Beach volleyball is a team sport played by two teams of two players on a sand court divided by a net. As in indoor volleyball, the objective of the game is to send the ball over the net and to ground it on the opponent's side of the court, and to prevent the same effort by the opponent.
Raúl Papaleo Pérez is considered by many islanders to be the greatest Beach Volleyball player in Puerto Rico. He won the bronze medal in the men's beach team competition at the 2003 Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, partnering Ramón Hernández.
Several sports related to volleyball have become popular. Beach volleyball is an event at the Olympics, and sitting volleyball at the Paralympics. Other varieties are localised, or are played at an amateur or informal level.
For the sport called "beach paddleball", see Matkot. For other sports called "paddleball", see Paddleball (sport).
Karla Miguelina Echenique is a volleyball player from the Dominican Republic, who played as a setter for the Women's National Team at the 2008 Olympic Qualification Tournament in Japan, but did not qualify for the 2008 Summer Olympics. She, and the Dominican Republic team did, however, qualify for the 2012 Summer Olympics, where they finished 5th.
Niverka Dharlenis Marte Frica is a female volleyball player from the Dominican Republic. 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.
Sports are a central part of the culture of the Dominican Republic, and have been practiced in the whole country since the native inhabitants were living in the island. Sports play a key role in the culture and makeup of Dominican Republic society. Baseball is the most popular sport on the island country and Major League Baseball has been recruiting players from the Dominican Republic since the 1960s. Association football is the second sport of the country.
Vanessa Virgen Zepeda is a female beach volleyball player from Mexico, who played during the Swatch FIVB World Tour 2005 playing with Alejandra Acosta and 2006, playing with Diana Estrada.
Rossy Dahiana Burgos Herrera is a volleyball and beach volleyball player from the Dominican Republic. She won the bronze medal with the women's national team at the 2005 Pan American Cup in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. She plays as a wing-spiker.
Germán Ricardo Recio Cuevas is a male volleyball and beach volleyball player from Dominican Republic, who participated in the NORCECA Beach Volleyball Circuit 2009 with Yewddys Pérez.
Charlin Vargas is a male beach volleyball player from Dominican Republic, who participated the 2006 NORCECA Men’s Beach Volleyball Continental Championship with Yewddys Pérez.
Roberto de Jesús is a male beach volleyball player from Dominican Republic, who participated the 2006 NORCECA Men’s Beach Volleyball Continental Championship with Ezequiel Castillo.
Ezequiel Castillo is a male beach volleyball player from Dominican Republic, who participated the 2006 NORCECA Men’s Beach Volleyball Continental Championship with Roberto de Jesús.
Ana Yorkira Binet Stephens is a volleyball player from the Dominican Republic. She was born in Sánchez, Samaná.
Bethania Almánzar Sosa is a female beach volleyball and volleyball player from the Dominican Republic. She twice won the NORCECA Beach Volleyball Circuit 2007, partnering Margarita Suero.
Margarita Suero Furcal is a female beach volleyball and volleyball player from the Dominican Republic, who competed for her native country at the 2001 FIVB Junior Volleyball World Championship in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic wearing the number #4 jersey. There her team ended up in the 9th place.
Liz Masakayan is a championship athlete in both indoor and beach volleyball.
The Dominican Republic competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom, from 27 July to 12 August 2012. This was the nation's thirteenth consecutive appearance at the Olympics.
Brayelin Elizabeth Martínez is a Dominican volleyball player who won the bronze medal in the 2015 Pan American Games as a member of the Dominican Republic national team. She played in the 2014 Senior World Championship and the 2011 and 2015 FIVB World Cup.
Celenia Toribio De León is a Dominican Republic female volleyball player. With her club Mirador Santo Domingo she competed at the 2011 FIVB Volleyball Women's Club World Championship.
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