Amanda Coneo

Amanda Daniela Coneo Cardona (born (1996-12-20)20 December 1996 in Cartagena) is a Colombian female volleyball player. She is part of the Colombia national team.

Amanda Coneo
Personal information
Full nameAmanda Daniela Coneo Cardona
NationalityColombia
Born (1996-12-20) 20 December 1996
Cartagena, Colombia
Height177 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight63 kg (139 lb)
Spike314 cm (124 in)
Block289 cm (114 in)
Volleyball information
PositionOutside Hitter
Current clubRC Cannes
Number11
Career
YearsTeams
2013-2015Liga Bolivarense
2015-2016Lardini Filottrano
2016-2017Sab Grima Legnano
2017-2018Sab Volley Legnano
National team
2015Colombia
Honours
Women’s Volleyball
Representing  Colombia
Pan American Games
2019 Lima Team
South American Championship
2019 Cajamarca
2017 Cali
2015 Cartagena
Bolivarian Games
2013 Trujillo Team

Career

She won the silver medal in the 2011 Colombia Junior Championship, representing Bolivar.[1]

2012

Coneo participated in the 2012 Pan-American Cup in the senior category as a warm up for the 2012 Colombian National Games and also part of the Bolivar Ganador development program.[2] Colombia finished the competition in the eleventh place, with just one victory, achieved in the las match against Mexico.[3] She played the 2012 South American Girls championship, ranking in fifth place.[4][5]

2013

In April, Coneo traveled to Guatemala to play the 2013 Youth Pan-American Cup ending up in seventh place.[6][7] She won the 2013 Colombian Championship in the senior category with Bolivar.[8] She won the 2013 Bolivarian Games bronze medal with her national team.[9]

2014

Coneo played the 2013-14 Peruvian League[10] with the club Tupac Amaru.[11] She helped the Colombian national team to qualify for the first time to the FIVB World Grand Prix by reaching the 2014 Pan-American Cup seventh place.[12] Later, she won the 2014 U22 South American Championship silver medal and Best Outside Hitter award[13] and later the 2014 Junior South American Championship Best Outside Hitter award and her team finished in fifth place.[14][13] Coneo won the silver medal in the 2014 U23 Pan-American Cup held in Peru, when they lost the gold medal match 1-3 to the Dominican Republic.[15] She helped her national team to end up in the sixth place in the volleyball tournament held in the 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games in Veracruz, Mexico.[16] With Liga Bolivarense, she won the 2014 Colombian National Championship in the senior[17] and junior category.[11]

2015

During the 2015 Pan-American Cup, Coneo ranked third among the scorers with 124 points, nonetheless, her national team finished in eight place.[18] She played in August the 2015 FIVB U23 World Championship where Colombia ranked tied in ninth place.[19][20] She participated in the 2015 FIVB World Grand Prix,[21][22] reaching the Group 3 Final Four and winning the group bronze medal.[23] With Liga Bolivarense she claimed the 2015 National Games championship[24] over the Antioquia team.[25] Coneo was selected to play the 2015 South American Championship[26] winning the bronze medal with her national team.[27]

2016

In January 2016, she joined the Italian club Lardini Filottrano.[28] In May 2016, she played the 2016 Summer Olympics qualifier tournament in Puerto Rico, where her team failed the berth to the 2016 Summer Olympics after ranking second in the tournament.[29] Coneo participated in the 2016 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix[30] qualifying to the Final Four,[31] but losing the bronze medal match 2-3 to Peru.[32] With her national U22 team, she won the 2016 U22 South American Championship silver medal.[33] She signed for the Italian club Sab Grima Legnano from the A2 Championship[34] and became the first foreign player playing for them.[35]

2017

Coneo played the 2017 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix group 2[36] and ranked in seventh place and 19th overall.[37] She won the 2017 Colombian Senior Championship as the captain of the Bolivar team, their fifth championship.[38] She played with her national senior team the 2017 South American Championship,[39] winning the silver medal when they lost 0-3 to Brazil.[40] She played in October the 2018 FIVB World Championship CSV qualification tournament, but her team could not get a berth for next year competition.[41] After an Italian A2 season where she scored 424 points, she re-signed with the Italian club Sab Volley Legnano for the 2017/18 season.[42]

