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Full name | Karina Ocasio Clemente | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Puerto Rican | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | August 1, 1985||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 | Mets de Guaynabo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Number | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Last updated: September 12, 2016 |
Karina Ocasio Clemente (born August 1, 1985) is a volleyball player who plays for Puerto Rico national team.
Ocasio was part of the Puerto Rico women's national volleyball team at the 2002 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship in Germany., [2] 2015 FIVB World Grand Prix, [3] and 2022 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship. [4]
She competed at the 2008 Olympic Qualification Tournament in Japan, where her team ended up in eighth and last place, having received a wild card for the event after Peru and Kenya withdrew. However, she became Best Scorer at the event, alongside Kazakhstan's Yelena Pavlova. She also won the Best Scorer award at the 2015 Pan American Games, losing the bronze medal to the Dominican Republic 1–3. [5]
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