Karina Ocasio

Karina Ocasio
Ocasio playing for Galatasaray in 2010
Personal information
Full name Karina Ocasio Clemente
Nationality Puerto Rican
Born (1985-08-01) 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)
Volleyball information
Position Opposite hitter
Current club Fujian Yango
Number 11
Career
YearsTeams
2000Conquistadoras de Guaynabo
2003–2004Despar Sirio Perugia
2004–2005Caoduro Cavazzale
2005–2008Valencianas de Juncos
2008–2010Heungkuk Life Pink Spiders
2010–2011Galatasaray Medical Park
2013–2014Hwaseong IBK Altos
2014Criollas de Caguas
2014–2015Fujian Xi Meng Bao
2015Criollas de Caguas
2015–2016Fujian Yango
Criollas de Caguas2017
National team
2002–Puerto Rico
Medal record
Women's volleyball
Representing  Puerto Rico
Central American and Caribbean Games
2010 MayagüezTeam
2006 CartagenaTeam
Pan-American Cup
2016 Santo DomingoTeam
2009 MiamiTeam
Last updated: September 12, 2016

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]

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Awards

Individuals

References

  1. ↑ http://www.fivb.ch/EN/Volleyball/Competitions/WorldChampionships/Women/2002/Teams/Team_Roster.asp?Code=PUR
  2. ↑ "Team Roster - Puerto Rico - FIVB World Grand Prix 2015". worldgrandprix.2015.fivb.com. Retrieved 2018-05-21.
  3. ↑ "USA women win second gold medal in Pan Am Games history". Toronto, Canada: FIVB. 2015-07-25. Retrieved 2015-07-26.


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