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 | Fujian Yango | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Karina Ocasio Clemente (born August 1, 1985) is a volleyball player from Puerto Rico, who competed for the Women's National Team at the 2008 Olympic Qualification Tournament in Japan. There the team ended up in eighth and last place, having received a wild card for the event after Peru and Kenya withdrew. Ocasio became "Best Scorer" at the event, alongside Kazakhstan's Yelena Pavlova.
Career[]
She was part of the Puerto Rico women's national volleyball team at the 2002 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship in Germany.,[1] and at the 2015 FIVB World Grand Prix.[2] Ocasio played for Fujian Xi Meng Bao in China for the 2014–2015 season.
She won the Best Scorer award at the 2015 Pan American Games, losing the bronze medal to the Dominican Republic 1-3.[3]
Clubs[]
Conquistadoras de Guaynabo (2000)
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)
Awards[]
Individuals[]
- 2008 Olympic Qualifier "Best Scorer"
- 2015 NORCECA Champions Cup "Best Opposite Spiker"
- 2015 Pan American Games "Best Scorer"
References[]
- ^ "Team Rosters". fivb.
- ^ "Team Roster - Puerto Rico - FIVB World Grand Prix 2015". World Grand Prix. Retrieved May 21, 2018.
- ^ "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 volleyball biography stubs