Milagros Cabral
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Milagros Cabral De La Cruz (born October 17, 1978 in Santo Domingo
) is a female volleyball
player from the Dominican Republic
who won the 1998 silver and three consecutive gold medals in 2002, 2006 and 2010 at the Central American and Caribbean Games
.
She competed for her native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics
in Athens, Greece and played in four consecutives world championships from 1998 to 2010.
As a profesional player, she won the "Most Valuable Player" for the Spanish club Ícaro Alaró, when her club won the 2007 Liga Fev Championship. In addition, in 2008 with the Puerto Rican club Pinkin de Corozal
, she was awarded Most Valuable Player and crowned with the championship.
with the club Pioneer in 1997.
.
Milagros also played at the 1998 World Championship
where the Dominican Republic won the last ticket.
for the Marsi Palermo, at a mostly Latin team, playing with fellow Dominican Nuris Arias
, Argentine
s Marianna Ratti and Carolina Costagrande
, and Cubans
Marta Sánchez
and Lilian Izquierdo.
at the Spanish club Construcciones Damesa de Burgos.
At the 2002 FIVB World Championship
, in her second participation at the top volleyball championship, she helped her country to finish in the 13th position.
For the 2002/2003 season, Milagros played with Nuris Arias
at the same club, this time sponsored by Universidad de Burgos. In both seasons with the club, she helped her team to reach the quarterfinals of the Indesit European Champions League
, and the second place of the Spanish Queen's Cup.
Cabral won her first gold medal at the 2002 Central American and Caribbean Games held in San Salvador
, El Salvador
, also winning the "Most Valuable Player" award.
. The cup was won by the United States. Milagros finished the tournamentwith the Best Attacker and MVP awards.
Cabral was selected to swear the athletes' oath
at the 2003 Pan American Games
, held in Santo Domingo
, Dominican Republic
. In those games her national squad claimed the gold medal in this event
for the first time, defeating for second time in the same year the powerful Cuban Team.
For the 2003/2004 season she returned to the Italian League, this time as a middleblocker for Volley Modena.
, where Cabral helped her team Modena to reach the semifinals, she played at the 2004 Distrito Nacional Superior Tournament, resulting in runner up playing with Los Cachorros, who lost to Mirador
The 2004 Summer Olympics
saw the first Dominican Republic participation in women's volleyball, and Milagros had the chance to finish with an attack (scoring spike shot). It was the only Dominican Republic win against the US
team in 5 sets. The Dominican Republic finished its participation in 11th place.
The Russian Super League received Cabral for the 2004/2005 season with the Samorodok Khabarovsk team. There Milagros averaged 18 points.
as 2004 Volleyball Players of the Year
During her season with the Samorodok team, she was voted to be one of the favorites of the team fans and team leader.
At the end of the 2004/2005 season, the Samorodok from Khabarovsk
were able to play at the league quarterfinals. When at the 5th set against Balakovskaia AES Balakovo, Milagros suffered an injury
in the achilles tendon
of her right foot. Her team lost that game whose 5th set ended 19-17, and could not make it to the Final Four.
Liga de Voleibol Superior Femenino
, playing with countrywoman Evelyn Carrera
at Leonas de Ponce
, after her Achilles tendon injury. She would later say that she was playing neither physically nor mentally in plenty form. Nonetheless, she was chosen among the league All-Stars, playing at the foreigners with countrywoman Annerys Vargas
from Vaqueras de Bayamón
.
At the IV Women's Villa de Benidorm International Volleyball Tournament, Cabral was selected Most Valuable Player by the players. Grupo 2002 Murcia won this club tournament, and the invitee Dominican Republic National Team was the first runner-up.
Milagros then came back to the national team at the 2006 Pan-American Cup
, winning the bronze medal with her team.
During the quadrennial regional games celebrated in Cartagena, Colombia
, the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games, she won her second consecutive gold medal, when her national team defeated the powerful Cuban team
in three sets. As gold medal recipient in those games, the Dominican Republic Ministry of Sports and Recreation Felipe Payano awarded Milagros and the rest of the Cartagena medalists with a Laptop
to increase their professional development.
Under the guidance of the national coach Beato Miguel Cruz she went to her third world championship with her national team. There her team ended up in 17th place.
After the victory in Colombia
, and her participation at the world championship, Cabral joined the Spanish club from Liga Fev
, and Ícaro Alaró from Majorca.
, Wanda Rijo
, Cosiri Rodríguez and Yudelquis Contreras, as role model
s, when he was inaugurating the construction of sport courts and the remodeling of some other sports facilities.
Cabral contributed to the promotion of her club Ícaro Alaró to the highest level of Spanish volleyball, the Superliga
. She was also crowned FEV Cup's Most Valuable Player.
