Volleyball is not one of the most popular sports in the world but one player from the Dominican Republic, Winifer Fernandez, could change that after she “broke the Internet” earlier this week.Images and videos of the 21-year-old libero made the rounds this week making her one of the top searched athletes in sports lately. According to her profile atclubworldchampionships.com, Winifer Fernandez, whose full name is Winifer Maria Fernandez Perez, was born January 1, 1995 and has a listed height of 169 cm (or about 5-foot-7) and weight of 62 kilos (or 136.6 pounds).
Winifer Fernandez has played in 15 World Championship matches for her country plus 45 other international volley competitions. Unfortunately for her new fans, the Dominican Republic women’s volleyball national team did not qualify for Rio 2016.