Emilce Sosa

{{Short description|Argentine volleyball player}}

{{Infobox volleyball biography

| name = Emilce Sosa

| image = Las Panteras Media Day by BugWarp - September 2022 (220).jpg

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| fullname = Emilce Fabiana Sosa

| nickname = Mimí

| nationality = {{ARG}}

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1987|9|11|df=y}}

| birth_place = Ibarreta, Argentina

| hometown =

| height = {{convert|1.77|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}}

| weight = {{convert|75|kg|lb|abbr=on}}

| spike = {{convert|305|cm|in|abbr=on}}

| block = {{convert|295|cm|in|abbr=on}}

| college =

| position = Middle blocker

| currentclub = Club Atlético San Lorenzo de Almagro

| currentnumber = 9 & 10 (club and national team)

| years =

| team =

| nationalyears = 2009–

| nationalteam = Argentina

| medaltemplates =

| medaltemplates-expand = set to "yes" to auto-expand medaltemplates section

| updated = 10 november 2020

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Emilce "Mimi" Sosa (born 11 September 1987) is an Argentine volleyball player who represents Argentina in international competition.

She participated with the Argentina national team at the Pan-American Volleyball Cup (in 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016),{{cite web |title=Profile – Toronto 2015 |url=http://results.toronto2015.org/IRS/en/volleyball/athlete-profile-n10161512-sosa-emilce.htm |publisher=Toronto 2015 Pan Am |accessdate=12 January 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160401003822/http://results.toronto2015.org/IRS/en/volleyball/athlete-profile-n10161512-sosa-emilce.htm |archive-date=1 April 2016 |url-status=dead }} the FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix (in 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016),{{cite web |title=Profile – World Grand Prix 2016 |url=http://worldgrandprix.2016.fivb.com/en/group2/competition/teams/arg-argentina/players/emilce-sosa?id=51222 |publisher=FIVB |accessdate=12 January 2017}} the FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup (in 2011, 2015),{{cite web |title=Profile – World Cup 2011 |url=http://www.fivb.org/EN/volleyball/competitions/WorldCup/2011/Women/Players.asp?Tourn=WWC2011&Team=ARG&No=124660 |publisher=FIVB |accessdate=12 January 2017}}{{cite web |title=Profile – World Cup 2015 |url=http://worldcup.2015.women.fivb.com/en/competition/teams/arg-argentina/players/emilce-sosa?id=47921 |publisher=FIVB |accessdate=12 January 2017}} the 2014 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship in Italy,{{cite web |title=Profile – Italy 2014 |url=http://italy2014.fivb.org/en/competition/teams/arg-argentina/players/emilce-sosa?id=41571 |publisher=FIVB |accessdate=12 January 2017}} 2018 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship,{{Cite web|url=http://japan2018.fivb.com/en/competition/teams/arg%20argentina/team_roster|title=Team Roster - Argentina - FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship Japan 2018|website=japan2018.fivb.com|language=en|access-date=2018-10-08}} the 2015 Pan American Games in Canada, and the 2016 Summer Olympics in Brazil.{{cite web |title=Profile – Rio 2016 |url=http://rio2016.fivb.com/en/volleyball/women/teams/arg-argentina/players/emilce-sosa?id=53238 |publisher=FIVB |accessdate=12 January 2017}}

At club level, she played for Olimpico Freyre,{{cite web |title=Del semillero a la selección |url=http://www.diariosports.com.ar/noticia/voley/08/01/2016/del-semillero-a-la-seleccion |language=Spanish |work=Diario Sports |date=8 January 2016 |accessdate=14 January 2017 |archive-date=16 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181216163418/https://www.diariosports.com.ar/noticia/voley/08/01/2016/del-semillero-a-la-seleccion |url-status=dead }} Instituto de Córdoba, Boca Juniors, CSM București, Ştiinţa Bacău and Rio do Sul before moving to Esporte Clube Pinheiros in 2016.{{cite web |title=Emilce Sosa, la voleibolista wichi que estará en Río 2016 |url=http://latinta.com.ar/2016/07/emilse-sosa-la-voleibolista-wichi-que-estara-en-rio-2016/ |language=Spanish |work=La Tinta |date=16 July 2016 |accessdate=12 January 2017}}

Personal life

A Quechua descendant, 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.{{cite web |title=Los orígenes de Emilce "Mimí" Sosa una historia llena de sacrificio y amor |url=http://www.elcomercial.com.ar/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=127458:los-origenes-de-emilce-mimi-sosa-una-historia-llena-de-sacrificio-y-amor-&catid=62&Itemid=63 |language=Spanish |work=Diario El Comercial |date=5 December 2013 |accessdate=12 January 2017}}

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. 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.{{cite web |title=Emilce Sosa, la figura de las Panteras, que no olvida sus raíces aborígenes |url=http://www.lanacion.com.ar/1718022-emilce-sosa-la-figura-de-las-panteras-que-no-olvida-sus-raices-aborigenes |language=Spanish |work=La Nación |first=Fernando |last=Czyz |date=13 August 2014 |accessdate=12 January 2017}} Only when asked to decide which sport to follow, she chose volleyball.{{cite web |title= Mimí Sosa: "Mi sueño máximo son los Juegos Olímpicos" |url=http://www.diarioformosa.net/notix/noticia/38777_mimi-sosa-mi-sueno-maximo-son-los-juegos-olimpicos-.htm |language=Spanish |work=diarioformosa.com |accessdate=12 January 2017}} From Universitario de Córdoba she moved to Asociación Deportiva Atenas before starting her professional career at Olímpico de Freyre.

Emilce is openly lesbian and was married to Brazilian volleyball player Milka Silva.{{Cite web|url=https://saidaderede.blogosfera.uol.com.br/2018/06/28/dia-do-orgulho-lgbti-jogadoras-falam-como-o-volei-as-levou-ao-casamento/|language=pt-br|publisher=Infobae|title=Dia do Orgulho LGBTI: jogadoras falam como o vôlei as levou ao casamento.|first=Carolina|last=Canossa|date=28 June 2018|accessdate=30 August 2019}}

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