Cosiri Rodríguez Andino de Dionicio (born August 30, 1977, in San Cristóbal) is a retired volleyball player from the Dominican Republic, who competed for her native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, wearing the number #15 jersey.[1][2][3] There, she ended up in eleventh place with the Dominican Republic women's national team.
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| Full name | Cosiri Rodríguez Andino de Dionicio | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | Cosiris | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  Dominican Republic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | August 30, 1977 San Cristóbal | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hometown | San Cristóbal | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 72 kg (159 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Spike | 313 cm (123 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Block | 305 cm (120 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Opposite spiker / Universal | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 10 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Career
editShe started representing her home country in the 1993 Central American and Caribbean Games in Ponce, Puerto Rico.[4]
At the 2000 USA Open Championships her team won the championship and she was selected All-Tournament "MVP".[5]
Playing with the Spanish club Hotel Cantur Costa Mogán, Rodriguez won the 2003 Spanish Superleague Championship and the second place at the 2003 CEV Cup.[6]
Rodríguez claimed the gold medal with the national squad at the 2003 Pan American Games.[7] She also was elected Best Digger and Best Receiver.[8] Later that year, she claimed with her team the bronze medal and the Best Receiver award at the 2003 NORCECA Championship.[9][10]
Cosiri won the "Most Valuable Player" award at the 2004 Distrito Nacional Superior Tournament in Dominican Republic. She helped Mirador to win the 9th consecutive and 23rd Championship, defeating Los Cachorros in the 7th game of the final series.[11]
Late 2004, Rodríguez joined the Spanish club Tenerife Marichal, winning with this team the Spanish Superliga championship and the Queens cup.[12]
Rodríguez played more than 300 matches for her National Team.[4]
For the 2010–2011 season of the Spanish Superliga, Rodríguez signed with Cantabria Infinita, after some of their players decided not to return after the holiday season.[13][14]
Clubs
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San Cristóbal (1992)- Mirador (1993–1999)
Conquistadoras de Guaynabo (1997)- Los Prados (1999–2002)
CD Universidad de Granada (2000–2001)- Construcciones Damesa de Burgos (2001–2002)
- Hotel Cantur Costa Mogán (2002–2003)
- Mirador (2002–2004)
Kab Holding Sassuolo (2003–2004)- Tenerife Marichal (2004–2005)
- Los Cachorros (2005)
- Hotel Cantur Las Palmas (2005–2006)
- Voley Sanse Mepaban (2006–2007)
- Mets de Guaynabo (2008)
- San Cristóbal (2008)
- Criollas de Caguas (2009)
- Cantabria Infinita (2010–2011)
- Voley Playa Madrid (2011–2012)
Awards
editIndividuals
edit- 1997 Puerto Rican League "Best Scorer"
- 2000 USA Open Championships "MVP"
- 2003 Pan-American Games "Best Receiver"
- 2003 Pan-American Games "Best Defender"
- 2003 NORCECA Championship "Best Receiver"
- 2004 Pan-American Cup "Best Receiver"
- 2008 Dominican Volleyball League "Best Server"
Clubs
edit- 2001 Spanish Superliga –
Runner-Up, with CD Universidad de Granada - 2002 Spanish Queen Cup – Runner-Up, with Construcciones Damesa de Burgos
- 2003 CEV Cup – Runner-Up, with Hotel Cantur Costa Mogán
- 2003 Spanish Superliga –
Champion, Hotel Cantur Costa Mogán - 2004 Dominican Republic Distrito Nacional Superior Tournament – Champion, with Mirador
- 2004 Spanish Super Cup – Champion, with Tenerife Marichal
- 2005 Spanish Superliga – Champion, with Tenerife Marichal
- 2005 Spanish Super Cup – Runner-Up, with Hotel Cantur
- 2005 Spanish Queen Cup – Champion, with Tenerife Marichal
- 2005 Dominican Republic Distrito Nacional Superior Tournament – Runner-Up, with Los Cachorros
- 2006 Spanish Superliga – Runner-Up, with Hotel Cantur
- 2006 Spanish Queen Cup – Runner-Up, with Hotel Cantur
- 2008 Dominican Republic Volleyball League – Runner-Up, with San Cristóbal
References
edit- ^ FIVB. "Women's Volleyball Olympic Games 2004 Standings". Retrieved 2010-01-25.
- ^ "Pan American Cup Dominicans are one of three NORCECA teams qualified for the Olympics". Retrieved 2013-12-05.
- ^ ESPN.com. "Americans waste two match points". Retrieved 2013-12-05.
- ^ a b Caceres, Jose. "Cosiris, una gigante lleva 15 años en Selección Voleibol dando medallas a RD" (in Spanish). Hoy. Archived from the original on 2010-05-18. Retrieved 2010-11-13.
- ^ Ohio Valley Region. "2000 U.S.A. Open Volleyball Championship" (PDF). Retrieved 2010-10-12.
- ^ canarias7.es (2005-08-28). "La dominicana Cosiris Rodríguez regresa al Hotel Cantur Las Palmas". Retrieved 2011-04-09.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ FIVB. "Dominican Republic wins Pan Am gold in five-set thriller". Retrieved 2010-01-25.
- ^ FIVB. "Pan Am Games Awards". Retrieved 2010-06-17.
- ^ FIVB. "USA wins the gold medal, Cuba and Dominican Republic follow". Retrieved 2010-06-17.
- ^ FIVB. "NORCECA Women's Championship". Retrieved 2010-06-17.
- ^ NORCECA. "Bameso y Mirador, campeones de nuevo". Archived from the original on 2012-09-11. Retrieved 2010-07-21.
- ^ NORCECA. "Cosiris Rodriguez joins the Club Tenerife in Spain". Retrieved 2010-11-14.
- ^ informacion.es. "Las americanas no regresan y dejan en cuadro al Playas de Benidorm" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2011-01-23.
- ^ RFEVB. "SFV. Cantabria Infinita – Valeriano Allés Menorca Volei" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2011-07-17. Retrieved 2011-01-23.
External links
edit- FIVB biography
- CEV profile[permanent dead link]
- CV Diegos Porcelos
- Italian League profile Archived 2012-03-09 at the Wayback Machine
- Dominican newspaper interview