de la CRUZ de PENA Bethania

Olympic Games

Rank	Event	Year	Location
5	Women	2012	London, GBR

World Championship

Rank	Event	Year	Location
5	Women	2014	Italy
9	Women	2018	Japan
17	Women	2010	Japan
17	Women	2006	Japan

World Cup

Rank	Event	Year	Location
8	Women	2019	Japan

Pan American Games

Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	Women	2019	Lima, PER

Norceca Championships

Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	Women	2019	Puerto Rico
1	Women	2017	Trinidad and Tobago

Big Beth, Bethy, Betty (Facebook profile, 09 Feb 2021; fivb.org, 23 Aug 2014; FIVB Media Guide, 2012)

Athlete

Husband Fermin Mejia Galan, son Fer Isaias [2010]

Spanish

Marcos Kwiek [national], BRA

Wing spiker (norceca.info, 14 May 2019)

Right (leyvo.com, 01 Aug 2013)

2005 for Dominican Republic, North-American Championship in Trinidad and Tobago (ldeportista.com.do, 24 Nov 2014)

She underwent right shoulder surgery in 2015. (FIVB, 02 May 2015; hoy.com.do, 29 Apr 2019; YouTube channel, 23 May 2020)

She began playing volleyball at age 15. (sdqmagazine.com, 30 Oct 2013)

A family friend introduced her to the sport. (sdqmagazine.com, 30 Oct 2013)

To win a medal at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (masdeportes.com.do, 02 May 2020)

Qualifying for the Olympic Games in 2012 and 2020, winning the 2015 European Volleyball Confederation [CEV] Champions League with Turkish club Eczacibasi VitrA, and winning the Russian Super League on two occasions. (volleyball.world, 02 Feb 2021)

Dominican volleyball player Milagros Cabral, Brazilian volleyball player Paula Pequeno, Cuban volleyball player Yumilka Ruiz. (voleidominicano.com, 11 May 2012)

"The sky is the limit. Do your best and be brave." (Facebook profile, 09 Feb 2021)

In 2020 she was included in the International Volleyball Federation [FIVB] Roster 100 as one of the 100 players and teams that influenced the sport during the decade between 2010 and 2020. (elnuevodiario.com.do, 20 Dec 2020; fivb.com, 11 Dec 2020; volleyball.world, 20 Dec 2020)

She was named Best Server of the 2019/20 Super League season in the Russian Federation. (elnuevodiario.com.do, 19 Nov 2020)

She was named Most Valuable Player [MVP] of the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru, and named to the tournament's All-Star team. (norceca.info, 11 Aug 2019)

She was named Best Outside Hitter of the 2014/15 European Volleyball Confederation [CEV] Champions League. (cev.lu, 05 Apr 2015)

She was named MVP of the final series of the 2013/14 V-League in Korea. (naciondeportiva.com, 04 Apr 2014)

She was named MVP at the 2012 North, Central America and Caribbean Volleyball Confederation [NORCECA] Olympic Qualification Tournament in Tijuana, Mexico. (deportes56.com, 11 May 2012)

She was named Best Scorer of the 2011/12 V.Premier League season in Japan. (deportes56.com, 11 May 2012)

She was named Athlete of the Year by the Dominican Volleyball Confederation in 2007, 2008 and 2011. (sdqmagazine.com, 30 Oct 2013; fedovoli.org, 11 Feb 2012)

She was named Best Scorer and Best Server at the 2011 World Cup in Japan. (norceca.net, 05 Mar 2012)

She was named MVP and Best Scorer of the 2008/09 V-League season in Korea. (elnuevodia.com, 27 Apr 2011)

She was named MVP and Best Scorer at the 2006 U20 NORCECA Championships in Mexico. She shared the scorer award with Puerto Rican player Yarimar Rosa. (norceca.net, 05 Aug 2006)