MARTE FRICA Niverka Dharlenis

Dominican Republic

Date of Birth: 19 Oct 1990

Age: 30

Gender: Female

Height (m/ft): 1.78/5'10''

Place of birth: SANTO DOMINGO

Birth Country:

Dominican Republic

Place of residence : SANTO DOMINGO

Residence Country:

Dominican Republic

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Volleyball	Women DOM Dominican Rep.	8

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Ariake Arena	Women's Preliminary Round - Pool A #03 SRB Serbia 3 DOM Dominican Rep. 0	Finished
	Ariake Arena	Women's Preliminary Round - Pool A #11 BRA Brazil 3 DOM Dominican Rep. 2	Finished
	Ariake Arena	Women's Preliminary Round - Pool A #14 KOR Republic of Korea 3 DOM Dominican Rep. 2	Finished
	Ariake Arena	Women's Preliminary Round - Pool A #19 DOM Dominican Rep. 3 KEN Kenya 0	Finished
	Ariake Arena	Women's Preliminary Round - Pool A #29 JPN Japan 1 DOM Dominican Rep. 3	Finished
	Ariake Arena	Women's Quarterfinals #34 DOM Dominican Rep. 0 USA United States 3	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

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

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

Nive, Clic-Clic, The Chancellor [due to her language skills]. (Twitter profile, 25 Jul 2014; FIVB Media Guide, 2012; diariolibre.com, 13 Sep 2020)

Occupation:

Business Administration - Mother and Teacher Pontifical Catholic University [PUCMM], Santiago de los Caballeros, DOM

Languages spoken:

English, French, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish

Marcos Kwiek [national], BRA

Position style:

Setter (norceca.info, 14 May 2019)

She began playing volleyball at age 12. (peruvoley.com, 15 Jul 2010)

She was inspired to take up the sport after watching the women's national team win gold at the 2003 Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. She initially played as a spiker, but was later advised to switch to the setter position by her coaches. (hoy.com.do, 19 Sep 2008; elcaribe.com.do, 29 Jul 2016)

In 2021 she was presented with the key of Santo Domingo Oeste, Dominican Republic. (elgransantodomingo.com, 11 Feb 2021)

In 2020 she received an acknowledgement from Calero club in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. (diariolibre.com, 13 Sep 2020)

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

She was named Best Setter at the 2014 North, Central America and Caribbean Volleyball Confederation [NORCECA] World Championship Qualification Tournament in La Romana, Dominican Republic. (norceca.net, 18 May 2014)

She was named Best Setter at the 2008 NORCECA Junior Championships in Mexico. (norceca.net, 27 Jul 2008)

General Interest

General
FUTURE PLANS
In 2020 she spoke about her plans after she retires from the sport. "I love diplomacy and also academia for a career, but I'd also like to run my own business and that's something I've been thinking about as well. I don't see myself playing volleyball in my late 30's, as has been the case with many other setters." (norceca.info, 08 Jul 2020)

FURTHER STUDIES
She studies international relations at the University of Business and International Studies [UBIS] in Geneva, Switzerland. "I like diplomacy, but I also would like to manage my own business." (norceca.info, 08 Jul 2020)

Social Media

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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