CASTILLO Brenda

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

Pan American Games

Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	Women	2019	Lima, PER

Norceca Championships

Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	Women	2017	Trinidad and Tobago

Chinchin, Shorty, Minor, La Peque (FIVB Media Guide, 2012)

Athlete

Husband Julio, daughter Breanna Juliette [2019]

Spanish

Volei Bauru [Sao Paulo, BRA] since 2020/21

Roberley Luiz Leonaldo 'Rubinho' [club], BRA; Marcos Kwiek [national], BRA

Libero (norceca.info, 14 May 2019)

She has played beach volleyball at national level in Brazil. (listindiario.com.do, 12 Apr 2009)

2007 for Dominican Republic, in People's Republic of China (FIVB Media Guide, 2012)

In August 2019 she fractured the humerus bone in her left arm after she was involved in a car accident. She underwent surgery to insert a titanium plate in her arm, and returned to training three months later. (tokyo2020.org, 03 Nov 2020; efe.com, 18 Nov 2019)

Superliga [BRA] (superliga.cbv.com.br, 30 Jan 2021)

She began playing volleyball in Bajos de Haina, Dominican Republic. (elnuevodia.com, 06 Feb 2011)

She fell in love with the sport after watching the national women's team win gold at the 2003 Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. (que.es, 21 Oct 2011)

Dominican volleyball player Milagros Cabral. (que.es, 21 Oct 2011)

"Volleyball is my life, it runs through my blood." (listin.com.do, 04 Oct 2009)

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)

In 2016 she was named Best Libero by Italian volleyball news outlet World of Volley through a public poll. (elcaribe.com, 15 Jun 2016)

She was named Best Libero and Best Digger at the 2015 World Cup in Japan. (fivb.com, 07 Sep 2015)

She was named Best Libero of the Super League in Azerbaijan in 2012/13, 2013/14 and 2014/15. (norceca.net, 12 Apr 2015)

She was named Most Valuable Player [MVP], Best Libero, Best Receiver and Best Defender at the 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games in Veracruz, Mexico. (norceca.net, 21 Nov 2014)

She was named Best Libero of the final four stage of the 2013/14 European Volleyball Confederation [CEV] Champions League in Baku, Azerbaijan. (cev.lu, 16 Mar 2014)

She was named Best Libero and Best Digger at the 2012 Olympic Games in London. (FIVB, 11 Aug 2012)

She was named Best Libero at the 2010 Club World Championship in Doha, Qatar. (FIVB, 21 Dec 2010)

She was named the 2009 Athlete of the Year by both the Dominican Republic Olympic Committee and the Dominican Republic Sports Writers' Association. (FIVB, 28 Jun 2010)

She was named MVP, Best Libero, Best Receiver and Best Digger at the 2009 U20 World Championships in Mexico. (todosancri.com, 26 Jun 2014; FIVB, 25 Jul 2009)

She was named Rising Star at the Pan American Cup in 2008 and 2009. (norceca.net, 04 Jul 2009, 07 Jun 2008)