Verónica Gómez

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| fullname = Verónica Maria Gómez Carabali

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| nationality = Venezuelan

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Verónica Maria Gómez Carabali ({{birth date|1985|08|30|df=yes}} - 13 April 2012) was a Venezuelan female volleyball player.

Career

She was part of the Venezuela women's national volleyball team. She won the silver medal at the 2002 Central American and Caribbean Games and the silver medal at the 2005 Bolivarian Games.{{cite web|title=Team Roster – Venezuela|url=http://www.norceca.org/|work=arabgames2011.qa|access-date=16 February 2012}} She was in 2007 awarded in Belgium as volleyball player of the year.

Gómez died at the age of 26 due to heart failure. She recovered in Venezuela from surgery on the Achilles tendon when she died unexpectedly.[http://www.hbvl.be/cnt/aid1154570/volleyspeelster-gomez-ex-tongeren-overlijdt-na-hartfalen] {{in lang|nl}}

References

Category:1985 births

Category:2012 deaths

Category:Venezuelan women's volleyball players

Category:Place of birth missing