Jineiry Martínez

Jineiry Martínez
Personal information
Full name Jineiry Martínez
Nationality Dominican Republic
Born (1997-12-03) December 3, 1997
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Hometown Santo Domingo
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight 68 kg (150 lb)
Spike 305 cm (120 in)
Block 280 cm (110 in)
Volleyball information
Position Middle blocker
Current club Rocheville Le Cannet
National team
2015-Dominican Republic
Honours
Women’s Volleyball
Representing the  Dominican Republic
FIVB U23 World Championship
2013 Tijuana Team
2015 Ankara Team
Pan American Games
2015 Toronto Team
Pan-American Cup
2015 Lima/Callao Team
NORCECA Championship
2015 Puerto Rico Team

Jineiry Martínez (born December 3, 1997 in Santo Domingo) is a Dominican volleyball player who played the 2015 FIVB World Cup with the Dominican Republic national team. She won the bronze medal in the 2015 Pan American Games. With her under ages national teams, she won the gold medal in the 2015 FIVB U20 World Championship, silver in the 2013 FIVB U23 World Championship and bronze in the 2015 FIVB U23 World Championship.

In club competitions, she played the 2015 FIVB Club World Championship with the Dominican club Mirador and the 2015–16 CEV Champions League with the French Rocheville Le Cannet.

Personal life

Martínez is 190 cm (6 ft 3 in) tall 68 kilograms (150 lb), born on December 3, 1997 in Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional. Her parents are Agripina Martínez, who also served as Dominican Republic youth and junior squads team manager,[1] and Juan Doñe (deceased 2008).[2] Her siblings are Brayelin who also play for the Dominican Republic national volleyball teams and Brayan, who play professional basketball with Titanes del Distrito Nacional.[3] Beside of being the a cousin of the basketball player Jack Michael Martínez and nephew of the former national team basketball player and politician Vice-Minister of Sports Soterio Ramírez[1][4] she confessed that she never liked basketball, but felt in love with volleyball since childhood.[5] She finds support in her sister Brayelin, who as the inspiration to play volleyball.[5]

Career

2012-2013

Martinez played the 2012 High Performance Championships international junior division winning the silver medal when her team lost to the USA Junior team in the final match,[6][7] The Dominican Republic Youth National team moved to Tijuana, conquering the 2012 Youth NORCECA Championship silver medal.[8] She won the gold medal at the 2012 Junior NORCECA Championship, qualifying for the 2013 Junior World Championship.[9]

Martinez played in Guatemala where she won with her U-18 squad the 2013 Youth Pan-American Cup bronze medal match 3-1 to Argentina[10] after losing 2-3 to Puerto Rico due to lack of concentration.[11] During the Junior Pan-American Cup held in La Habana, Cuba, Martínez settled the silver medal when her junior team lost 1-3 to Mexico.[12] She then played the FIVB U18 World Championship and ranked eight with her national team.[13] and shortly afterwards played the FIVB U20 World Championship in June, also ranking eight with her national team.[14] She won the silver medal in the 2013 FIVB U23 World Championship winning the silver medal after being defeated by China in the gold medal match.[15]

2014

In March, Martinez joined the Dominican club Playeras from the Boca Chica municipality, joining her siter Brayelin[16] and winning the local tournament after defeating the San Lorenzo de Los Mina club in the final series.[17] They previously easyly defeated Villa Duarte in the semifinals.[18] She later played the NORCECA Junior Championship helping her team to win the bronze medal[19] and later joined the under 23 National Team that won the U23 Pan-American Cup[20] and earning the Best Middle Blocker individual award[21] tied with the Peruvian Andrea Urrutia. [22] After the gold medal, she was among the athletes included in the Dominican Government program that support the new values by the Minister of Sports, Physical Education and Recreation.[23]

2015

Martinez debuted with the Dominican Republic national senior team in Montreux, Switzerland during the Montreux Volley Masters having a team leading 14 points in the classification match for fifth place, including nine blocks.[3][24] She then played the Junior Pan-American Cup in home soil, winning the gold medal and the qualification for the 2015 FIVB U23 World Championship[25] and was awarded the second Best Middle Blocker of the tournament.[26]

Martinez was chossen to play with the Dominican club Mirador as a wildcard[27] in the FIVB Club World Championship[28] but the team fell 1-3 to Voléro Zürich[29] and 0-3 to Rexona Ades Rio[30] to end their participation in the fifth place.[31] She then played the NORCECA Champions Cup, taking home the gold medal and the qualification for the 2015 FIVB World Cup[32] She then played the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, Canada, winning the bronze medal.[33] She took part in the FIVB U23 World Championship finishing with her team the first round undefeated[34] before losing 2-3 to Brazil in the semifinals,[35] she confessed that the team felt sorry about a match they would have won.[36] She ended up winning the bronze medal after coming from behind 3-2 to Japan.[37]

Back with her senior team in the World Cup, and after posting a 5-6 record,[38] they finished in the seventh place from twelve teams.[39]

