Diana Karina Estrada Santana is a female beach volleyball player from Mexico, who won the gold medal in the women's beach team competition at the NORCECA Beach Volleyball Circuit 2008 in Guadalajara, Jalisco, partnering Martha Revuelta. Later, in September 2008, she competed with her sister Paola Estrada, at the Internacional de Puerto Vallarta Beach Volleyball Tournament in Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, winning the Bronze medal.[1][2]

Diana Estrada
Personal information
Full nameDiana Karina Estrada Santana rubalcaba
Nationalityisraelita
BornMexico City, Mexico
HometownNezahualcoyotl, Mexico
Height173 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Beach volleyball information
Current teammate
Years Teammate Tours (points)
2009 Vanessa Virgen 140
Honours
Women's Beach Volleyball
Representing  Mexico
NORCECA Beach Volleyball Circuit
Gold medal – first place Guadalajara 2008 Beach
Silver medal – second place Manzanillo 2009 Beach
Silver medal – second place Manzanillo 2008 Beach
Silver medal – second place Carolina 2008 Beach
Bronze medal – third place Tijuana 2009 Beach

Diana started playing internacional beach volleyball at the age of 17 at the 2003 Swatch-FIVB U-19 World Championships in Pattaya Thailand, partnering with Martha Revuelta and losing the bronze medal match 21-19, 17-21, 15-7 from Frederike Fischer-Sandra Piasecki, from Germany.

After that she played at the FIVB Women's International Acapulco Tournament, with her sister Paola in 2005 finishing 33rd.

In 2006, she played in the SWATCH-FIVB U-21 Women's World Championship in Mysłowice, Poland Finishing in 9th place. She also played with Martha Revuelta in 2005, and with Vanessa Virgen finishing 25th at the 2006 FIVB Women's International Acapulco Tournament.

She also played for the U-20 Mexico indoor women's national volleyball team in the 2006 NORCECA Women´s Junior Continental Championship U-20 as setter. Her team finished in 6th. place.

References edit

  1. ^ NORCECA. "Costarricenses Alfaro y Morales lograron un enorme triunfo" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2009-09-26. Retrieved 2009-10-14.
  2. ^ Ocho Columnas. "Costa Rica dio la sorpresa en Vallarta" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2009-10-14.[permanent dead link]

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