Madelaynne Montaño

Madelaynne Montaño
Personal information
Full name Madelaynne Montaño Caicedo
Nationality Colombia
Born (1983-01-06) January 6, 1983
Tuluá, Valle del Cauca, Colombia
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight 68 kg (150 lb)
Spike 330 cm (130 in)
Block 310 cm (120 in)
Volleyball information
Position Opposite
Current club Chemik Police
National team
2011 -Colombia
Honours
Women’s Volleyball
Competitor for  Colombia
Last updated: June 2012

Madelaynne Montaño Caicedo (born January 6, 1983 in Tuluá, Valle del Cauca) is a female volleyball player from Colombia, who win the silver medal at the 2012 FIVB Club World Championship playing with Fenerbahçe Istanbul.[1]

Montaño won the South Korean V-League in the 2009/10 season with KT&G Daejeon and the 2012-13 Azerbaijan Super League playing with Rabita Baku. She won the Most Valuable Player award in both times.

Personal life

Madelaynne started playing basketball at school. She is married and has a son.[2]

Career

After playing as junior, she played since 1996 in Colombian Liga del Valle,[3] then moved to the Argentinian League with the team San Fernando de Catamarca.[2]

From Argentina she went to Miami Dade College. There she studied military psychology and played in the volleyball team, winning the NJCAA National Championship in 2002, being chosen among the All-Tournament Team[4] and also was the AVCA Two-year Colleges National Player of the Year award.[5] For the 2003 season, the Miami Dade College team finished in 3rd place after falling in the semifinal game from Southwest Missouri State[6] and beating the College of Southern Idaho for the Bronze medal match. In that tournament Madelaynne was awarded among the All-Tournament Team and Best Scorer, Best Spiker and Best Server.[7] After playing in the Miami Dade College, she participated in the Volleyball Tournament of the 2004 National Games, winning the Silver Medal representing the Valle region.[8]

Signed in Greece to play for two years in the Greek A1 League team Aris Thessaloniki. With this team she finished in third place for the 2004/2005 League Championship and second in the Greek Cup. After the 2005/2006 season, Madelaynne took sabbatical time due to maternity, coming back to play in the other Thessaloniki team, Iraklis Thessaloniki for the 2008/2009 A1 Season. In 2009 Montaño joined the South Korean club KT&G Daejeon, winning the 2009/2010 League Championship and the "Most Valuable Player" award.

2011

Playing with her South Korean club, KT&G Hungkuk, Madelaynne scored 53 points against GS Caltex from the South Korean V-League.[9][10]

At the end of the 2010-2011 club season, Montaño finished in second place in the Most Valuable Player voting poll.[11]

Alongside international player Kenny Moreno, Montaño accepted to play with the Colombia National team, to pursuit the team qualification for the 2012 Olympics.[12]

For her achievements in the 2010/2011 season, Montaño was one of the finalists for the Colombian Sportswoman of the Year award, ultimately won by champion cyclist Mariana Pajón.[13]

In her first official international tournament with her national team, Montaño finished 4th at the 2011 South American Championship and was awarded Best Scorer of the tournament.[14]

2012

She signed for Rabita Baku to play the 2012/2013 season. Montaño won the silver medal in the 2012 FIVB Club World Championship, playing with the Azerbaijani club Rabita Baku.[15]

2013

Montaño's club, Rabita Baku won the Azerbaijan Super League Championship[16] winning their sixth title in a row.[17][18] She won the league's Most Valuable Player award.[19]

Soon after the end of the Azerbajani Super League, Montaño signed with the Turkish club Galatasaray Daikin.[20]

Montaño earn the Most Valuable Player of the South American Championship with the National Team, which ranked in 4th place and helping her team to qualify for the 2014 South American World Championship Qualification Tournament.[21]

Clubs

Awards

Individuals

College

Clubs

References

  1. ↑ New Yellow Angel; Madelaynne Montaño
  2. 1 2 El Periodico Deportivo (2011-09-22). "Voleibolista de talla mundial" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2011-10-03.
  3. ↑ 2004 Juegos Nacionales. "Madelaynne Montaño" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2011-10-03.
  4. ↑ NJCAA (2002-10-27). "2002 NJCAA DI Volleyball National Championship". Retrieved 2011-10-03.
  5. ↑ AVCA. "AVCA Two-Year College National Player of the Year". Retrieved 2011-10-03.
  6. ↑ Sun Sentinel (2003-11-26). "Miami-dade Falls In Volleyball Semifinals". Retrieved 2011-10-03.
  7. ↑ NJCAA (2003-10-26). "2003 NJCAA DI Volleyball National Championship". Retrieved 2011-10-03.
  8. ↑ 2004 Juegos Nacionales (2011-10-03). "Medallistas de VOLEIBOL" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2011-10-03.
  9. ↑ FIVB (2011-03-02). "Colombian scores 53 points to equal world record". Retrieved 2011-10-03.
  10. ↑ Volleywood.net: Top Ten Female Volleyball Scorers
  11. ↑ Korean Times (2011-04-19). "Kim, Hwang named MVPs in V-League". Retrieved 2011-10-03.
  12. ↑ Terra (2011-08-23). "Selección Colombia Femenina de Voleibol se prepara para Londres 2012" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2011-10-03.
  13. ↑ Antena 2 (2011-09-14). "La antioqueña Mariana Pajón, deportista del año: Pastas La Muñeca" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2011-10-04.
  14. ↑ FIVB (2011-10-02). "Brazil seal 17th South American title to deny Argentina World Cup place". Retrieved 2011-10-05.
  15. ↑ "Trentino Diatec and Sollys Nestle crowned in Doha". Doha, Qatar: FIVB. 2012-10-19. Retrieved 2012-10-19.
  16. ↑ "Рабита" празднует чемпионство (in Russian). Azerbaijan Volleyball Federation. 2013-04-17. Retrieved 2013-04-28.
  17. ↑ ""Rabitə" ölkə çempionudur!" (in Azerbaijani). Azərbaycan QƏZETİ. 2013-04-19. Retrieved 2013-04-28.
  18. ↑ ""Rabitə" ölkə çempionudur" (in Azerbaijani). Azərbaycan QƏZETİ. 2013-04-28. Retrieved 2013-04-28.
  19. ↑ "Super Liqanın "ən"ləri bəlli oldu" (in Azerbaijani). Record.az. 2013-04-28. Retrieved 2013-04-29.
  20. ↑ "Madelaynne Montano Galatasaray’da" (in Turkish). Habergazete.com. 2013-04-30. Retrieved 2013-04-30.
  21. ↑ "SUDAMERICANO FEMENINO: Brasil, Argentina y Perú se consagraron los mejores del Continente" (in Spanish). Ica, Peru: CSV. 2013-09-22. Retrieved 2013-09-22.

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