Participating in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
, she won with her team the bronze medal at the 2007 NORCECA Championship
.
After the Continental Championship, Cabral's National Team received a wild card
to the 2007 World Cup
, and her experience and the national team finished in 9th place.
n team Korea Expressway Corporation, to play in that league for the first time. At the South Korean V-league, she ended the season as best player of Round 4, All-Star and season Best Scorer. During the season, when Milagros was leading all the scorers, her team used her to promote the team.
After the Korean League ending, Cabral joined the Puerto Rican team Pinkin de Corozal
. She was selected among the foreign players for the All-Star game, and selected as Most Valuable Player at the end of the regular season . She was crowned with her team at the Championship, and was also selected as Most Valuable Player from the final series.
, Milagros qualified for the very first time for the 2009 World Grand Champions Cup
, where her team won the bronze medal.
The Dominican Republic Newspaper Hoy awarded Milagros Cabral as Athlete of the Decade.
Milagros came back to the Korea Expressway Corporation team from South Korea
. The Korean coach
took Milagros as an example for the younger players, because of her spiking technique.
At the end of the Korean season, Cabral returned to play the end of the 2009 season
at the Puerto Rican League, where she was praised for her exciting game. She helped Pinkin de Corozal
to reach the finals, but could not win with her team, after she failed the last spike of the game.
, and Assistant Coach Warner Pacheco to give their U-17 and U-18 teams an international level training.
She won the gold medal with her national team at the 2010 Pan-American Cup
held in Rosarito and Tijuana
, Mexico
.
After winning the 2010 Pan American Cup gold medal for the second time after the 2008 tournament, the President of the Dominican Republic Olympic Committee designed all the players from the National team as National Heroines.
Playing her 4th tournament at the Central American and Caribbean games, she won her 3rd consecutive gold medal, when her team defeated the Puerto Rican team
at Mayagüez, Puerto Rico
, in 5 sets. Later Milagros expressed that this triunph tasted like strawberry
.
After the Central American and Caribbean games, the Dominican Republic government recognized the medalist athletes in those games and the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics
with a total prize of RD$18.485 million Dominican peso
s, which Cabral symbolically accepted in name of the whole group.
Finishing rumors of retirement, Milagros stated that she retired from the Central American and Caribbean games, but will be playing in the National team until the 2012 Summer Olympics
Milagros won the Unique Cup gold medal, defeated the Peruvian team
in the final game played at Coliseo Eduardo Dibos
in Lima
, Peru
.
The Osaka Municipal Central Gymnasium
, in Osaka
, Japan
saw Cabral participate in her fourth World Championship in a row, but her team was not able to reach the second round, ranking 17th by defeating the Canadian team
. Cabral felt disappointed at not qualifying to the second round in Tokyo
.
In December 2010, Milagros played with the Dominican Republic club Mirador
at the 2010 FIVB World Club Championship as team captain, finishing in 4th place with Mirador.
(1997–1998) Marsì Palermo (1998–1999) Construcciones Damesa de Burgos (2001–2002) Universidad de Burgos (2002–2003) Los Cachorros (2001–2004) Volley Modena (2003–2004) Samorodok Khabarovsk (2004–2005) Los Cachorros (2005) Leonas de Ponce
(2006) Ícaro Alaró (2006–2007) Pinkin de Corozal
(2008) Korea Expressway Corporation (2008–2009) Pinkin de Corozal
(2009) Korea Expressway Corporation (2009–2010) Mirador
(2010) Pinkin de Corozal
(2011)
Santo Domingo
Santo Domingo, known officially as Santo Domingo de Guzmán, is the capital and largest city in the Dominican Republic. Its metropolitan population was 2,084,852 in 2003, and estimated at 3,294,385 in 2010. The city is located on the Caribbean Sea, at the mouth of the Ozama River...
) is a female volleyball
Volleyball
Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...
player from the Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic
The Dominican Republic is a nation on the island of La Hispaniola, part of the Greater Antilles archipelago in the Caribbean region. The western third of the island is occupied by the nation of Haiti, making Hispaniola one of two Caribbean islands that are shared by two countries...
who won the 1998 silver and three consecutive gold medals in 2002, 2006 and 2010 at the Central American and Caribbean Games
Central American and Caribbean Games
The Central American and Caribbean Games are a multi-sport regional championships event, held quadrennial , typically in the middle year between Summer Olympics...
.
She competed for her native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Volleyball at the 2004 Summer Olympics
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in Athens, Greece and played in four consecutives world championships from 1998 to 2010.
