Cosiri Rodríguez Andino de Dionicio (born August 30, 1977, in San Cristóbal) is a retired

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, who competed for her native country at the

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, wearing the number #15 jersey. There, she ended up in eleventh place with the Dominican Republic women's national team.

Career

She started representing her home country in the

1993 Central American and Caribbean Games The 17th Central American and Caribbean Games were held in Ponce, Puerto Rico, Ponce, a city in southern Puerto Rico. The Games were held 19–30 November 1993, and included 3,570 athletes from 31 nations. History of the 1993 Games Organizatio ...

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. At the 2000 USA Open Championships her team won the championship and she was selected All-Tournament "MVP". Playing with the Spanish club Hotel Cantur Costa Mogán, Rodriguez won the 2003 Spanish Superleague Championship and the second place at the 2003

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. Rodríguez claimed the gold medal with the national squad at the

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. She also was elected Best Digger and Best Receiver. Later that year, she claimed with her team the bronze medal and the Best Receiver award at the 2003 NORCECA Championship. Cosiri won the "Most Valuable Player" award at the 2004 Distrito Nacional Superior Tournament in Dominican Republic. She helped Mirador to win the 9th consecutive and 23rd Championship, defeating Los Cachorros in the 7th game of the final series. Late 2004, Rodríguez joined the Spanish club Tenerife Marichal, winning with this team the Spanish Superliga championship and the Queens cup. Rodríguez played more than 300 matches for her National Team. For the 2010–2011 season of the Spanish Superliga, Rodríguez signed with Cantabria Infinita, after some of their players decided not to return after the holiday season.

Clubs

* San Cristóbal (1992) * Mirador (1993–1999) * Conquistadoras de Guaynabo (1997) * Los Prados (1999–2002) * CD Universidad de Granada (2000–2001) * Construcciones Damesa de Burgos (2001–2002) * Hotel Cantur Costa Mogán (2002–2003) * Mirador (2002–2004) * Kab Holding Sassuolo (2003–2004) * Tenerife Marichal (2004–2005) * Los Cachorros (2005) * Hotel Cantur Las Palmas (2005–2006) * Voley Sanse Mepaban (2006–2007) * Mets de Guaynabo (2008) * San Cristóbal (2008) *

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(2009) * Cantabria Infinita (2010–2011) * Voley Playa Madrid (2011–2012)

Awards

Individuals

* 1997 Puerto Rican League "Best Scorer" * 2000 USA Open Championships "MVP" * 2003 Pan-American Games "Best Receiver" * 2003 Pan-American Games "Best Defender" * 2003 NORCECA Championship "Best Receiver" * 2004 Pan-American Cup "Best Receiver" * 2008 Dominican Volleyball League "Best Server"

Clubs

* 2001 Spanish Superliga – Gorm silver cup

Runner-Up, with CD Universidad de Granada * 2002 Spanish Queen Cup – Gorm silver cup

Runner-Up, with Construcciones Damesa de Burgos * 2003

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Runner-Up, with Hotel Cantur Costa Mogán * 2003 Spanish Superliga – Simple cup icon

Champion, Hotel Cantur Costa Mogán * 2004 Dominican Republic Distrito Nacional Superior Tournament – Simple cup icon

Champion, with Mirador * 2004 Spanish Super Cup – Simple cup icon

Champion, with Tenerife Marichal * 2005 Spanish Superliga – Simple cup icon

Champion, with Tenerife Marichal * 2005 Spanish Super Cup – Gorm silver cup

Runner-Up, with Hotel Cantur * 2005 Spanish Queen Cup – Simple cup icon

Champion, with Tenerife Marichal * 2005 Dominican Republic Distrito Nacional Superior Tournament – Gorm silver cup

Runner-Up, with Los Cachorros * 2006 Spanish Superliga – Gorm silver cup

Runner-Up, with Hotel Cantur * 2006 Spanish Queen Cup – Gorm silver cup

Runner-Up, with Hotel Cantur * 2008

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Runner-Up, with San Cristóbal

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