1. Brenda Castillo was a member of the Dominican Republic national team that won fifth place in the 2012 Summer Olympics, while she was named the tournament's Best Libero.
60 Facts About Brenda Castillo
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Brenda Castillo played in the 2014 World Championship reaching the fifth place and ranking 17th in the 2010 World Championship and the 2011 FIVB World Cup where her national team ranked eight and the 2015 FIVB World Cup, winning the Best Libero individual award and ranking in seventh place.
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Brenda Castillo won the silver medal at the 2009 U20 World Championship, 2013 U23 World Championship and Bronze in the 2009 FIVB Women's World Grand Champions Cup and the 2015 Pan American Games.
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Brenda Castillo won the gold medal of the 2009 NORCECA Championship, 2010 Final Four and the 2010 and 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games.
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Brenda Castillo was born on June 5,1992, in Haina, San Cristobal.
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Brenda Castillo is married to Julio Enrique de los Santos.
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Brenda Castillo started practicing volleyball when she was ten under the guidance of coach Valentin Arias Perez in the club Siglo XXI.
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Brenda Castillo's nickname is "Chin Chin", which translates from colloquial Dominican speech as "small portion".
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Brenda Castillo is recognized for having a pretty face and model looks.
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At the San Cristobal Carnival 2010, Brenda Castillo was named Queen of the Carnival, "Reina Calife".
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Brenda Castillo used to arrive late to national team practices because of a problem with alcohol, but decided to change her life in order to help herself and her family.
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Brenda Castillo played with the Senior National Team that traveled to Guadalajara, Spain for a friendly series.
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Brenda Castillo then played the 2007 Women's Pan-American Volleyball Cup in Colima, Mexico.
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Brenda Castillo then played in the 2007 Pan American Games held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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Brenda Castillo then took part in the world cup in the FIVB World Cup when the Dominican Republic was assigned with a wild card.
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Brenda Castillo's country ranked ninth after winning only three matches during the competition.
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Brenda Castillo played for the Senior National Team at the 2008 Olympic Qualification Tournament in Japan.
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Brenda Castillo then played in July with her National Junior Team, winning the silver medal at the 2008 NORCECA Junior Continental Championship U-20, and was elected Most Valuable Player, Best Libero, Best Digger and Best Receiver.
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Shortly afterwards Brenda Castillo claimed with her Senior Team the gold medal at the 2008 Women's Pan-American Volleyball Cup in Mexico as a sixteen-year-old.
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Brenda Castillo won with her Senior team the silver medal and the "Rising Star" award at the 2009 Pan-American Cup.
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Brenda Castillo then participated with her Junior National Team she won the silver medal at the 2009 U20 World Championship, being awarded Best Digger, Best Receiver, Best Libero and MVP awards.
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Brenda Castillo won the Best Digger, Best Receiver, Best Libero awards and the bronze medal with her team at the 2009 Final Four Cup held in Lima, Peru.
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Brenda Castillo then played with her Senior National Team, winning the Continental Championship at the 2009 Women's NORCECA Volleyball Championship, and was awarded again, Best Libero, Digger and Receiver.
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The Dominican Republic and Brenda Castillo won the Bronze Medal of the event.
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Brenda Castillo crowned her 2009 performance winning the 2010 Dominican Republic "Athlete of the Year" and 2010 Dominican Republic "Volleyball Player of the Year".
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Brenda Castillo started the 2010 year winning the Best Libero, Digger and Receiver awards at the 2010 Pan-American Cup, won by her home team playing in Rosarito and Tijuana.
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Brenda Castillo later played in Chiapas, Mexico winning the Best Libero and Best Receiver awards, along with the gold medal with her National Senior Team at the 2010 Final Four Cup.
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Brenda Castillo later participated in her first Senior World Championship in Japan, finishing second in digs and Best Libero categories, and being 17th with her national team.
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Brenda Castillo then played the 2011 Pan-American Cup being awarded with the Best Libero and Best Digger awards, winning the silver medal with her national team.
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Brenda Castillo then took part of the 2011 Junior World Championship held in Lima, Peru.