As a profesional player, she won the "Most Valuable Player" for the Spanish club Ícaro Alaró, when her club won the 2007 Liga Fev Championship. In addition, in 2008 with the Puerto Rican club Pinkin de Corozal
Pinkin de Corozal
Pinkin de Corozal is the professional female volleyball team of Corozal, Puerto Rico.-Current:As of February 2011* Head Coach: Luis E. Ruiz* Assistant coach: Jorge Pérez Vento-League Championship:...
, she was awarded Most Valuable Player and crowned with the championship.
Early life
Milagros started playing volleyball with the team Los Cachorros in 1993, and internationally at JapanJapan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
with the club Pioneer in 1997.
1998
She started playing for the Senior National team, winning the silver medal at the volleyball tournament during the 1998 Central American and Caribbean Games1998 Central American and Caribbean Games
The 18th Central American and Caribbean Games were held in Maracaibo, Venezuela from August 8 to August 22, 1998 and included 31 nations and a total of 5,200 competitors.-Medals:-References:...
.
Milagros also played at the 1998 World Championship
1998 FIVB Women's World Championship
The 1998 FIVB Women's Volleyball World Championship was the thirteenth edition of the tournament, organised by the world's governing body, the FIVB...
where the Dominican Republic won the last ticket.
1999
She played in ItalyItaly
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
for the Marsi Palermo, at a mostly Latin team, playing with fellow Dominican Nuris Arias
Nuris Arias
Nuris Arias Doñé is a female volleyball player from the Dominican Republic, who won the gold medal with the women's national team at the 2003 Pan American Games in her home town Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.-Career:...
, Argentine
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
s Marianna Ratti and Carolina Costagrande
Carolina Costagrande
Carolina Costagrande is an Argetinian born professional volleyball player who became a naturalized Italian. She currently plays for Guangdong Evergrande V.C...
, and Cubans
Cubans
Cubans or Cuban people are the inhabitants or citizens of Cuba. Cuba is a multi-ethnic nation, home to people of different ethnic and national backgrounds...
Marta Sánchez
Marta Sánchez (volleyball)
Marta Sánchez Salfrán is a Cuban volleyball player who competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics.In 2004 she was a member of the Cuban team which won the bronze medal in the Olympic tournament.-External links:*...
and Lilian Izquierdo.
2000
At the 2000 USA Volleyball Open Championships playing with the Dominican Dream Team, Cabral won the championship and she was selected among the All-Tournament Team.2002
During The 2001/2002 season Milagros played with fellow countrywoman Cosiri RodríguezCosiri Rodriguez
Cosiri Rodríguez Andino de Dionicio is a female volleyball player from the Dominican Republic, who competed for her native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, wearing the number #15 jersey...
at the Spanish club Construcciones Damesa de Burgos.
At the 2002 FIVB World Championship
2002 FIVB Women's World Championship
The 2002 FIVB Women's Volleyball World Championship was the fourteenth edition of the tournament, organised by the world's governing body, the FIVB...
, in her second participation at the top volleyball championship, she helped her country to finish in the 13th position.
For the 2002/2003 season, Milagros played with Nuris Arias
Nuris Arias
Nuris Arias Doñé is a female volleyball player from the Dominican Republic, who won the gold medal with the women's national team at the 2003 Pan American Games in her home town Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.-Career:...
at the same club, this time sponsored by Universidad de Burgos. In both seasons with the club, she helped her team to reach the quarterfinals of the Indesit European Champions League
Women's CEV Champions League
The Women's CEV Champions League or Women's Indesit European Champions League is the top official competition for women's volleyball clubs of Europe and takes place every year.- Formula :...
, and the second place of the Spanish Queen's Cup.
Cabral won her first gold medal at the 2002 Central American and Caribbean Games held in San Salvador
San Salvador
The city of San Salvador the capital and largest city of El Salvador, which has been designated a Gamma World City. Its complete name is La Ciudad de Gran San Salvador...
, El Salvador
El Salvador
El Salvador or simply Salvador is the smallest and the most densely populated country in Central America. The country's capital city and largest city is San Salvador; Santa Ana and San Miguel are also important cultural and commercial centers in the country and in all of Central America...
, also winning the "Most Valuable Player" award.
2003
Cabral's National Team won the silver medal at the 2003 Pan American Cup2003 Women's Pan-American Volleyball Cup
The 2003 Women's Pan-American Volleyball Cup was the second edition of the annual Women's Volleyball Tournament, played by eight countries from Monday June 30 to Saturday July 5, 2003 in Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico...
. The cup was won by the United States. Milagros finished the tournamentwith the Best Attacker and MVP awards.