In September, Martínez signed with the French club Rocheville Le Cannet,[40] then traveled to Puerto Rico to take part in the 2015 U20 World Championship with her junior team who advanced to the semifinals without losing one game[41] as they later won 3-2 over Italy in the semifinals.[42] They then beat Brazil 3-2 to win the gold medal.[43] After the game, Martínez credited the teamwork as the key element for they win.[44]

Martinez senior team lost 1-3 to the United States the NORCECA Championship, endindg their participaion with the silver medal.[45] Later, she was enroled in October by the Japan Anti-Doping Agency[24] to be part of the Play True 2020 Torch Relay project,[46] where she was among many athletes aimed to leave real heritage in sport for the world and the future.[47]

Clubs

Awards

Individuals

Clubs

References

  1. 1 2 "Agripina Martinez and her children play together!". Brno, Czech Republic: FIVB. 2013-06-29. Retrieved 2013-09-11.
  2. ↑ Tapia, Freddy (2014-05-24). "Bendición mami" [Blessings mom]. Listin Diario (in Spanish). Retrieved 2014-08-22.
  3. 1 2 Carrera Moronta (2015-05-31). "Jineiry Martínez una Perla del Voleibol Dominicano" [Jineiry Martínez a Dominican volleyball Perl]. Más Deportes (in Spanish). Retrieved 2015-09-21.
  4. ↑ "Brayelin Martínez comienza a llenar su vitrina a una edad precoz" [Brayelin Martínez begins to fill his cabinet at an early age]. Diario Libre (in Spanish). Santo Domingo. 2014-04-12. Retrieved 2015-08-19.
  5. 1 2 Castro C., Julio E. (2015-04-23). "Hermanas Martínez brillan en el voleibol" [Martínez sisters shine in volleyball]. El Caribe (in Spanish). Santo Domingo. Retrieved 2015-11-04.
  6. ↑ Stadick, Deb (2012-07-29). "High Performance Championships Wraps Up in Des Moines". USA Volleyball. Retrieved 2015-08-19.
  7. ↑ "2012 High Performance Championships Awards". USA Volleyball. 2012. Retrieved 2015-08-19.
  8. ↑ "USA Claim gold, Dominican Republic finish with silver". Tijuana, Mexico: NORCECA. 2012-08-11. Retrieved 2012-08-11.
  9. ↑ Mora Zeledón, Nectalí (2012-08-26). "Dominicana capturó oro" [Dominican Republic captured gold]. La Prensa. Retrieved 2012-08-26.
  10. ↑ "Dominicans outdueled Argentina for the bronze medal". Guatemala City, Guatemala: NORCECA. 2013-05-04. Retrieved 2015-08-20.
  11. ↑ "Puerto Rico overcame Dominican Republic in five set-thriller". Guatemala City, Guatemala: NORCECA. 2013-05-03. Retrieved 2015-08-20.
  12. ↑ "México, campeón panamericano del voleibol femenil de sala Sub-20" [México, U-20 Pan-American indoor female volleball champion]. La Jornada (in Spanish). NOTIMEX. 2013-03-25. Retrieved 2015-08-20.
  13. ↑ "China claim fourth historic gold at Girls' U18 World Championship". Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand: FIVB. 2013-08-04. Retrieved 2015-08-05.
  14. ↑ "China claim fourth historic gold at Girls' U18 World Championship". Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand: FIVB. 2013-08-04. Retrieved 2015-08-05.
  15. ↑ "China crown splendid year with another gold medal". Tijuana, Mexico: FIVB. 2013-10-12. Retrieved 2015-08-05.
  16. ↑ Carrera Moronta, Pedro (2015-03-24). "Los Mina campeón del Voleibol Masculino provincia Santo Domingo, Boca Chica y Los Mina igualan femenino" [The Men's Volleyball Champion province of Santo Domingo, Boca Chica and Los Mina Mina even in female]. Más Deportes (in Spanish). Retrieved 2015-09-21.
  17. ↑ "Boca Chica ganó el torneo femenino de voleibol de la Provincia Santo Domingo" [Boca Chica won the women's volleyball tournament of the Santo Domingo Province]. Diario Libre (in Spanish). 2014-03-27. Retrieved 2015-09-21.
  18. ↑ "Boca Chica se lleva corona voleibol SD" [Boca Chica takes the volleyball crown of Santo Domingo]. El Dia (in Spanish). 2014-03-28. Retrieved 2015-11-26.
  19. ↑ "Dominicans claim NORCECA U-20 Bronze Medal". Guatemala City, Guatemala: NORCECA. 2014-07-13. Retrieved 2015-08-28.
  20. ↑ "Dominican Republic confirms Women's U-23 Pan Am Title". Ica, Peru: NORCECA. 2014-09-13. Retrieved 2014-10-07.
  21. ↑ "República Dominicana revalida título en voleibol panamericano sub-23 femenino" [The Dominican Republic validates Pan American U-23 female volleyball title]. Diario Libre (in Spanish). Ica, Peru. 2014-09-14. Retrieved 2015-11-26.