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Brenda Castillo helped her Junior National team to reach the 5th place in the tournament.
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Brenda Castillo won the silver medal and the Best Libero, Best Digger and Best Receiver awards at the 2011 NORCECA Championship, held in Caguas, Puerto Rico.
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Brenda Castillo was awarded the Best Libero, Best Digger and Best Receiver awards at the 2011 Pan American Games where her team finished in fourth place.
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Brenda Castillo played the 2011 FIVB World Cup and her national team ranked in eight place and she finished in seventh place among the Liberos.
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Brenda Castillo earned awards for the Best Receiver and Best Libero of the competition.
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In September, Brenda Castillo won the gold medal and the Best Digger award at the first 2012 U23 Pan-American Cup, played in Callao, Peru.
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In early November 2012, Brenda Castillo signed with the Azerbaijani club Rabita Baku to play the Azerbaijan Super League and the CEV Champions League.
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Brenda Castillo's goal was to achieve the league championship, even when she was playing without any knowledge of the Azerbaijani language.
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Brenda Castillo was one of the candidates for the top prize, the Dominican Republic Athlete of the year, along with Felix Sanchez, Luguelin Santos, Yamilet Pena and Aumi Guerra.
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Brenda Castillo then played the 28th Montreux Volley Masters held in Montreux, Switzerland, after the invitation received by her National Team for the first time since 2003.
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Brenda Castillo helped her team to reach the 10th position in the competition, posting a 3.69 digs per set average, topping all the diggers in the preliminary round.
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Brenda Castillo finished the tournament statistics as the best digger and was awarded Best Libero.
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In January, Brenda Castillo was selected by the volleyball specialized website Volleywood for the 2013 My Volleywood Idol voting, advancing to the second round but, could not make a final four spot.
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Brenda Castillo later commented that she felt lucky for playing another year with Rabita Baku and dedicated the club's recent triumph to their fans.
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Nonetheless, she helped her team to reach a berth to the 2014 World Championship in late May Later in Mexico City, Mexico, Brenda Castillo help her national team to clinch the 2014 Pan American Cup championship and the 2015 Grand Prix berth.
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Brenda Castillo played the FIVB World Grand Prix, being one of the favorites from the attendants during the first week of the competition in Sassari, Italy, resulting in many people waiting in line for Brenda Castillo's autograph and pictures.
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Nonetheless, With a 3.85 digs per set, Brenda Castillo ranked first among her Group.
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Brenda Castillo ranked third in defense after the Pool A round robin competition.
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Brenda Castillo returned to Rabita with the ambition of repeating the league championship and later announced a three years deal until 2017 with her Azerbaijani club, before joining again her national team in the volleyball tournament at the Central American and Caribbean Games.
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Later that month, the Azerbaijani club Lokomotiv Baku announced that Brenda Castillo have signed a one-year contract with them.
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Brenda Castillo joined her national team, competing in the World Olympic qualification tournament, were her team finished in sixth place from eighth teams, not qualifying for the 2016 Summer Olympics.
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Brenda Castillo received 9,654 votes to lead the liberos contest.
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However, Brenda Castillo was chosen among the tournament's best players, winning the Best Digger individual award, after she spent the season leading those statistics.
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Brenda Castillo thanked God and expressed the satisfaction for being among the best of the league and described the accomplishment of playing with teamwork, helping her teammates in every match.
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The Russian police raided the Dominican team hotel suspecting involvement in white-slave traffic from Latin-American to Russia and Brenda Castillo was jailed for two days.
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Brenda Castillo took part in the NORCECA 2018 FIVB World Championship qualification tournament in Santo Domingo were her national team won the qualification and the World Championship berth, with Castillo winning the tournament's Most Valuable Player, Best Libero, Best Digger and Best Receiver awards.
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Brenda Castillo won the Best Libero, Best Digger and Best Receiver awards.
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At the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games, Brenda Castillo won with her team the gold medal and the Best Libero and Best Digger individual awards.
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Brenda Castillo was awarded the Best Libero, Best Digger and Best Receiver.
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Brenda Castillo competed in the 2024 representing the Dominican Republic.