Cabral was selected to swear the athletes' oath
Oath
An oath is either a statement of fact or a promise calling upon something or someone that the oath maker considers sacred, usually God, as a witness to the binding nature of the promise or the truth of the statement of fact. To swear is to take an oath, to make a solemn vow...
at the 2003 Pan American Games
2003 Pan American Games
The 14th Pan American Games were held in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, from 1 to 17 August 2003. The successful bid for the games was made in the mid-1990s, when this country had one of the highest growth rates in Latin America....
, held in Santo Domingo
Santo Domingo
Santo Domingo, known officially as Santo Domingo de Guzmán, is the capital and largest city in the Dominican Republic. Its metropolitan population was 2,084,852 in 2003, and estimated at 3,294,385 in 2010. The city is located on the Caribbean Sea, at the mouth of the Ozama River...
, Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic
The Dominican Republic is a nation on the island of La Hispaniola, part of the Greater Antilles archipelago in the Caribbean region. The western third of the island is occupied by the nation of Haiti, making Hispaniola one of two Caribbean islands that are shared by two countries...
. In those games her national squad claimed the gold medal in this event
Volleyball at the Pan American Games
Volleyball for both men and women is played at the Pan American Games since 1955, when the second edition of the multi-sports event was staged in Mexico City, Mexico.-Men's Winners:-Medal Table:-Women's Winners:-Medal Table:...
for the first time, defeating for second time in the same year the powerful Cuban Team.
For the 2003/2004 season she returned to the Italian League, this time as a middleblocker for Volley Modena.
2004
Returning home from ItalyItaly
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
, where Cabral helped her team Modena to reach the semifinals, she played at the 2004 Distrito Nacional Superior Tournament, resulting in runner up playing with Los Cachorros, who lost to Mirador
The 2004 Summer Olympics
2004 Summer Olympics
The 2004 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad, was a premier international multi-sport event held in Athens, Greece from August 13 to August 29, 2004 with the motto Welcome Home. 10,625 athletes competed, some 600 more than expected, accompanied by 5,501 team...
saw the first Dominican Republic participation in women's volleyball, and Milagros had the chance to finish with an attack (scoring spike shot). It was the only Dominican Republic win against the US
United States women's national volleyball team
The United States women's national volleyball team represents the United States of America in international volleyball competitions and friendly games, and is governed by USA Volleyball.-Current Squad:...
team in 5 sets. The Dominican Republic finished its participation in 11th place.
The Russian Super League received Cabral for the 2004/2005 season with the Samorodok Khabarovsk team. There Milagros averaged 18 points.
2005
The Dominican Republic National Volleyball Federation chose Cabral and José Miguel CáceresJosé Miguel Cáceres
José Miguel Cáceres is a male volleyball player from the Dominican Republic, who won the bronze medal with the men's national team at the 2008 Pan American Cup in Winnipeg, Manitoba...
as 2004 Volleyball Players of the Year
During her season with the Samorodok team, she was voted to be one of the favorites of the team fans and team leader.
At the end of the 2004/2005 season, the Samorodok from Khabarovsk
Khabarovsk
Khabarovsk is the largest city and the administrative center of Khabarovsk Krai, Russia. It is located some from the Chinese border. It is the second largest city in the Russian Far East, after Vladivostok. The city became the administrative center of the Far Eastern Federal District of Russia...
were able to play at the league quarterfinals. When at the 5th set against Balakovskaia AES Balakovo, Milagros suffered an injury
Injury
-By cause:*Traumatic injury, a body wound or shock produced by sudden physical injury, as from violence or accident*Other injuries from external physical causes, such as radiation injury, burn injury or frostbite*Injury from infection...
in the achilles tendon
Achilles tendon
The Achilles tendon , also known as the calcaneal tendon or the tendo calcaneus, is a tendon of the posterior leg. It serves to attach the plantaris, gastrocnemius and soleus muscles to the calcaneus bone.- Anatomy :The Achilles is the tendonous extension of 3 muscles in the lower leg:...
of her right foot. Her team lost that game whose 5th set ended 19-17, and could not make it to the Final Four.
2006
She came back playing professionally at the Puerto RicanPuerto Rico
Puerto Rico , officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico , is an unincorporated territory of the United States, located in the northeastern Caribbean, east of the Dominican Republic and west of both the United States Virgin Islands and the British Virgin Islands.Puerto Rico comprises an...
Liga de Voleibol Superior Femenino
Liga de Voleibol Superior Femenino
The Liga de Voleibol Superior Femenino is a professional volleyball league in Puerto Rico. The competitions are organized by the Puerto Rican Volleyball Federation .-League Champions:-External links:...
