Brayelin Elizabeth Martínez (born September 11, 1996, in Santo Domingo) is a Dominican volleyball player who won the bronze medal in the 2015 Pan American Games as a member of the Dominican Republic national team. She played in the 2014 Senior World Championship and the 2011 and 2015 FIVB World Cup.
With their under-age national teams, she won the gold medal in the 2015 U20 World Championship, silver medal in the 2013 FIVB U23 World Championship and bronze in the 2015 FIVB U23 World Championship. With the senior team she won the gold medal in the 2014 and 2016 Pan-American Cup and silver in 2013 and 2015; silver in the 2013 NORCECA Continental Championship and gold in the 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games, 2016 U23 Pan-American Cup and the 2017 Bolivarian Games, where she was the flag bearer.
In 2013, she competed in five worldwide championships: the U20 World Championship, U18 World Championship, World Grand Prix, U23 World Championship and the World Grand Champions Cup. She plays as an outside hitter for the Dominican club Mirador, playing with this club the 2011 and 2015 Club World Championship.
She received the Dominican Republic Guild of Sport Writers award as the 2013 volleyball player of the year. She won the 2014 Santo Domingo Province Superior Tournament with the Dominican club Playeras de Boca Chica.
Personal life
Martínez is tall , born on September 11, 1996, in Villa Juana, Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional. Her parents are Agripina Martínez, who also served as Dominican Republic youth and junior squads team manager, and Juan Doñe (deceased 2008). Her siblings are Jineiry who also plays for the Dominican Republic national volleyball teams and Bryan, who signed as pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates but later opted to play professional basketball with Titanes del Distrito Nacional. She is a cousin of the basketball player Jack Michael Martínez and niece of the former national team basketball player and politician Vice-Minister of Sports Soterio Ramírez. Martinez felt attracted to volleyball when she was seven years old, during the 2003 Pan American Games. She is a Bachelor of Business Administration student in Universidad APEC.
Career
2010
The club Centro claimed the San Cristobal superior tournament championship and Martínez was selected the Most Valuable Player. She later played with Distrito Nacional, losing to La Romana the final match of the National Cup and being named Best Spiker.
2011
Martinez helped Cienfuegos to win the Santiago province volleyball tournament. She played the Movistar Cup in Peru with her junior team that reached the silver medal. In June, Martinez won the silver medal at the Junior Pan-American Cup and later, in July, she led her team with 31 points in the bronze medal match of the Youth Pan-American Cup with her national team and was elected Best Spiker.
During the FIVB U20 World Championship, she helped her junior team reach fifth place and ending the tournament in fourth place among the scorers. She later played with the Dominican club Mirador Santo Domingo that played the Club World Championship. Her team finished in 4th place after losing the Bronze Medal match to the Brazilian team Sollys/Nestle. She then played the Youth National Championship with Distrito Nacional, being named to take the Oath on behalf of all the athletes. She later debuted with her senior team during the FIVB World Cup as the youngest player, helping her team to reach the eight place, the best position ever.
2012
Martinez played the Senior Pan-American Cup in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico joining the first Dominican team left out of the podium of the Pan-American Cup when they lost 2–3 to Cuba. She then played the FIVB World Grand Prix as a sixteen-years-old, the youngest player in the tournament. Her team reached the twelfth position.
The Dominican Republic Junior team lost to the USA Junior team to settle the silver medal in the High Performance Championships international junior division, and Martinez received an All tournament team inclusion. The Dominican Republic Youth National team moved to Tijuana, conquering the Youth NORCECA Championship silver medal and Martinez won the Best Scorer and Best Spiker awards.
Even getting the Best Scorer individual award, Martinez led the Under 20 national team to the gold medal at the Junior NORCECA Championship, qualifying for the 2013 Junior World Championship. and the U23 Pan-American Cup gold medal. She led Distrito Nacional to the Junior National Championship win over La Romana. She was named tournament's Most Valuable Player and Best Scorer.