Niverka Marte

Niverka Dharlenis Marte Frica (born October 19, 1990 in Santo Domingo[1]) is a volleyball player from the Dominican Republic who currently plays for Indonesian side Jakarta Popsivo Polwan. She played the 2012 Summer Olympics with the Dominican Republic national team ranking in fifth place. She also played the 2010 and the 2014 World Championship earning the 17th place and the fifth place and the 2011 and the 2015 FIVB World Cup with her national team ranking in the eight and seventh place. She won the bronze medal in the 2015 Pan American Games.

Niverka Marte
Niverka Marte in 2011
Personal information
Full nameNiverka Dharlenis Marte Frica
NicknameNive
NationalityDominican
Born (1990-10-19) October 19, 1990
Santo Domingo
HometownSanto Domingo
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight67 kg (148 lb)
Spike312 cm (123 in)
Block300 cm (120 in)
Volleyball information
PositionSetter
Current clubJakarta Popsivo Polwan
Number7
National team
2008 -Dominican Republic
Honours
Women’s Volleyball
Representing the  Dominican Republic
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 2019 Lima Team
Bronze medal – third place2015 TorontoTeam
World Grand Champions Cup
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Tokyo/Fukuoka Team
U20 World Championship
Silver medal – second place 2009 Mexicali/Tijuana Team
Pan-American Cup
Gold medal – first place 2008 Mexicali/Tijuana Team
Gold medal – first place 2010 Rosarito/TijuanaTeam
Gold medal – first place 2014 Mexico CityTeam
Gold medal – first place 2016 Santo DomingoTeam
Gold medal – first place 2022 Hermosillo Team
Silver medal – second place 2009 Miami Team
Silver medal – second place 2011 Ciudad Juárez Team
Silver medal – second place 2013 Lima Team
Silver medal – second place 2015 Lima/Callao Team
Silver medal – second place 2017 Cañete/Lima Team
Silver medal – second place 2018 Santo Domingo Team
NORCECA Championship
Gold medal – first place 2009 Bayamón Team
Silver medal – second place 2011 Caguas Team
Silver medal – second place 2013 Omaha Team
Final Four Cup
Gold medal – first place 2010 Chiapas Team
Silver medal – second place 2008 Fortaleza Team
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Lima Team
Central American and Caribbean Games
Gold medal – first place 2010 Mayagüez Team
Gold medal – first place 2014 Veracruz Team
U23 Pan-American Cup
Gold medal – first place 2012 CallaoTeam
Last updated: September 2015

With her Junior national team, she took the silver at the 2009 World Championship.

Career

During the 2006 season, she played in La Romana with Aviación[2] and with Mirador at Distrito Nacional Superior Championship, winning her team the league championship.[3]

Niverka played for her native country at the 2007 FIVB Girls' U18 Volleyball World Championship in Baja California, Mexico. There her team ended up in 8th place.[4][5]

In 2008, she participated at the NORCECA Women´s Junior Continental Championship U-20 as team captain, winning with her them the silver medal[6] and individually, the "Best Setter" award.[7] Shortly afterwards she claimed the gold medal at the 2008 Women's Pan-American Volleyball Cup in Mexico, with the senior national team.

With the National Junior Team she won the silver medal at the 2009 Women's U20 Volleyball World Championship.[8]

Playing beach volleyball (three) with Ana Yorkira Binet and Marianne Fersola, she won the gold medal at the 2010 Hato Mayor Beach Volleyball Tournament.[9][10]

As a setter, she helped the National Senior Team playing in Chiapas, Mexico, to win the 2010 Final Four Cup gold medal.[11]

Marte returned to Hato Mayor to win the gold medal in the annual Sport Festival in Beach Volleyball (three), this time playing along Altagracia Mambrú and Ana Yorkira Binet.[12]

In 2012, Marte played on Olympic Games, where Dominican Republic qualified to quarter-final.

In September 2012, Marte won the gold medal at the first 2012 U23 Pan-American Cup, played in Callao, Peru.[13]

Marte was transferred to the Azerbaijani Club Igtisadchi Baku in early November.[14][15] With this club, she claimed the silver medal of the 2012/13 Azerbaijani Super League.[16][17]

During the 2014 World Championship held in Italy,[18] Marte helped the national team to reach the competition's fifth place[19] starting with 7-2 record,[20] and despite the losing 2-3 to China,[21] her team qualified for the first time to the World Championship third round besides but being unable to reach a semifinal spot after losing their two third round matches 2-3 to China and 0-3 to Brazil.[22]

Marte and her national team took part of the 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games.[23] and she helped them to win their fourth consecutive gold medal,[24] being awarded Best Setter of the tournament.[25][26]

Marte was part of the Dominican Republic delegation to the 2015 Pan American Games,[27] and she won with her national team the bronze medal after losing to the United States in the semifinals and defeated 3-1 the Puerto Rico national team.[28] After leading the setters during the 2015 FIVB World Cup[29] she was awarded tournament's Best Setter[30] while her national team posted a 5-6 record,[31] valid for the seventh place.[32] After the World Cup, she was announced to be transferred to the French club Rocheville Le Cannet taking the role of the main setter for the 2015-16 season.[33] Castillo won the silver medal and the Best Setter award in the NORCECA Championship.[34] In December 2015, Marte won with her club the French Supercup, defeating RC Cannes 3-2 in the championship match.[35]