, playing with countrywoman Evelyn Carrera
Evelyn Carrera
Evelyn Carrera Pichardo is a retired female volleyball player from the Dominican Republic, who competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, wearing the number #5 jersey. There she ended up in eleventh place with the Dominican Republic women's national team...
at Leonas de Ponce
Leonas de Ponce
The Leonas de Ponce is the professional female volleyball team of Ponce, Puerto Rico.-Current:As of April 2011* Head Coach: Rafael Olzagasti* Assistant coach: José Mieles-Release or Transfer:-References:* *...
, after her Achilles tendon injury. She would later say that she was playing neither physically nor mentally in plenty form. Nonetheless, she was chosen among the league All-Stars, playing at the foreigners with countrywoman Annerys Vargas
Annerys Vargas
Annerys Victoria Vargas Valdez is a female volleyball player from the Dominican Republic, who won three consecutive gold medals at the Central American and Caribbean Games.-2003:...
from Vaqueras de Bayamón
Vaqueras de Bayamón
Vaqueras de Bayamón is the professional female volleyball team of Bayamón, Puerto Rico.-Current:As of April 2011* Head Coach: Yarelis Rodríguez* Assistant coach: Luis Aponte-Release or Transfer:-External links:* * *...
.
At the IV Women's Villa de Benidorm International Volleyball Tournament, Cabral was selected Most Valuable Player by the players. Grupo 2002 Murcia won this club tournament, and the invitee Dominican Republic National Team was the first runner-up.
Milagros then came back to the national team at the 2006 Pan-American Cup
2006 Women's Pan-American Volleyball Cup
The 2006 Women's Pan-American Volleyball Cup was the fifth edition of the annual Women's Volleyball Tournament, played by twelve countries from June 27 to July 8, 2006 in the Coliseo Roberto Clemente in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The event served as a qualifier for the 2007 World Grand Prix in Ningbo,...
, winning the bronze medal with her team.
During the quadrennial regional games celebrated in Cartagena, Colombia
Cartagena, Colombia
Cartagena de Indias , is a large Caribbean beach resort city on the northern coast of Colombia in the Caribbean Coast Region and capital of Bolívar Department...
, the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games, she won her second consecutive gold medal, when her national team defeated the powerful Cuban team
Cuba women's national volleyball team
The Cuba women's national volleyball team is the national team of Cuba.Cuba women's national volleyball team was the first team to break the USSR's and Japan's domination in the world women's volleyball by winning the 1978 World Women's Volleyball Championship.Cuba women's national volleyball team...
in three sets. As gold medal recipient in those games, the Dominican Republic Ministry of Sports and Recreation Felipe Payano awarded Milagros and the rest of the Cartagena medalists with a Laptop
Laptop
A laptop, also called a notebook, is a personal computer for mobile use. A laptop integrates most of the typical components of a desktop computer, including a display, a keyboard, a pointing device and speakers into a single unit...
to increase their professional development.
Under the guidance of the national coach Beato Miguel Cruz she went to her third world championship with her national team. There her team ended up in 17th place.
After the victory in Colombia
Colombia
Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...
, and her participation at the world championship, Cabral joined the Spanish club from Liga Fev
Liga FEV Femenina (Spain)
The Liga FEV Femenina, is the third category league of Spanish Volleyball, under the Superliga 2 de Voleibol Femenina. The administration of the league is carried out by the Real Federación Española de Voleibol.- Group A :...
, and Ícaro Alaró from Majorca.
2007
The Ministry of Sports and Recreation Felipe Payano, mentioned Milagros among countrymates Juana ArrendelJuana Arrendel
Juana Rosario Arrendel is a female high jumper from the Dominican Republic.Arrendel originally won the 1999 Pan American Games in Winnipeg, but lost the gold medal after testing positive for stanozolol. In 2006 she became the sixth woman to win three Central American and Caribbean Games titles in...
, Wanda Rijo
Wanda Rijo
Wanda Rijo Contreras is a female weightlifter from the Dominican Republic. She twice competed at the Summer Olympics: 2000 and 2004. Rijo won the only gold medal for the Dominican Republic at the 1999 Pan American Games in Winnipeg, Canada...
, Cosiri Rodríguez and Yudelquis Contreras, as role model
Role model
The term role model generally means any "person who serves as an example, whose behaviour is emulated by others".The term first appeared in Robert K. Merton's socialization research of medical students...
s, when he was inaugurating the construction of sport courts and the remodeling of some other sports facilities.
Cabral contributed to the promotion of her club Ícaro Alaró to the highest level of Spanish volleyball, the Superliga
Superliga Femenina de Voleibol
The Superliga Femenina de Voleibol ' is the top level of Spanish volleyball. The championship was founded in 1989. The administration of the league is carried out by the Real Federación Española de Voleibol...