  22. ↑ "Dominican Brayelin Martinez elected the MVP of the Women's U-23 Pan-Am Cup". Ica, Peru: NORCECA. 2014-09-13. Retrieved 2014-09-17.
  23. ↑ "Ministerio de Deportes favorece 13 personas en Programa de Nuevos Valores" [Ministry of Sports favors 13 people in New Values Program] (in Spanish). Ministerio de Deportes. 2014. Retrieved 2015-11-26.
  24. 1 2 "Jineiry Martinez". Japan Anti-Doping Agency. 2015. Retrieved 2015-11-05.
  25. ↑ "República Dominicana se lleva el oro en el voleibol panamericano sub-20" [The Dominican Republicf takes the gold in the U-20 Pan American Volleyball]. Diario Libre (in Spanish). Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. 2015-04-25. Retrieved 2015-11-05.
  26. ↑ "Dominicans crowned at U20 Women's Pan American Cup". Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: FIVB. 2015-04-25. Retrieved 2015-11-05.
  27. ↑ "Mirador join line-up for Women's Club World Championship". Lausanne, Switzerland: FIVB. 2015-03-25. Retrieved 2015-11-08.
  28. ↑ Carrera, Pedro (2015-05-02). "Alineación del equipo Dominicano en Mundial de Clubes en Suiza" [Dominican Republic team lineup for the Club World Championship in Switzerland]. Más Deportes (in Spanish). Retrieved 2015-11-08.
  29. ↑ "Volero survive first-set scare to stay on track for semifinal berth". Zurich, Switzerland: FIVB. 2015-05-06. Retrieved 2015-11-08.
  30. ↑ "Rexona-AdeS and Dinamo deliver the goods to set up Zurich 2015 semis". Zurich, Switzerland: FIVB. 2015-05-08. Retrieved 2015-11-08.
  31. ↑ "Eczacibasi reach summit of club volleyball at Zurich 2015". Zurich, Switzerland: FIVB. 2015-05-10. Retrieved 2015-11-08.
  32. ↑ "Dominican Republic and Cuba to FIVB World Cup". Havana, Cuba: NORCECA. 2015-06-07. Retrieved 2015-06-09.
  33. ↑ "USA women are the Pan Am Games Champions". Toronto, Canada: NORCECA. 2015-07-25. Retrieved 2015-07-26.
  34. ↑ "RD termina invicta Mundial Voleibol; derrotó 3-0 a Perú en choque reñido" [RD ends undefeated in World Volleyball; defeated Peru 3-0 in shock odds]. La Información (in Spanish). Puerto Rico. 2015-09-18. Retrieved 2015-11-22.
  35. ↑ "Brazil overpower Dominican Republic to claim first final ticket". Ankara, Turkey: FIVB. 2015-08-18. Retrieved 2015-09-21.
  36. ↑ "We played with our hearts – Brazil captain Rosamaria Montibeller". Ankara, Turkey: FIVB. 2015-08-18. Retrieved 2015-11-22.
  37. ↑ "Brazil claim gold at Women's U23 world champs, Turkey and Dominicans complete podium". Ankara, Turkey: FIVB. 2015-08-19. Retrieved 2015-09-21.
  38. ↑ "Lang Ping guides China to fourth World Cup title". Nagoya, Japan: FIVB. 2015-09-06. Retrieved 2015-09-08.
  39. ↑ "Results and Ranking - Round Robin". FIVB. 2015. Retrieved 2015-09-08.
  40. ↑ "Centrale elle jouera au Cannet cette saison" [Central will play this season in Cannet] (in French). Le Cannet Volley Ball. 2015. Retrieved 2015-09-11.
  41. ↑ Carrera, Pedro (2015-09-17). "Dominicana vence a Perú y avanza a Semifinales del Mundial U-20 en Puerto Rico" [Dominican Republic beat Peru and advances to semifinals of the U-20 World Championship in Puerto Rico]. Más Deportes (in Spanish). Retrieved 2015-11-08.
  42. ↑ "RD contra Brasil por oro en Mundial; criollas vencieron 3-2 a Italia; Brayelin 27 puntos" [RD against Brazil for gold in World; Creole beat Italy 3-2; Brayelin 27 points]. El Nuevo Diario (in Spanish). Maunabo, Puerto Rico. El Nuevo Diario. 2015-09-18. Retrieved 2015-11-08.
  43. ↑ "Unprecedented glory for Dominican Republic at Women's U20 World Championship". Caguas, Puerto Rico: FIVB. 2015-09-19. Retrieved 2015-09-21.
  44. ↑ ""It's once in a lifetime", says an excited Brayelin Martínez". Caguas, Puerto Rico: FIVB. 2015-09-19. Retrieved 2015-09-21.
  45. ↑ "USA win third consecutive NORCECA title". Morelia, Mexico: FIVB. 2015-10-02. Retrieved 2015-11-03.
  46. ↑ "Martinez chosen for 2020 PlayTrue Torch Relay Project". Tokyo, Japan: FIVB. 2015-10-07. Retrieved 2015-11-21.
  47. ↑ "Play True 2020". Japan Anti-Doping Agency. 2015. Retrieved 2015-11-05.

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