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Milagros Cabral

Milagros Cabral
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Milagros Cabral in 2011
Personal information
Full name Milagros Cabral De La Cruz
Nickname Mila, Milagritos
Nationality  Dominican Republic
Born (1978-10-17) October 17, 1978 (age 38)
Santo Domingo
Hometown Santo Domingo
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 63 kg (139 lb)
Spike 325 cm (128 in)
Block 320 cm (130 in)
Volleyball information
Position Wing Spiker
Current club Puerto Rico Pinkin de Corozal
Number 18
National team
1998 - Dominican Republic Dominican Republic
Last updated: June 2011

Milagros Cabral De La Cruz (born October 17, 1978 in Santo Domingo) is a female volleyball player from the Dominican Republic who won the 1998 silver and three consecutive gold medals in 2002, 2006 and 2010 at the Central American and Caribbean Games.

She competed for her native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece and at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, Great Britain and played in four consecutives World Championships from 1998 to 2010.

As a professional player, she won the "Most Valuable Player" for the Spanish club Ícaro Alaró, when her club won the 2007 Liga Fev Championship. In addition, in 2008 with the Puerto Rican club Pinkin de Corozal, she was awarded Most Valuable Player and crowned with the championship.

Milagros started playing volleyball with the team Los Cachorros in 1993, and internationally at Japan with the club Pioneer in 1997.

She started playing for the Senior National team, winning the silver medal at the volleyball tournament during the 1998 Central American and Caribbean Games.

Milagros also played at the 1998 World Championship where the Dominican Republic won the last ticket.

She played in Italy for the Marsi Palermo, at a mostly Latin team, playing with fellow Dominican Nuris Arias, Argentines Marianna Ratti and Carolina Costagrande, and Cubans Marta Sánchez and Lilian Izquierdo.


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