Jineiry Martinez - Amazing Volleyball Middle Blocker | Best Volleyball Actions at VNL 2022

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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.

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, and Juan Doñe (deceased 2008). Her siblings are Brayelin who also plays for the Dominican Republic national volleyball teams and Brayan, who plays professional basketball with Titanes del Distrito Nacional. She is the cousin of basketball player Jack Michael Martínez and niece of the former national team basketball player and politician Vice-Minister of Sports Soterio Ramírez. She confessed that she never liked basketball, but felt in love with volleyball since childhood. She finds support in her sister Brayelin, who was her inspiration to play volleyball.

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

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

In September, Martínez signed with the French club Rocheville Le Cannet, 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 as they later won 3–2 over Italy in the semifinals. They then beat Brazil 3–2 to win the gold medal. After the game, Martínez credited the teamwork as the key element for they win.

Martínez senior team lost 1–3 to the United States the NORCECA Championship, ending their participation with the silver medal. Later, she was enrolled in October by the Japan Anti-Doping Agency to be part of the Play True 2020 Torch Relay project, where she was among many athletes aimed to leave real heritage in sport for the world and the future.

Clubs
Dominican Republic Mirador (2013)
Dominican Republic Boca Chica (2014)
Dominican Republic Mirador (2015)
France Rocheville Le Cannet (2015-2016)
Brazil Praia Clube (2020–)

Awards
Individuals
2014 U23 Pan-American Cup "Best Middle Blocker"
2015 Junior Pan-American Cup "Best Middle Blocker"
2019 Pan American Games "Best Middle Blockers"
2021 Pan-American Cup "Best Middle Blocker"

Clubs
2014 Santo Domingo Superior Tournament - Champion, with Boca Chica
2020–21 Brazilian Superliga – Runner-Up, with Dentil/Praia Clube
2021–22 Brazilian Superliga – Runner-Up, with Dentil/Praia Clube

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