"We only have good words to describe Yennifer Ramírez”, expresses coach Marcos Kwiek, technical director of the National Project for Women’s Volleyball Teams.
“We will remember her as a talented, responsible, disciplined and very serious girl in her work”, declares the qualified Brazilian technician, who met her in 2008 when she assumed the direction of the Project in substitution of Miguel Beato Cruz.
“She was a 1A girl,” Cristian Cruz emphasizes about Yennifer, who died last Wednesday presumably of a heart attack at the age of 29. “Good companion, affectionate. She agglutinated”.
Those attributes, plus her quality as a starter, had a notable impact on her serving as captain of the children’s and youth teams.
She stated that these qualities are common in the Ramírez-Martínez family, and gave as an example her father, the immortal Soterio Ramírez, as well as her cousins Brayelin and Yineiry Martínez, probably two of the main columns of “Las Reinas del Caribbean”.
"Yennifer Ramírez was an athlete worthy of admiration for her dedication and discipline, mainly”, emphasizes Wilson Sánchez, another of the coaches who make up the technical staff of the successful project.
“A very humble, simple, very respectful girl, who allowed herself to be loved because she was the same with all people. It has been very painful for us who were in the whole stage of her formation. We will always remember her with great admiration,” Sánchez added.
Cristóbal Marte, director of the Project, recalls that the 6’3 tall woman was courted by three American universities, but that she decided on Florida International University, where she made a career as a player and graduated in 2019 from a career related to sports. communications.
Likewise, that year, he married a fellow student and remained residing in the United States.
“We always held out hope that he would come back to join the senior team,” he said.
“We feel very sad,” says the vice president of the International Volleyball Federation and the Dominican Volleyball Federation in a low voice.