Winifer Fernandez is a Dominican female volleyball player. With her club Mirador she competed at the 2015 FIVB Club World Championship. Winifer Fernandez is a gold medalist in the 2016 Santo Domingo Pan-American Cup, a silver medalist in the 2015 Lima/Callao Pan-American Cup, and the 2015 Michoacan NORCECA Championship. She is also a gold medalist from the 2017 Santa Marta Bolivarian Games.
Winifer Maria Fernandez Perez was born on January 6, 1995, in Santiago de los Caballeros, Santiago Province, Dominican Republic. She started playing volleyball at an early age and was one of the key players for the school team. Later, she developed her skills. She won the 2010 NORCECA U18 continental championship Best Libero, Digger, and Receiver awards, repeating these awards in the 2012 NORCECA U20 Championship, together with the gold medal and the Most Valuable Player award.
Winifer Fernandez also won the 2012 U23 Pan-American Cup gold medal just before debuting with the senior national team in the 2012 FIVB World Grand Prix. She won the World Grand Prix Group 2, 2016 Pan-American Cup and the 2017 Bolivarian Games gold medals with her senior team. She won the 2008 Dominican Republic League bronze medal and played with the Azerbaijani clubs Telekom Baku and Rabita Baku before playing, with Mirador, in the 2015 Club World Championship.
At the club level, Winifer Fernandez won the 2008 Dominican Republic Volleyball League bronze medal with the Dominican club Santiago in 2008.
Winifer Fernandez played for Cienfuegos from 2008-2010 and won the province championship and the Best Libero award with her club. As a 15-year-old she won the Best Digger, Best Receiver, and Best Libero awards in the 2010 NORCECA Youth Championship, finishing with her team in fourth place.
In 2012 she returned to Santiago and helped the team to win the 2012 Northern Region Cup gold medal. She contributed by topping the spikers with 15 points.
In 2013, she signed to play for the Azerbaijani women’s volleyball club Telekom Baku and the next season played for Rabita Baku.
In 2015, she joined the team Mirador. With the team, she competed at the 2015 FIVB Club World Championship.
After two seasons, she signed with Cienfuegos again.
In the 2012 FIVB World Grand Prix, Winifer Fernandez debuted with the senior national team, for which she received mixed reviews. With the senior team, she is a gold medalist in the 2016 Santo Domingo Pan-American Cup, a silver medalist in the 2015 Lima/Callao Pan-American Cup, and the 2015 Michoacan NORCECA Championship. She is also a gold medalist from the 2017 Santa Marta Bolivarian Games.
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