan-American Cup -
Silver Medal
- 2013 NORCECA Championship -
Silver Medal
- 2014 Pan-American Cup -
Gold Medal
- 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games -
Gold Medal
- 2015 Pan-American Cup -
Silver Medal
- 2015 Pan American Games -
Bronze Medal
Junior Team
- 2006 NORCECA Girls Youth Continental Championship U-18
Silver Medal
- 2008 NORCECA Women´s Junior Continental Championship U-20
Silver Medal
- 2009 FIVB U20 Volleyball World Championship
Silver Medal
Clubs
- 2006 Dominican Republic Distrito Nacional Superior Tournament 2006 -
Champion, with Mirador
- 2007 & 2008 Dominican Republic Volleyball League -
Champion, with Distrito Nacional
- 2012-13 Azerbaijan Super League -
Runner-Up, with Igtisadchi Baku
- 2015 French Supercup -
Champion, with Rocheville Le Cannet
Beach Volleyball
- 2010 Hato Mayor Beach Volleyball Tournament
Gold Medal
- 2011 Hato Mayor Beach Volleyball Tournament
Gold Medal
References
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- ^ El Nuevo Diario. "Villaverde y Aviación van a la final femenina voleibol LR" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2011-07-19. Retrieved 2009-09-18.
- ^ NORCECA. "Mirador ganó su 24ta corona" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2010-04-12.
- ^ FIVB. "2007 FIVB Girls' Youth World Championship / Mexico - Standings". Retrieved 2010-04-12.
- ^ FIVB. "Dominican Republic - Team Composition". Retrieved 2010-04-12.
- ^ NORCECA. "USA confirmed its quality by winning the gold". Retrieved 2010-04-12.
- ^ NORCECA. "Brenda Castillo elected as the U-20 MVP". Retrieved 2009-09-18.
- ^ FIVB. "Germany wins gold at Women's Juniors". Retrieved 2009-08-14.
- ^ El Nacional. "Puñal, Opal Jean y Las Kety vencen" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2010-04-12.
- ^ Hoy. "Equipos triunfan en torneo voleibol HM" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2010-04-12.
- ^ Terra. "Perú cae ante República Dominicana y pierde título del Final Four" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2010-09-25.
- ^ El Nacional (2011-04-25). "Los Blackers y Pinkys logran títulos festival" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2011-08-15. Retrieved 2011-04-27.
- ^ FIVB (2012-09-08). "Dominicans claim gold medal at Pan Am U-23". Lima, Peru. Retrieved 2012-09-11.
- ^ ""İqtisadçı"da daha 2 yeni transfer" (in Azerbaijani). apasport.az. 2012-11-19. Retrieved 2013-04-28.
- ^ ""İqtisadçı"da nə baş verir?" (in Azerbaijani). rekord.az. 2012-12-04. Retrieved 2013-04-28.
- ^ "АзерРейл" и выиграл серебро Суперлиги (in Russian). Azerbaijan Volleyball Federation. 2013-04-27. Retrieved 2013-04-28.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Рабита" празднует чемпионство (in Russian). Azerbaijan Volleyball Federation. 2013-04-17. Archived from the original on 2013-04-29. Retrieved 2013-04-28.
- ^ "Semifinalists confirmed for Women's World Championship" (in Italian). Rome, Italy: CorrieredelloSport.it. 2014-10-01. Archived from the original on 2014-10-18. Retrieved 2014-10-11.
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- ^ "The United States and China claim remaining semifinal spots". Milan, Italy: FIVB. 2014-10-10. Retrieved 2014-10-11.
- ^ Sánchez, Carlos (2014-11-15). "República Dominicana luchará desde hoy por sus primeras medallas". Diario Libre (in Spanish). Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Retrieved 2014-11-21.
- ^ "La República Dominicana logra cuarto oro al hilo en voleibol femenino Juegos Centroamericanos". Espaciodeprensa.com (in Spanish). Cordoba, Mexico. 21 November 2014.
- ^ "Brenda Castillo is the MVP of the CACG". Cordoba, Mexico: NORCECA. 2014-11-21. Retrieved 2014-11-21.
- ^ "Giochi Centroamericani: Oro Rep.Dominicana, Castillo MVP" (in Italian). Veracruz, Mexico: Volleyball.it. 2014-11-21. Archived from the original on 2014-11-29. Retrieved 2014-11-21.
- ^ "RD llevará delegación histórica a los Juegos Panam de Toronto 2015" [DR taking historic delegation to the Toronto 2015 Pan American Games]. Listin Diario (in Spanish). 2015-05-08. Retrieved 2015-08-05.
- ^ "Dominicanas ganan bronce en voleibol de Toronto-2015" [Dominicans won bronze in volleyball at Toronto 2015] (in Spanish). Prensa Latina. 2015-07-25. Retrieved 2015-08-05.
- ^ "Player statistics - Best Setters". FIVB. 2015. Retrieved 2015-09-08.
- ^ "Zhu leads women's World Cup dream team". Nagoya, Japan: FIVB. 2015-09-07. Retrieved 2015-09-08.
- ^ "Lang Ping guides China to fourth World Cup title". Nagoya, Japan: FIVB. 2015-09-06. Retrieved 2015-09-08.
- ^ "Results and Ranking - Round Robin". FIVB. 2015. Retrieved 2015-09-08.
- ^ "Notre nouvelle joueuse Niverka Marte" [Our new player Niverka Marte] (in French). Le Cannet Volley Ball. 2015. Retrieved 2015-09-11.
- ^ "USA win third consecutive NORCECA title". Morelia, Mexico: FIVB. 2015-10-02. Retrieved 2015-11-03.
- ^ "Le Cannet gagne la première Supercoupe de volley" [Le Cannet won the first volleyball Super Cup] (in French). Femmes de Sport. 2015-12-24. Retrieved 2016-04-16.