Bibiana Candelas
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Full name | Bibiana Candelas Ramírez | ||||
Nickname | Bibi | ||||
Nationality | Mexicana | ||||
Born | Torreón, Coahuila, Mexico | December 2, 1983||||
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
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
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
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
Candelas won the silver medal in 2011 Pan American Games.[2]
Clubs
- Leonas de Ponce (2002)
Awards
Individuals
References
- ^ CONADE (2002-06-30). "Cuba Campeón Panamericano de voleibol femenil". Gaceta Olimpiada Nacional (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2012-05-11. Retrieved 2011-10-08.
- ^ Bicampeã, Juliana destaca superação contra rival "de 2,20 m" portuguese
External links
- 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 Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- CS1 Spanish-language sources (es)
- Sports-Reference template missing archive parameter
- 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