. She was also crowned FEV Cup's Most Valuable Player.
Participating in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
, she won with her team the bronze medal at the 2007 NORCECA Championship
2007 Women's NORCECA Volleyball Championship
The 2007 Women's NORCECA Volleyball Championship was the 20th edition of the Women's Continental Volleyball Tournament, played by eight countries from September 17 to September 22, 2007 in Winnipeg, Manitoba .-Competing Nations:-Group A:...
.
After the Continental Championship, Cabral's National Team received a wild card
Wild card (sports)
The term wild card refers broadly to a tournament or playoff berth awarded to an individual or team that has not qualified through normal play.-International sports:...
to the 2007 World Cup
2007 FIVB Women's World Cup
-Qualifying:12 teams participated in the World Cup:*The five champions of their respective continental championships in 2007: , , , , *Four highest-ranked second-place teams of their respective continental championships in 2007: , , , *The host nation's team:...
, and her experience and the national team finished in 9th place.
2008
In October 2008 she signed on with the South KoreaSouth Korea
The Republic of Korea , , is a sovereign state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east, North Korea to the north, and the East China Sea and Republic of China to the south...
n team Korea Expressway Corporation, to play in that league for the first time. At the South Korean V-league, she ended the season as best player of Round 4, All-Star and season Best Scorer. During the season, when Milagros was leading all the scorers, her team used her to promote the team.
After the Korean League ending, Cabral joined the Puerto Rican team Pinkin de Corozal
Pinkin de Corozal
Pinkin de Corozal is the professional female volleyball team of Corozal, Puerto Rico.-Current:As of February 2011* Head Coach: Luis E. Ruiz* Assistant coach: Jorge Pérez Vento-League Championship:...
. She was selected among the foreign players for the All-Star game, and selected as Most Valuable Player at the end of the regular season . She was crowned with her team at the Championship, and was also selected as Most Valuable Player from the final series.
2009
After winning the gold medal with her team at the 2009 NORCECA Championship2009 Women's NORCECA Volleyball Championship
-5th-8th bracket:-Quarter finals:*Friday September 25-Semi finals:*Saturday September 26 — 5th/8th place*Saturday September 26 — 1st/4th place-Finals:*Sunday September 27 — Seventh Place Match...
, Milagros qualified for the very first time for the 2009 World Grand Champions Cup
2009 FIVB Women's World Grand Champions Cup
The 2009 FIVB Women's World Grand Champions Cup was held in Tokyo and Fukuoka, Japan from November 10 to November 15, 2009.-Teams:-Competition formula:...
, where her team won the bronze medal.
The Dominican Republic Newspaper Hoy awarded Milagros Cabral as Athlete of the Decade.
Milagros came back to the Korea Expressway Corporation team from South Korea
South Korea
The Republic of Korea , , is a sovereign state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east, North Korea to the north, and the East China Sea and Republic of China to the south...
. The Korean coach
Coach (sport)
In sports, a coach is an individual involved in the direction, instruction and training of the operations of a sports team or of individual sportspeople.-Staff:...
took Milagros as an example for the younger players, because of her spiking technique.
At the end of the Korean season, Cabral returned to play the end of the 2009 season
2009 Liga de Voleibol Superior Femenino
The 2009 Liga de Voleibol Superior Femenino was the 41st official season of Liga de Voleibol Superior Femenino...
at the Puerto Rican League, where she was praised for her exciting game. She helped Pinkin de Corozal
Pinkin de Corozal
Pinkin de Corozal is the professional female volleyball team of Corozal, Puerto Rico.-Current:As of February 2011* Head Coach: Luis E. Ruiz* Assistant coach: Jorge Pérez Vento-League Championship:...
to reach the finals, but could not win with her team, after she failed the last spike of the game.
2010
The Asics Rainbow Volleyball Club invited Cabral and the Dominican Republic Women's National Team, Marcos KwiekMarcos Kwiek
Marcos Kwiek is a volleyball coach from Brazil. He took over in May 2008 from Beato Miguel Cruz as the head coach of the Dominican Women's National Team, whom he guided to the 8th place at the 2008 Grand Prix....
, and Assistant Coach Warner Pacheco to give their U-17 and U-18 teams an international level training.
She won the gold medal with her national team at the 2010 Pan-American Cup
2010 Women's Pan-American Volleyball Cup
The 2010 Women's Pan-American Volleyball Cup was the ninth edition of the annual women's volleyball tournament, played by eleven countries from 18–26 June 2010 in Rosarito and Tijuana, Mexico...
held in Rosarito and Tijuana
Tijuana
Tijuana is the largest city on the Baja California Peninsula and center of the Tijuana metropolitan area, part of the international San Diego–Tijuana metropolitan area. An industrial and financial center of Mexico, Tijuana exerts a strong influence on economics, education, culture, art, and politics...
