Annerys Vargas
Annerys Victoria Vargas Valdez (born August 7, 1981 in Santo Domingo) is a female volleyball player from the Dominican Republic, who won four consecutive gold medals at the Central American and Caribbean Games.
She won gold medal with the women's national team at the 2003 Pan American Games in her home town Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. There she was awarded best server and blocker. Later that year, she won the Best Blocker and bronze medal at the 2003 NORCECA Championship.
She plays as a middle-blocker and competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics for her native country which finished in 11th place.
Playing with the Dominican club Los Cachorros, she finished the 2004 season of the Superior Tournament as the First Runner-Up, after losing to Mirador the final series.
Joined the Puerto Rican professional team Vaqueras de Bayamón from the LVSF for the 2005 season. Being selected among the "Offensive Team".
In her second season with the Bayamón team, Annerys won the "Best Blocker" and "All-Star" for the 2006 season. While playing a game Puerto Rico, where she was such an idol, she lost a shoe and a fan jumped to the court and picked it up, she had to finish the game with just one shoe.
At the volleyball tournament during the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games, she won the "Most Valuable Player", "Best Blocker" and "Best Server" awards and with her team the gold medal. After a successful 2006 season, she won the Dominican Republic "Volleyball Athlete of the Year" award.
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