Karina Ocasio Clemente (born August 1, 1985) is a volleyball player who plays for Puerto Rico national team.
Club career
Conquistadoras de Guaynabo (2000–2003)
Despar Sirio Perugia (2003–2004)- Caoduro Cavazzale (2004–2005)
- Valencianas de Juncos (2005–2008)
Heungkuk Life Pink Spiders (2008–2010)
Galatasaray Medical Park (2010–2011)- Criollas de Caguas (2013)
- Hwaseong IBK Altos (2013–2014)
- Criollas de Caguas (2014)
Fujian Xi Meng Bao (2014–2015)- Criollas de Caguas (2015)
- Fujian Yango (2015–2016)
- Criollas de Caguas (2017)
Jakarta BNI 46 (2018)- Criollas de Caguas (2019–2021)
Al-Ahly (2022–2023)[1]- Mets de Guaynabo (2023–present)
International career
Ocasio was part of the Puerto Rico women's national volleyball team at the 2002 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship in Germany.,[2] 2015 FIVB World Grand Prix,[3] and 2022 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship.[4]
She competed at the 2008 Olympic Qualification Tournament in Japan, where her team ended up in eighth and last place, having received a wild card for the event after Peru and Kenya withdrew. However, she became Best Scorer at the event, alongside Kazakhstan's Yelena Pavlova. She also won the Best Scorer award at the 2015 Pan American Games, losing the bronze medal to the Dominican Republic 1–3.[5]
Awards
Club
- Valencianas de Juncos
- Criollas de Caguas
- Liga de Voleibol Superior Femenino: 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2021
- Heungkuk Life Pink Spiders
- V-League: 2009
- Al Ahly
- Egyptian League: 2022–23
Individual
- 2008 Olympic Qualifier "Best scorer"
- 2015 NORCECA Champions Cup "Best opposite spiker"
- 2015 Pan American Games "Best scorer"
References
- ^ "Karina Ocasio » clubs :". Women Volleybox. Retrieved October 19, 2022.
- ^ "Team Rosters". fivb.
- ^ "Team Roster - Puerto Rico - FIVB World Grand Prix 2015". World Grand Prix. Retrieved May 21, 2018.
- ^ volleyballworld.com. "Puerto Rican legend Ocasio still at it 20 years later". volleyballworld.com. Retrieved October 19, 2022.
- ^ "USA women win second gold medal in Pan Am Games history". Toronto, Canada: FIVB. July 25, 2015. Retrieved July 26, 2015.
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