Winifer Fernandez is one of the most successful and multi-talented volleyball players in the world. Widely recognized as slick, smart, fast, and consistent, she has won numerous prestigious accolades at such a young age and helped several renowned clubs to win titles at various levels too.
Having represented her country at various youth levels including the World Grand Prix Group 2 where she managed to secure gold. The accomplished volleyball player has also made a large amount of fortune from her already flourishing career.
Early Life
Winifer Fernandez was born on January 6, 1995, in Santiago de los Caballeros, Santiago Province, the Dominican Republic making her 27 years old as of 2022.
Starting her career at the age of 10 under coach Miguel Durán, she moved to Santo Domingo to join the junior national team, in 2009.
Educational Details
Fernandez seems more secretive about her parents and siblings, as she has not revealed anything about her family background. She has maintained a low-key profile regarding her family life.
She was raised in Santiago de los Caballeros along with her family. She holds Dominican nationality and regarding her ethnicity, she is mixed. In 2013, Fernandez had a plan to pursue a degree in Business Administration. But, she later switched to the game after she found her keen love for Volleyball.
A Look At Her Professional Career
Widely known as slick, fast, and smart, Fernandez quickly built an impressive reputation with the Dominican club Santigo winning the 2008 Dominican Republic Volleyball League bronze medal.
Fernandez later joined the club Cienfuegos and won the 2009 Santiago province championship as well as the Best Libero award with it.
Win the 2011 provincial tournament gold medal
She also displayed her greatest performance in the 2011 Girls' Youth Pan-American Cup-winning various prestigious accolades including a bronze medal and the Best Libero award.
Fernandez also helped the club win the 2011 provincial tournament gold medal. For her marvelous performance throughout the tournament, she again received the Best Digger, Best Receiver, and Best Libero awards.
Won the gold medal
With her under-20 national team, Fernandez won the gold medal playing at the 2012 Junior NORCECA Championship. And she also led her team to qualify for the 2013 Junior World Championship.
The year 2013 also brought more recognition and success as she won the "Most Valuable Player" as well as a gold medal in the Baja California International Cup. Later she was awarded the Volleyball Player of the Year by the Santiago Province Guild of Sports Writers.
Play in the World Grand Prix Group
In 2016, Fernandez received her first call from her national team to play in the World Grand Prix Group 2 and won the gold too.
In July 2016, A YouTube video featuring her unique playing style went viral. The incredibly beautiful and sexy lady gained massive public attention after a video compilation of her playing volleyball was released. The video was mainly focused on her physical appearance rather than her playing skills. It also led to the surfacing of many pictures, videos, and GIFs about her. And her expression in the video was really displeasure.
Won the U23-Pan-American Cup
Representing her country at Under-23, Fernandez won the U23-Pan-American Cup and helped them to qualify for the 2017 FIVB U23 Championship where the team finished fourth. In the 2017 Bolivarian Games, she also won the U23 tournament gold medal.
In Sep 2017, Salvadoran newspaper El Mundo #7 ranked Fernandez as #7 among the 10 most beautiful and coveted athletes in the world.
Net Worth
A versatile young volleyball player's net worth is around $2.1 million. She had $2 Million as of 2022. She has won a number of accolades and participated in several big campaigns at such a young age. Her annual salary was around $74,764, as of 2019.
In 2022, the sportswoman might earn more than that. She has a luxurious lifestyle with her million-dollar net worth.
Salary, And Major Source Of Income
The media personality can also make a certain agreeable amount of money from her Instagram account where he has over 374 k followers. Fernandez earns around $1122- $1870 per post on her Instagram account with an engagement rate of 9.91%.
She also started her YouTube channel called Winifer Fernandez-Topic. As of 2019, she had amassed over 1.63k subscribers on her Channel. With her hard work and popularity, she is believed to earn more in the upcoming days.
Awards And Achievements
Fernández won the NORCECA U18 continental championship Best Libero, Digger, and Receiver awards in 2010. Repeating these awards in the 2012 NORCECA U20 Championship, she also won the gold medal and the Most Valuable Player award.
She 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.
Won the World Grand Prix Group 2,
Fernández 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 at the 2015 Club World Championship.
Relationship Status
As of now, Fernandez is not married and is also not dating anyone officially. She is more focused on her meteoric career probably. She has kept secret everything about her relationship and boyfriend.
But one of her Instagram posts in 2018 has compelled all of her fans and followers to be in a relationship. In the post, she shared a cozy picture of herself with a mysterious man.
Social Media
Fernandez is also quite active on social media like Instagram, where she had more than 102k followers as of 2019. She posted a photo along with a mystery guy on her Instagram account on Sep 15, 2019. As of 2022, the volleyball player has 374 k followers.
But it is hard to pin down whether the two are a couple or just a friend. Despite having a large fan following on her social media, she rarely shares her photos.
Fernandez's Body Measurement, Height, Age, And Other Facts
- Winifer Fernandez stands at a height of 5 ft 7 inches.
- Eye Color: She has dark brown eyes.
- Hair Color: Her eyes are black in color.
- Weighs: She weighs 62 kg (137 lb).
- Bra Size: 34B
- Age: 6 January 1995 (As of 2022 her age is 27)
- Birth Name: Winifer María Fernández Pérez
- Nationality: Dominican
- Spike: 270 cm (106 in)
- Block: 265 cm (104 in)
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