The Most Famous

VOLLEYBALL PLAYERS from Dominican Republic

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This page contains a list of the greatest Dominican Volleyball Players. The pantheon dataset contains 199 Volleyball Players, 8 of which were born in Dominican Republic. This makes Dominican Republic the birth place of the 13th most number of Volleyball Players behind Netherlands, and Argentina.

Top 8

The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Dominican Volleyball Players of all time. This list of famous Dominican Volleyball Players is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.

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1. Brenda Castillo (b. 1992)

With an HPI of 42.02, Brenda Castillo is the most famous Dominican Volleyball Player.  Her biography has been translated into 14 different languages on wikipedia.

Brenda Castillo (born June 5, 1992, in San Cristóbal) is a volleyball player from the Dominican Republic and plays as a libero. She was a member of the Dominican Republic national team that won fifth place in the 2012 Summer Olympics, while she was named the tournament's Best Libero. She played in the 2014 World Championship reaching also the fifth place and ranking 17th in the 2010 World Championship and the 2011 FIVB World Cup where her national team ranked eight and the 2015 FIVB World Cup, winning the Best Libero individual award and ranking in seventh place. She won the silver medal at the 2009 U20 World Championship, 2013 U23 World Championship and Bronze in the 2009 FIVB Women's World Grand Champions Cup and the 2015 Pan American Games. She won the gold medal of the 2009 NORCECA Championship, 2010 Final Four and the 2010 and 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games. Castillo also won the 2008, 2010, 2014 and 2016 Pan American Cup championship. In club competition, Castillo won the 2011 Puerto Rican League with Criollas de Caguas and the 2012-13, 2013-14 Azerbaijan Super League and 2014–15 with Rabita Baku. She became runner-up with San Cristóbal at the 2008 Dominican Republic Volleyball League and won the silver medal in the 2012–13 and the bronze in the 2013–14 CEV Champions League with Rabita Baku.

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2. Bethania de la Cruz (b. 1987)

With an HPI of 39.26, Bethania de la Cruz is the 2nd most famous Dominican Volleyball Player.  Her biography has been translated into 13 different languages.

Bethania de la Cruz de Peña (born May 13, 1987) is a volleyball player from the Dominican Republic, currently playing for the Omaha Supernovas of the Pro Volleyball Federation. She is best known for winning the gold medal with the Dominican women's national team at the 2009 NORCECA Championship and the 2010 Pan-American Cup.

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3. Brayelin Martínez (b. 1996)

With an HPI of 38.31, Brayelin Martínez is the 3rd most famous Dominican Volleyball Player.  Her biography has been translated into 11 different languages.

Brayelin Elizabeth Martínez (born September 11, 1996, in Santo Domingo) is a Dominican volleyball player who won the bronze medal in the 2015 Pan American Games as a member of the Dominican Republic national team. She played in the 2014 Senior World Championship and the 2011 and 2015 FIVB World Cup. With their under-age national teams, she won the gold medal in the 2015 U20 World Championship, silver medal in the 2013 FIVB U23 World Championship and bronze in the 2015 FIVB U23 World Championship. With the senior team she won the gold medal in the 2014 and 2016 Pan-American Cup and silver in 2013 and 2015; silver in the 2013 NORCECA Continental Championship and gold in the 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games, 2016 U23 Pan-American Cup and the 2017 Bolivarian Games, where she was the flag bearer. In 2013, she competed in five worldwide championships: the U20 World Championship, U18 World Championship, World Grand Prix, U23 World Championship and the World Grand Champions Cup. She plays as an outside hitter for the Dominican club Mirador, playing with this club the 2011 and 2015 Club World Championship. She received the Dominican Republic Guild of Sport Writers award as the 2013 volleyball player of the year. She won the 2014 Santo Domingo Province Superior Tournament with the Dominican club Playeras de Boca Chica.

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4. Yonkaira Peña (b. 1993)

With an HPI of 32.00, Yonkaira Peña is the 4th most famous Dominican Volleyball Player.  Her biography has been translated into 8 different languages.

Yonkaira Paola Peña Isabel (born May 5, 1993, in Santo Domingo) is a Dominican volleyball player, who plays as an outside hitter. She was a member of the Women's National Team, who won the bronze medal with her native country at the 2008 NORCECA Girls' U18 Volleyball Continental Championship in Guaynabo, Puerto Rico wearing the number #16 jersey.

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5. Jineiry Martínez (b. 1997)

With an HPI of 28.70, Jineiry Martínez is the 5th most famous Dominican Volleyball Player.  Her biography has been translated into 8 different languages.

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.

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6. Niverka Marte (b. 1990)

With an HPI of 28.53, Niverka Marte is the 6th most famous Dominican Volleyball Player.  Her biography has been translated into 8 different languages.

Niverka Dharlenis Marte Frica (born October 19, 1990 in Santo Domingo) is a volleyball player from the Dominican Republic who currently plays for Indonesian side Jakarta Popsivo Polwan. She played the 2012 Summer Olympics with the Dominican Republic national team ranking in fifth place. She also played the 2010 and the 2014 World Championship earning the 17th place and the fifth place and the 2011 and the 2015 FIVB World Cup with her national team ranking in the eight and seventh place. She won the bronze medal in the 2015 Pan American Games. With her Junior national team, she took the silver at the 2009 World Championship.

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7. Lisvel Elisa Eve (b. 1991)

With an HPI of 28.45, Lisvel Elisa Eve is the 7th most famous Dominican Volleyball Player.  Her biography has been translated into 8 different languages.

Lisvel Elisa Eve-Castillo (née Eve Mejía, born September 10, 1991) is a female volleyball player from the Dominican Republic, who played for the Women's National Team at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Eve also played the 2008 Olympic Qualification Tournament in Japan. There the team ended up in fourth place, and did not qualify for the 2008 Summer Olympics. Shortly afterwards Eve claimed the gold medal at the 2008 Women's Pan-American Volleyball Cup in Mexico as a sixteen-year-old.

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8. Camil Domínguez (b. 1991)

With an HPI of 13.38, Camil Domínguez is the 8th most famous Dominican Volleyball Player.  Her biography has been translated into 5 different languages.

Camil Inmaculada Domínguez Martínez (born 7 December 1991) is a Dominican Republic volleyball player. She plays for the Dominican Republic women's national volleyball team. She participated in the 2015 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix. With her club Mirador she competed at the 2015 FIVB Volleyball Women's Club World Championship.

People

Pantheon has 8 people classified as Dominican volleyball players born between 1987 and 1997. Of these 8, 8 (100.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Dominican volleyball players include Brenda Castillo, Bethania de la Cruz, and Brayelin Martínez. As of April 2024, 8 new Dominican volleyball players have been added to Pantheon including Brenda Castillo, Bethania de la Cruz, and Brayelin Martínez.

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