, Mexico
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
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After winning the 2010 Pan American Cup gold medal for the second time after the 2008 tournament, the President of the Dominican Republic Olympic Committee designed all the players from the National team as National Heroines.
Playing her 4th tournament at the Central American and Caribbean games, she won her 3rd consecutive gold medal, when her team defeated the Puerto Rican team
Puerto Rico women's national volleyball team
The Puerto Rico women's national volleyball team represents the Puerto Rico in international volleyball competitions. The team failed to qualify for the 2008 Summer Olympics by ending up in eighth and last place at the Olympic Qualifier in Japan...
at Mayagüez, Puerto Rico
Mayagüez, Puerto Rico
Mayagüez is the eighth-largest municipality of Puerto Rico. Originally founded as "Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria" it is also known as "La Sultana del Oeste" , "Ciudad de las Aguas Puras" , or "Ciudad del Mangó"...
, in 5 sets. Later Milagros expressed that this triunph tasted like strawberry
Strawberry
Fragaria is a genus of flowering plants in the rose family, Rosaceae, commonly known as strawberries for their edible fruits. Although it is commonly thought that strawberries get their name from straw being used as a mulch in cultivating the plants, the etymology of the word is uncertain. There...
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After the Central American and Caribbean games, the Dominican Republic government recognized the medalist athletes in those games and the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics
2010 Summer Youth Olympics
The 2010 Summer Youth Olympics, officially known as the Singapore 2010 Youth Olympic Games , were an international multi-sport event for youths that took place in the city-state of Singapore from 14 to 26 August 2010, in the XXIX Olympiad. They were the inaugural Summer Youth Olympics, a major...
with a total prize of RD$18.485 million Dominican peso
Dominican peso
The Dominican peso, also called peso oro is the currency of the Dominican Republic. Its symbol is "$", with "RD$" used when distinction from other pesos is required; its ISO 4217 code is "DOP". Each peso is divided into 100 centavos , for which the ¢ symbol is used...
s, which Cabral symbolically accepted in name of the whole group.
Finishing rumors of retirement, Milagros stated that she retired from the Central American and Caribbean games, but will be playing in the National team until the 2012 Summer Olympics
2012 Summer Olympics
The 2012 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the "London 2012 Olympic Games", are scheduled to take place in London, England, United Kingdom from 27 July to 12 August 2012...
Milagros won the Unique Cup gold medal, defeated the Peruvian team
Peru women's national volleyball team
The Peru women's national volleyball team is the national team of Peru. The team was one of the dominant forces in women's volleyball in the 1980s, culminating in the silver medal won at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea.-Olympic Games:* 1964 — did not participate* 1968 —...
in the final game played at Coliseo Eduardo Dibos
Coliseo Eduardo Dibos
The Coliseo Eduardo Dibos is a multi-propose indoor arena located in San Borja Lima, Peru, exactly between Angamos Ave. and Aviación Ave. The arena has a capacity for 6,000 people. This arena is used to host sport events as volleyball and basketball, also many other secondary sports. It is also...
in Lima
Lima
Lima is the capital and the largest city of Peru. It is located in the valleys of the Chillón, Rímac and Lurín rivers, in the central part of the country, on a desert coast overlooking the Pacific Ocean. Together with the seaport of Callao, it forms a contiguous urban area known as the Lima...
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Peru
Peru , officially the Republic of Peru , is a country in western South America. It is bordered on the north by Ecuador and Colombia, on the east by Brazil, on the southeast by Bolivia, on the south by Chile, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean....
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The Osaka Municipal Central Gymnasium
Osaka Municipal Central Gymnasium
is an indoor sporting arena located in Minato-ku, Osaka, Japan. The capacity of the arena is 8,200 people. It has hosted several of the group matches for the 2006 Volleyball World Championship. It currently serves as the home court for the Osaka Evessa, a professional basketball team in the bj...
, in Osaka
Osaka
is a city in the Kansai region of Japan's main island of Honshu, a designated city under the Local Autonomy Law, the capital city of Osaka Prefecture and also the biggest part of Keihanshin area, which is represented by three major cities of Japan, Kyoto, Osaka and Kobe...
, Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
saw Cabral participate in her fourth World Championship in a row, but her team was not able to reach the second round, ranking 17th by defeating the Canadian team
Canada women's national volleyball team
The Canada women's national volleyball team represents Canada in the international women's volleyball competitions and friendly games.-Olympic Games:* 1964 — did not participate* 1968 — did not participate...
. Cabral felt disappointed at not qualifying to the second round in Tokyo
Tokyo
, ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family...
