Dahiana Burgos

Dahiana Burgos
Personal information
Full name	Rossy Dahiana Burgos Herrera
Nationality	Dominican Republic
Born	April 7, 1985 (1985-04-07) (age 26) Santo Domingo
Hometown	Santo Domingo
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	58 kg (130 lb)
Spike	312 cm (123 in)
Block	302 cm (119 in)
Volleyball information
Position	Wing Spiker
Current club	Indias de Mayagüez
Number	11
National team
2005 -	Dominican Republic
Honours Women’s Volleyball Competitor for the  Dominican Republic World Grand Champions Cup Bronze 2009 Tokyo/Fukuoka Team Pan-American Cup Silver 2011 Ciudad Juárez Team Silver 2005 Santo Domingo Team NORCECA Championship Bronze 2005 Port of Spain Team Final Four Cup Gold 2010 Chiapas Team Bronze 2009 Lima Team Central American and Caribbean Games Gold 2010 Mayagüez Team
Last updated: January 2011

Rossy Dahiana Burgos Herrera (born April 7, 1985 in Santo Domingo) is a female volleyball and beach volleyball player from the Dominican Republic. She won the bronze medal with the women's national team at the 2005 Pan American Cup in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. She plays as a wing-spiker.

Career

Burgos represented her home country at the 2005 Women's U20 Volleyball World Championship,^[1] and her team finished in the 9th. position.

She also participated in the 2007 NORCECA Beach Volleyball Circuit^[2][3] with Rosalin Angeles, finishing in the 10th position.

During the Holy Week Sport Festival held in Hato Mayor, Burgos played Beach Volleyball (three) with Bethania Almanzar and Karla Echenique, winning the Silver Medal of the event.^[4][5]

Trying to stay in the A2 series in their first year, the Italian club Lavoro.Doc Pontecagnano signed her for the 2009-2010 season.^[6]

She won the Most Valuable Player and Best Scorer awards, along with the gold medal playing in Chiapas, Mexico with her National Senior Team at the 2010 Final Four Cup.^[7][8]

Clubs

• Modeca (2002)
• Bameso (2003–2004)
• Liga Juan Guzman (2005)
• Modeca (2005–2006)
• Villa Verde (2006)^[9]
• Lines Tra.De.Co. Altamura (2005–2006)
• Santo Domingo (2007)
• Pueblo Nuevo (2008)^[10]
• Espaillat (2008)
• La Romana (2008)
• Lavoro.Doc Pontecagnano (2009–2010)
• Espaillat (2010)
• Lava Pies (2010)
• Villa Gonzalez (2010)
• Indias de Mayagüez (2011)

Awards

Individuals

• 2010 Final Four Cup "Most Valuable Player"
• 2010 Final Four Cup "Best Scorer"

Beach Volleyball

• 2009 Hato Mayor Beach Volleyball Tournament Silver Medal

References

1. ^ FIVB. "2005 Junior Women’s U 20 World Championship". http://www.fivb.org/EN/volleyball/competitions/Junior/women/2005/Teams/Team_Roster.asp?TEAM=DOM&TRN=WU202005&sm=28. Retrieved 2009-09-18. 
2. ^ UEPA. "Arranca el viernes en Boca Chica Internacional de Voleibol Presidente" (in Spanish). http://www.uepa.com/article.aspx?id=9938. Retrieved 2009-09-18. 
3. ^ Listin Diario. "Todo listo para el comienzo Torneo Playero Norceca" (in Spanish). http://www.listin.com.do/app/article.aspx?id=8462. Retrieved 2009-09-18. 
4. ^ Listin Diario (2009-04-11). "Equipo Pedro Martínez avanza a la final" (in Spanish). http://www.listindiario.com.do/el-deporte/2009/4/11/97439/Equipo-Pedro-Martinez-avanza-a-la-final. Retrieved 2011-04-27. 
5. ^ Hoy (2009-04-13). "Equipos ganan voleibol playero HM" (in Spanish). http://www.hoy.com.do/deportes/2009/4/13/273623/. Retrieved 2011-04-27. 
6. ^ legavolleyfemminile.it. "Lavoro.Doc Pontecagnano: colpaccio di mercato, presa la dominicana Burgos" (in Italian). http://www.legavolleyfemminile.it/NewsLeggi.asp?tipo=3&ID=25591. Retrieved 2009-09-18. 
7. ^ Terra. "Perú cae ante República Dominicana y pierde título del Final Four" (in Spanish). http://www.terra.com.pe/deportes/noticias/dep887004/peru-cae-ante-republica-dominicana-pierde-titulo-final-four.html. Retrieved 2010-09-25. 
8. ^ NORCECA. "Best players of tournament awarded". http://www.norceca.org/Sept.25-2010_Best%20players%20of%20tournament%20awarded.htm. Retrieved 2010-09-25. 
9. ^ El Nuevo Diario. "Villaverde y Aviación van a la final femenina voleibol LR" (in Spanish). http://www2.elnuevodiario.com.do/app/article.aspx?id=36655. Retrieved 2009-09-18. 
10. ^ El Nuevo Diario. "Centro avanza a la final; se medirá a Madre Vieja" (in Spanish). http://www2.elnuevodiario.com.do/app/article.aspx?id=124547. Retrieved 2009-09-18. 

External links

• FIVB Profile
• Italian League Profile

Persondata
Name	Burgos, Dahiana
Alternative names
Short description	Female volleyball player from the Dominican Republic
Date of birth	April 7, 1985
Place of birth	Santo Domingo
Date of death
Place of death