Verónica Gómez

Verónica Maria Gómez Carabali ((1985-08-30)30 August 1985 - 13 April 2012) was a Venezuelan female volleyball player.

Verónica Gómez
Personal information
Full name	Verónica Maria Gómez Carabali
Nationality	Venezuelan
Born	(1985-08-30)30 August 1985
Died	13 April 2012(2012-04-13) (aged 26)
Height	184 cm (72 in)
Weight	79 kg (174 lb)
Volleyball information
Number	2 (national team)
Career
Years Teams 2011-2012 Lokomotiv Baku
National team
2002-2012 Venezuela

Career

She was part of the Venezuela women's national volleyball team. She won the silver medal at the 2002 Central American and Caribbean Games and the silver medal at the 2005 Bolivarian Games.^[1] She was in 2007 awarded in Belgium as volleyball player of the year.

Gómez died at the age of 26 due to heart failure. She recovered in Venezuela from surgery on the Achilles tendon when she died unexpectedly.^[2]