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In December 2010, Milagros played with the Dominican Republic club Mirador
Mirador Volleyball
The Mirador Sport and Cultural Center or simply Mirador is a women's volleyball club, based in Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional, Dominican Republic.-History:The team was found 1970....
at the 2010 FIVB World Club Championship as team captain, finishing in 4th place with Mirador.
Clubs
Los Cachorros (1995–1997) Pioneer Red WingsPioneer Red Wings
Pioneer Red Wings is a women's volleyball team based in Tendo city, Yamagata, Japan. It plays in V.Premier League. The club was founded in 1979.The owner of the team is Tohoku Pioneer-History:...
(1997–1998) Marsì Palermo (1998–1999) Construcciones Damesa de Burgos (2001–2002) Universidad de Burgos (2002–2003) Los Cachorros (2001–2004) Volley Modena (2003–2004) Samorodok Khabarovsk (2004–2005) Los Cachorros (2005) Leonas de Ponce
Leonas de Ponce
The Leonas de Ponce is the professional female volleyball team of Ponce, Puerto Rico.-Current:As of April 2011* Head Coach: Rafael Olzagasti* Assistant coach: José Mieles-Release or Transfer:-References:* *...
(2006) Ícaro Alaró (2006–2007) Pinkin de Corozal
Pinkin de Corozal
Pinkin de Corozal is the professional female volleyball team of Corozal, Puerto Rico.-Current:As of February 2011* Head Coach: Luis E. Ruiz* Assistant coach: Jorge Pérez Vento-League Championship:...
(2008) Korea Expressway Corporation (2008–2009) Pinkin de Corozal
Pinkin de Corozal
Pinkin de Corozal is the professional female volleyball team of Corozal, Puerto Rico.-Current:As of February 2011* Head Coach: Luis E. Ruiz* Assistant coach: Jorge Pérez Vento-League Championship:...
(2009) Korea Expressway Corporation (2009–2010) Mirador
Mirador Volleyball
The Mirador Sport and Cultural Center or simply Mirador is a women's volleyball club, based in Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional, Dominican Republic.-History:The team was found 1970....
(2010) Pinkin de Corozal
Pinkin de Corozal
Pinkin de Corozal is the professional female volleyball team of Corozal, Puerto Rico.-Current:As of February 2011* Head Coach: Luis E. Ruiz* Assistant coach: Jorge Pérez Vento-League Championship:...
(2011)
Individuals
- 2000 USA Open Championships "All-Tournament Team"
- 2002 Central American and Caribbean Games "Most Valuable Player"
- 2003 Pan-American Cup "Most Valuable Player"
- 2003 Pan-American Cup "Best Attacker"
- 2004 Dominican Republic "Volleyball Player of the Year"
- 2006 Puerto Rican Liga de Voleibol Superior Femenino "All-Star"
- 2006-2007 Copa FEV "Most Valuable Player"
- 2008 Puerto Rican Liga de Voleibol Superior Femenino "Final Series Most Valuable Player"
- 2008 Puerto Rican Liga de Voleibol Superior Femenino "Most Valuable Player"
- 2008-2009 NH Bank Cup Korean V-League "All-Star"
- 2008-2009 NH Bank Cup Korean V-League "Best Player of 4th Round"
- 2008-2009 NH Bank Cup Korean V-League "Best Scorer"
Clubs
- 2002 Spanish Queen's Cup - Runner-Up, with Construcciones Damesa de Burgos
- 2003 Spanish Queen's Cup - Runner-Up, with Universidad de Burgos
- 2004 Dominican Republic Distrito Nacional Superior Tournament - Runner-Up, with Los Cachorros
- 2005 Dominican Republic Distrito Nacional Superior Tournament - Runner-Up, with Los Cachorros
- 2006-2007 Liga FEVLiga FEV Femenina (Spain)The Liga FEV Femenina, is the third category league of Spanish Volleyball, under the Superliga 2 de Voleibol Femenina. The administration of the league is carried out by the Real Federación Española de Voleibol.- Group A :...
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Champion, with Ícaro Alaró - 2008 Liga de Voleibol Superior FemeninoLiga de Voleibol Superior FemeninoThe Liga de Voleibol Superior Femenino is a professional volleyball league in Puerto Rico. The competitions are organized by the Puerto Rican Volleyball Federation .-League Champions:-External links:...
- Champion, with Pinkin de Corozal - 2009 Liga de Voleibol Superior Femenino2009 Liga de Voleibol Superior FemeninoThe 2009 Liga de Voleibol Superior Femenino was the 41st official season of Liga de Voleibol Superior Femenino...
- Runner-Up, with Pinkin de Corozal