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Mirka Francia Vasconcelos (born 14 February 1975, in Villa Clara) is a Cuban-Italian volleyball player who has won two Olympic gold medals with the Cuba women's national volleyball team. At 1.84 meters (6 ft) tall, she played as a blocker before becoming a hitter in 2004.
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| Full name | Mirka Francia Vasconcelos | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Cuba/Italy | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | February 14, 1975 Villa Clara, Cuba | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hometown | Perugia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 73 kg (161 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Spike | 324 cm (128 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Block | 310 cm (122 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Wing Spiker | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Current club | Top Quality Group San Giustino | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 14 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Life and career
Born in Santa Clara, Cuba, Francia first played volleyball at age ten and joined the junior national team in Havana four years later. With the national team she won two gold medals, at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta and at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. She also played on the Cuban national team that won the FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship in 1994 and 1998.
In the 1998-1999 season she played for Romanelli Firenze in the Italian second division before joining Sirio Perugia for the following season. She skipped the 2000-2001 season because of pregnancy, but rejoined Sirio Perugia the next year. With the team she has won the Italian Championship three times (2002–2003, 2004–2005, 2006–2007) and the Italian Cup two times (2003, 2005), also winning the Women's CEV Champions League in 2006 and 2008 also being awarded "Best Spiker",[1] and the 2007 CEV Cup when she was awarded "Best Scorer".[2] She acquired Italian citizenship in 2004, but has declined to play for the Italy women's national volleyball team due to family matters.
For season 2008/2009 she started playing for the Turkish team Eczacibasi Istanbul. With this team she won the "Best Scorer" title for the Champions League regular season 2009[3] and the Best Spiker, Best Server and Top Scorer of the 2009 Turkish Championship.[4]
Francia was inducted in the Volleyball Hall of Fame in 2019.[5]
Clubs
- Romanelli Firenze (1998–1999)
- Sirio Perugia (1999–2008)
- Eczacibasi Zentiva Istanbul (2008–2012)
Top Quality Group San Giustino (2014– )
Awards
Individuals
- 1999 FIVB World Cup "Best Blocker"
- 2008 Champions League Final Four "Best Spiker"
- 2009 Champions League Regular Season "Best Scorer"
- 2009 Turkish Championship "Top Scorer"
- 2009 Turkish Championship "Best Spiker"
- 2009 Turkish Championship "Best Server"
Clubs
- 2000 Copa Coppe - Champion, with Despar Perugia
- 2003 Italian Cup - Champion, with Despar Perugia
- 2003 Italian Championship - Champion, with Despar Perugia
- 2005 Italian Cup - Champion, with Sirio Perugia
- 2005 CEV Cup - Champion, with Sirio Perugia
- 2005 Italian Championship - Champion, with Sirio Perugia
- 2005–06 CEV Indesit Champions League - Champion, with Sirio Perugia
- 2006 Coppa di Lega - Champion, with Sirio Perugia
- 2007 Italian Cup - Champion, with Sirio Perugia
- 2007 CEV Cup - Champion, with Sirio Perugia
- 2007 Italian Championship - Champion, with Sirio Perugia
- 2007 Italian Super Cup - Champion, with Sirio Perugia
- 2007–08 CEV Indesit Champions League - Champion, with Colussi Perugia
- 2009 Turkish Championship - Runner-Up, with Eczacibasi Zentiva Istanbul
- 2011 Turkish Cup - Champion, with Eczacıbaşı VitrA
References
- CEV. "Second Indesit Champions' League trophy for Colussi PERUGIA". Archived from the original on 2011-07-22. Retrieved 2010-06-10.
- CEV. "Sirio perugia wins CEV cup after Champions League". Archived from the original on 2009-11-24. Retrieved 2010-03-16.
- Voleibol Portol. "Stepanenko y Contreras galardonados por la CEV como mejores jugadores de la primera fase de la Champions" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2009-08-19. Retrieved 2010-03-16.
- Volleyball.it. "Turchia: Il Fenerbahce vince il campionato femminile" (in Italian). Archived from the original on 2011-07-22. Retrieved 2010-03-16.
- "Mirka Francia".
External links
- September edition of monthly magazine Pallavolo Supervolley
- Italian League Profile
- Despar Sirio Profile of Mirka Francia
Cuba squad – 1994 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship – Gold medal | ||
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Cuba squad – 1995 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup – Gold medal | ||
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Cuba women's volleyball squad – 1996 Summer Olympics – Gold medal | ||
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Cuba squad – 1998 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship – Gold medal | ||
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Cuba squad – 1999 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup – Gold medal | ||
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Cuba women's volleyball squad – 2000 Summer Olympics – Gold medal | ||
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На других языках
[de] Mirka Francia
Mirka Francia Vasconcelos (* 14. Februar 1975 in Santa Clara) ist eine kubanisch-italienische Volleyballspielerin.- [en] Mirka Francia
[it] Mirka Francia
Mirka Francia Vasconcelos (Santa Clara, 14 febbraio 1975) è una pallavolista cubana naturalizzata italiana.[ru] Франсия, Мирка
Мирка Франсия Васконселос (исп. Mirka Francia Vasconcelos; 14 февраля 1975, Санта-Клара, Куба) — кубинская и итальянская волейболистка. Центральная блокирующая, нападающая-доигровщица. Двукратная Олимпийская чемпионка, двукратная чемпионка мира, двукратная обладательница Кубка мира.Другой контент может иметь иную лицензию. Перед использованием материалов сайта WikiSort.org внимательно изучите правила лицензирования конкретных элементов наполнения сайта.
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