Bibiana Candelas

Personal information

Full name

Bibiana Candelas Ramírez

Nickname

Bibi

Nationality

Mexicana

Born

December 2, 1983 (age 40)
Torreón, Coahuila, Mexico

Hometown

Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico

Height

196 cm (6 ft 5 in)

Weight

78 kg (172 lb)

Beach volleyball information

Current teammate

Years	Teammate
2009	Mayra García

Honours

Representing Mexico

Women's volleyball
Central American and Caribbean Games
	2002 San Salvador	Team
Women's beach volleyball
NORCECA Beach Volleyball Circuit
	Guatemala Beach 2008	Beach
	Tijuana 2009	Beach
	Puerto Vallarta 2009	Beach
Pan American Games
	2011 Guadalajara	Beach
	2007 Rio de Janeiro	Beach

Bibiana Candelas Ramírez (born December 2, 1983, in Torreon, Coahuila) is a 6'5" (195 cm) female beach volleyball and indoor volleyball player who represented her native country, Mexico, at the 2008 Olympics with her beach partner, Mayra García.

Prep and early life

Candelas was born in Torreón, Coahuila.

She graduated in 2002 from Colegio Ponceño in Puerto Rico, but attended Preparatoria Luzac in Torreón as a freshman and sophomore. She was an eight-year (1997–2004) member of the Mexico women's national volleyball team.

USC

She played middle blocker at the University of Southern California from 2002 to 2005 and was a three time All-American. She helped her team win the 2002 and 2003 NCAA Women's Volleyball Championship, as well as a final four appearance in 2004.

National team

Candelas played in the 2002 Pan-American Cup helping her team to reach the 4th place and individually winning the Best Blocker award.^[1]

2002: 21st place in the World Championship in Germany
2002: Bronze Medal in the Central American and Caribbean Games in El Salvador
2006: 21st place in the World Championship in Japan

Pan American Games

Candelas won the silver medal in 2011 Pan American Games.^[2]

Clubs

Leonas de Ponce (2002)

Awards

Individuals

2002 Pan-American Cup "Best Blocker"