Clubs

Awards

Individuals

Senior Team

Junior Team

Clubs

Beach Volleyball
  • 2010 Hato Mayor Beach Volleyball Tournament Gold Medal
  • 2011 Hato Mayor Beach Volleyball Tournament Gold Medal

References
  1. Hoy. "Niverka Marte un diamante del voleibol RD" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2010-04-12.
  2. El Nuevo Diario. "Villaverde y Aviación van a la final femenina voleibol LR" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2011-07-19. Retrieved 2009-09-18.
  3. NORCECA. "Mirador ganó su 24ta corona" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2010-04-12.
  4. FIVB. "2007 FIVB Girls' Youth World Championship / Mexico - Standings". Retrieved 2010-04-12.
  5. FIVB. "Dominican Republic - Team Composition". Retrieved 2010-04-12.
  6. NORCECA. "USA confirmed its quality by winning the gold". Retrieved 2010-04-12.
  7. NORCECA. "Brenda Castillo elected as the U-20 MVP". Retrieved 2009-09-18.
  8. FIVB. "Germany wins gold at Women's Juniors". Retrieved 2009-08-14.
  9. El Nacional. "Puñal, Opal Jean y Las Kety vencen" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2010-04-12.
  10. Hoy. "Equipos triunfan en torneo voleibol HM" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2010-04-12.
  11. Terra. "Perú cae ante República Dominicana y pierde título del Final Four" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2010-09-25.
  12. El Nacional (2011-04-25). "Los Blackers y Pinkys logran títulos festival" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2011-08-15. Retrieved 2011-04-27.
  13. FIVB (2012-09-08). "Dominicans claim gold medal at Pan Am U-23". Lima, Peru. Retrieved 2012-09-11.
  14. ""İqtisadçı"da daha 2 yeni transfer" (in Azerbaijani). apasport.az. 2012-11-19. Retrieved 2013-04-28.
  15. ""İqtisadçı"da nə baş verir?" (in Azerbaijani). rekord.az. 2012-12-04. Retrieved 2013-04-28.
  16. "АзерРейл" и выиграл серебро Суперлиги (in Russian). Azerbaijan Volleyball Federation. 2013-04-27. Retrieved 2013-04-28.
  17. "Рабита" празднует чемпионство (in Russian). Azerbaijan Volleyball Federation. 2013-04-17. Archived from the original on 2013-04-29. Retrieved 2013-04-28.
  18. "Semifinalists confirmed for Women's World Championship" (in Italian). Rome, Italy: CorrieredelloSport.it. 2014-10-01. Archived from the original on 2014-10-18. Retrieved 2014-10-11.
  19. "Semifinalists confirmed for Women's World Championship". Milan, Italy: FIVB. 2014-10-10. Retrieved 2014-10-11.
  20. "Dominicans stepping on the land of giants". Milan, Italy: FIVB. 2014-10-07. Retrieved 2014-10-11.
  21. "Brazil, Italy, Dominican Republic qualify for FIVB women's worlds third round". English.news.cn. Bari, Italy. Xinhua. 2014-10-04. Archived from the original on 2014-10-09. Retrieved 2014-10-12.
  22. "The United States and China claim remaining semifinal spots". Milan, Italy: FIVB. 2014-10-10. Retrieved 2014-10-11.
  23. Sánchez, Carlos (2014-11-15). "República Dominicana luchará desde hoy por sus primeras medallas". Diario Libre (in Spanish). Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Retrieved 2014-11-21.
  24. "La República Dominicana logra cuarto oro al hilo en voleibol femenino Juegos Centroamericanos". Listin Diario (in Spanish). Cordoba, Mexico. 2014-11-21. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |url= (help)
  25. "Brenda Castillo is the MVP of the CACG". Cordoba, Mexico: NORCECA. 2014-11-21. Retrieved 2014-11-21.
  26. "Giochi Centroamericani: Oro Rep.Dominicana, Castillo MVP" (in Italian). Veracruz, Mexico: Volleyball.it. 2014-11-21. Archived from the original on 2014-11-29. Retrieved 2014-11-21.
  27. "RD llevará delegación histórica a los Juegos Panam de Toronto 2015" [DR taking historic delegation to the Toronto 2015 Pan American Games]. Listin Diario (in Spanish). 2015-05-08. Retrieved 2015-08-05.
  28. "Dominicanas ganan bronce en voleibol de Toronto-2015" [Dominicans won bronze in volleyball at Toronto 2015] (in Spanish). Prensa Latina. 2015-07-25. Retrieved 2015-08-05.
  29. "Player statistics - Best Setters". FIVB. 2015. Retrieved 2015-09-08.
  30. "Zhu leads women's World Cup dream team". Nagoya, Japan: FIVB. 2015-09-07. Retrieved 2015-09-08.
  31. "Lang Ping guides China to fourth World Cup title". Nagoya, Japan: FIVB. 2015-09-06. Retrieved 2015-09-08.
  32. "Results and Ranking - Round Robin". FIVB. 2015. Retrieved 2015-09-08.
  33. "Notre nouvelle joueuse Niverka Marte" [Our new player Niverka Marte] (in French). Le Cannet Volley Ball. 2015. Retrieved 2015-09-11.
  34. "USA win third consecutive NORCECA title". Morelia, Mexico: FIVB. 2015-10-02. Retrieved 2015-11-03.
  35. "Le Cannet gagne la première Supercoupe de volley" [Le Cannet won the first volleyball Super Cup] (in French). Femmes de Sport. 2015-12-24. Retrieved 2016-04-16.
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