Personal life

Coneo was born in Cartagena, Colombia on (1996-12-20)20 December 1996.[42] As of 2016 she was a Psychology student.[10] Her parents are Gabriel and Rocio and she has two siblings, Zuleima and Gabriela, who also played volleyball with the national team.[10]

Awards

Individuals

Clubs
  • 2014 Colombian Championship – Champion, with Liga Bolivarense
  • 2017 Colombian Championship – Champion, with Liga Bolivarense

References
  1. "Bolívar, en la élite del voleibol nacional" (in Spanish). El Universal. 18 April 2011. Retrieved 26 December 2017.
  2. "Así se preparan los deportistas del Programa "Bolívar Ganador"" (in Spanish). COLDEPORTES. 25 July 2012. Archived from the original on 26 December 2017. Retrieved 26 December 2017.
  3. "Colombia earn first victory, Mexico finish winless". Ciudad Juarez, Mexico: NORCECA. 18 July 2012. Retrieved 26 December 2017.
  4. "Colombia peleará por el quinto lugar" (in Spanish). Ovacion. 25 November 2012. Archived from the original on 26 December 2017. Retrieved 26 December 2017.
  5. "Colombia agarró quinto puesto" (in Spanish). Ovacion. 26 November 2012. Archived from the original on 26 December 2017. Retrieved 26 December 2017.
  6. "Brazilian LaisVasques elected MVP at U-18 Pan Am Cup". Guatemala City, Guatemala: NORCECA. 4 May 2013. Retrieved 26 December 2017.
  7. "Colombia domina a Guatemala" (in Spanish). Guatemala City, Guatemala: NORCECA. 30 April 2013. Retrieved 26 December 2017.
  8. "Bolívar ganó el título en Nacional de Voleibol Femenino - Categoría Mayores" (in Spanish). COLDEPORTES. 29 July 2013. Archived from the original on 27 December 2017. Retrieved 26 December 2017.
  9. "Colombia lleva ventaja de siete preseas en los Juegos Bolivarianos Trujillo" (in Spanish). Cablenoticias. 30 November 2013. Archived from the original on 26 December 2017. Retrieved 25 December 2017.
  10. "Amanda y su salto triunfal a Italia" (in Spanish). El Colombiano. 12 March 2016. Retrieved 25 December 2017.
  11. "Selección Bolívar de voleibol femenino, otra vez campeona nacional" (in Spanish). El Universal. 2 December 2014. Retrieved 25 December 2017.
  12. "Colombia edges Mexico for seventh place". Pachuca, Mexico: NORCECA. 18 June 2014. Retrieved 25 December 2017.
  13. "Ángela Leyva elegida la mejor jugadora del Sudamericano Sub 22" (in Spanish). El Comercio. 25 August 2014. Retrieved 25 December 2017.
  14. "Brasil sella Campeonato Sudamericano Juvenil Femenino" (in Spanish). Barrancabermeja, Colombia: FIVB. 5 October 2014. Retrieved 25 December 2017.
  15. "Colombia ganó medalla de plata en Panamericano Femenino de voleibol" (in Spanish). RCN. 15 September 2014. Archived from the original on 26 December 2017. Retrieved 26 December 2017.
  16. "Venezuela clinch fifth place in South American Battle at CACG". Cordoba, Mexico: NORCECA. 20 November 2014. Retrieved 26 December 2017.
  17. "Bolívar, el gran campeón del Torneo Nacional de Voleibol – Rama Femenina" (in Spanish). Revista Zetta. 14 July 2014. Retrieved 25 December 2017.
  18. "Estados Unidos gana tercer título en cuatro años de la Copa Panamericana" (in Spanish). Lima, Peru: FIVB. 21 June 2015. Retrieved 25 December 2017.
  19. "Colombia debutó con derrota en el Mundial Sub 23 de Voleibol" (in Spanish). Colombia.com. 12 August 2015. Retrieved 25 December 2017.
  20. "Brazil claim gold at women's U23 World Champs, Turkey and Dominicans complete podium". Ankara, Turkey: FIVB. 19 August 2015. Retrieved 25 December 2017.
