Emilce Sosa
Emilce "Mimi" Sosa (born 11 September 1987) is an Argentine volleyball player who represents Argentina in international competition.
Emilce Sosa | |||
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Personal information | |||
Full name | Emilce Fabiana Sosa | ||
Nickname | Mimí | ||
Nationality | Argentina | ||
Born | Ibarreta, Argentina | 11 September 1987||
Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
Weight | 75 kg (165 lb) | ||
Spike | 305 cm (120 in) | ||
Block | 295 cm (116 in) | ||
Volleyball information | |||
Position | Middle blocker | ||
Current club | Club Atlético San Lorenzo de Almagro | ||
Number | 9 & 10 (club and national team) | ||
National team | |||
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Last updated: 10 november 2020 |
She participated with the Argentina national team at the Pan-American Volleyball Cup (in 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016),[1] the FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix (in 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016),[2] the FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup (in 2011, 2015),[3][4] the 2014 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship in Italy,[5] 2018 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship,[6] the 2015 Pan American Games in Canada,[1] and the 2016 Summer Olympics in Brazil.[7]
At club level she played for Olimpico Freyre,[8] Instituto de Córdoba, Boca Juniors, CSM București, Ştiinţa Bacău and Rio do Sul before moving to Esporte Clube Pinheiros in 2016.[9]
Personal life
A Quechua descendant,[9] Sosa was born in Ibarreta, a settlement in the Formosa Province (North east Argentina), during her first years she lived in the nearby city of Las Lomitas. At the time her mother was working in a wichí community in the west of the province (around 300 km from Las Lomitas) and when Sosa was 8 years, she moved to the community with her father and siblings.[10]
Her first sport was football, it was due to her mother influence that she took on volleyball when she was 14 years and started playing at Club Escuela de Comercio de Las Lomitas.[9][10] She moved to Córdoba at the age of 16, after being selected to play football for Belgrano de Córdoba and was also playing volleyball at Club Universitario de Córdoba.[10][11] Only when asked to decide which sport to follow, she chose volleyball.[12] From Universitario de Córdoba she moved to Asociación Deportiva Atenas before starting her professional career at Olímpico de Freyre.[10]
Emilce is openly lesbian and was married with the brazilian volleyball player Milka Silva.[13]
Clubs
- Club Universitario de Córdoba
- Atenas
- Olimpico Freyre (2005–2006)
- Instituto de Córdoba (2006–2007)
- Boca Juniors (2007–2011)
- CSM București (2011–2012)
- CS Ştiinţa Bacău (2012–2014)
- Rio do Sul (2015–2016)
- Esporte Clube Pinheiros (2016–2017)
- São Caetano Esporte Clube (2017–2018)
- Brasília Vôlei (2018)
- Club Atlético San Lorenzo de Almagro (2020-)
References
- "Profile – Toronto 2015". Toronto 2015 Pan Am. Archived from the original on 1 April 2016. Retrieved 12 January 2017.
- "Profile – World Grand Prix 2016". FIVB. Retrieved 12 January 2017.
- "Profile – World Cup 2011". FIVB. Retrieved 12 January 2017.
- "Profile – World Cup 2015". FIVB. Retrieved 12 January 2017.
- "Profile – Italy 2014". FIVB. Retrieved 12 January 2017.
- "Team Roster - Argentina - FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship Japan 2018". japan2018.fivb.com. Retrieved 2018-10-08.
- "Profile – Rio 2016". FIVB. Retrieved 12 January 2017.
- "Del semillero a la selección". Diario Sports (in Spanish). 8 January 2016. Retrieved 14 January 2017.
- "Emilce Sosa, la voleibolista wichi que estará en Río 2016". La Tinta (in Spanish). 16 July 2016. Retrieved 12 January 2017.
- "Los orígenes de Emilce "Mimí" Sosa una historia llena de sacrificio y amor". Diario El Comercial (in Spanish). 5 December 2013. Retrieved 12 January 2017.
- Czyz, Fernando (13 August 2014). "Emilce Sosa, la figura de las Panteras, que no olvida sus raíces aborígenes". La Nación (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 January 2017.
- "Mimí Sosa: "Mi sueño máximo son los Juegos Olímpicos"". diarioformosa.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 January 2017.
- Canossa, Carolina (28 June 2018). "Dia do Orgulho LGBTI: jogadoras falam como o vôlei as levou ao casamento" (in Portuguese). Infobae. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
External links
- Profile at CEV
- Profile (in Portuguese) at Esporte Clube Pinheiros
- YouTube
- Zimbio
- Getty Images