Who is Winifer Fernandez?His age, height and volleyball career

Publish date: 2024-05-04

Winifer Fernandez is talented, knowledgeable and absolutely gorgeous. She is easily considered one of the most beautiful volleyball players in her country. The talented sportswoman is smooth, smart, quick and consistent in volleyball. She has received numerous awards and accolades as a result.

Bio & Age – Who is Winifer Fernandez?

Winifer Maria Pèrez was born on January 6, 1995, in the province of Santiago in the Dominican Republic. Her hometown – Cienfuegos, Santiago de los Caballeros – is where she began her volleyball journey at the age of ten, with her coach Miguel Duran.

Winifer is proof that hard work and dedication can take you a long way in life.

His volleyball career

At fifteen, Winifer grew stronger and more. She gained experience with every volleyball game and won several awards, including Best Digger, Best Receiver and Best Libero in the 2010 NORCECA Championship, although her team finished in fourth place.

Winifer Fernandez won the bronze medal and the Best Libero award in the 2011 Women’s Youth Pan American Cup. In the same year, she still won the Best Digger, Best Receiver and Best Libero awards, which placed the volleyball star at honor.

It’s safe to say that without Winifer Fernandez, the Santiago team wouldn’t have the 2012 Northern Region Cup gold medal. She played 15 points in the game. Fernández shared the libero position with Ana Binet for the first time at the 2012 FIVB World Grand Prix, debuting with her senior national team. This caused mixed feelings among her fans.

At the juniors North, Central America and Champion of the Caribbean Volleyball Confederation (NORCECA) in 2012, Winifer Fernandez led his national under-20 team to win the gold medal and thus qualify for the Junior World Championship 2013. At the end of the game, she won the well-deserved Most Valuable Player award, along with other awards such as Top Seeker, Top Receiver, and Top Libero. Again? Yes again!

Winifer then led her team to win gold at the Under-23 Pan American Cup in 2012. In early 2013, she won MVP for the second time at the Baja California International Cup held in Mexico.

Miss Fernandez was awarded the 2012 Volleyball Player of the Year by the Sportswriters Guild of Santo Domingo alongside fellow liberal Brenda Castillo. She also won the silver medal at the 2013 Pan American Cup held in Cuba with her junior team.

That’s not all, the athlete won the 7th Cabarete tournamentBeach volleyball tournament with Brayelin Martinez and Larysmer Martinez. In June, she placed eighth with her junior national team at the Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB) under the World Under-20 Championship.

Winifer Fernandez was chosen as Volleyball Player of the Year by the Santiago Province Sports Writers Guild in early 2014. She was chosen to play with their national team in 2016. They won the group gold medal 2 of the World Grand Prix. Winifer again won the America’s Cup med played in his house. She and her team went 5-0 in the pool beating Cuba 3-0 in the semi-finals.

Later, she took part in the 2017 FIVB Under-23 World Cup, facing Italian Savino Del Bene Scandicci. Fernández played with the ‘Cienfuegos’ in the XLIII intermunicipal volleyball tournament, winning the championship and the best Libero prize. She also won the gold medal of the under-23 tournament contested at the 2017 Bolivarian Games.

Social media presence

In 2016, Winifer Fernandez became the star of a viral video and several viral photos that were distributed without her permission. Although the video and photos caught the volleyball star’s attention a lot, she confessed to not liking the context in which they were presented.

More than pictures, people started creating fake social media accounts, impersonating the sportswoman and trying to capitalize on her fame. It is unfortunate that the creator of these fake accounts usually forgets that their actions hurt people.

Beyond social media, Winifer Fernandez has also gained recognition through traditional media. In September 2017, the Salvadoran newspaper El Mundo named Winifer Fernandez 7th among the 10 most beautiful and coveted athletes in the world. She expressed her gratitude and tagged it as a compliment for Dominican women.

Winifer Fernandez – Height and Weight

The stunning Winifer Fernandez is 5 feet 7 inches tall and she weighs 62 kg. It is easy for Winifer to maintain her figure and stay in shape as she is a professional athlete who has to train constantly to stay at the top of her game.

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