  21. "Team Roster – Colombia". FIVB.org. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
  22. "Selección Colombia de volleyball debutó con triunfo en el Grand Prix, en México" (in Spanish). El Universal. COLPRENSA. 28 June 2015. Retrieved 25 December 2017.
  23. "Colombia ganó bronce en el Final Four del World Grand Prix 2015 de Voleibol" (in Spanish). Net Intima. 12 July 2015. Archived from the original on 18 August 2019. Retrieved 25 December 2017.
  24. "Amanda Daniela Coneo Cardona" (in Spanish). juegosnacionales.gov.co. 13 November 2015. Archived from the original on 26 December 2017. Retrieved 25 December 2017.
  25. "Bolívar, campeón del voleibol femenino en los Juegos Nacionales" (in Spanish). El Universal. COLPRENSA. 13 November 2015. Retrieved 25 December 2017.
  26. Caballero Villa, Carlos (29 September 2015). "Sudamericano de Voleibol Femenino, desde hoy en Cartagena" (in Spanish). El Universal. Retrieved 25 December 2017.
  27. Saenz, Amelia (4 October 2015). "Bronce para Colombia en el Sudamericano de voleibol Femenino" (in Spanish). ColombiaSports.net. Retrieved 25 December 2017.
  28. "Volley A2/F: Amanda Coneo, una freccia in più all'arco della Lardini" (in Italian). Sene Sparla. 11 January 2016. Retrieved 25 December 2017.
  29. "Rio-2016: Puerto Rico logra boleto histórico en voleibol femenino" (in Spanish). San Juan, Puerto Rico: Sala de Espera. EFE. 22 May 2016. Retrieved 25 December 2017.
  30. "Cali recibira el Grand Prix de Voleibol Femenino" (in Spanish). ColombiaSports.net. 8 June 2016. Retrieved 26 December 2017.
  31. "Colombia clasificó al World Grand Prix de voleibol femenino" (in Spanish). HSB Noticia. 12 June 2016. Retrieved 26 December 2017.
  32. "Perú venció a Colombia y se quedó con la medalla de bronce en el World Grand Prix de Vóley" (in Spanish). La Republica. 19 June 2016. Retrieved 26 December 2017.
  33. Caballero Villa, Carlos (2 August 2016). "Colombia, subcampeona en voleibol femenino en Suramericano de Lima" (in Spanish). El Universal. Retrieved 25 December 2017.
  34. "Colombia lleva ventaja de siete preseas en los Juegos Bolivarianos Trujillo" (in Spanish). Cablenoticias. 30 November 2016. Archived from the original on 26 December 2017. Retrieved 25 December 2017.
  35. "Dalla Colombia a Castellanza, arriva Amanda Coneo" (in Italian). Varese Sport. 4 July 2016. Retrieved 25 December 2017.
  36. "Colombia estara presente en el Gran Prix de Voleibol" (in Spanish). ColombiaSports.net. 6 July 2017. Retrieved 25 December 2017.
  37. "Group 2 Ranking". FIVB. Retrieved 25 December 2017.
  38. "Se prolonga el reinado de Bolívar en el voleibol: pentacampeonas" (in Spanish). El Heraldo. 28 May 2017. Retrieved 26 December 2017.
  39. Muñoz, Sebastian (15 August 2017). "#Suda2017 Colombia alista sus 'armas' para enfrentar a Perú" (in Spanish). Voleibol.pe. Retrieved 25 December 2017.
  40. "Brasil suma su 20º Titulo y clasifica al Mundial de Japon en el Sudamericano de Cali" (in Spanish). CSV. 19 August 2017. Retrieved 25 December 2017.
  41. "Colombia no pudo quedarse con el cupo al Mundial de Voleibol Femenino del próximo año" (in Spanish). Primer Tiempo. 16 October 2017. Retrieved 26 December 2017.
  42. "Amanda Coneo resta a Legnano" (in Italian). Lega Pallavolo Serie A Femminile. 5 July 2017. Retrieved 25 December 2017.
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