TEAM COMPOSITION

MEX / Mexico

Team manager	FRANCISCO JAVIER JIMENEZ ESPITIA
Coach	JORGE MIGUEL AZAIR LOPEZ
Assistant coach	CLAUDIO TORRES GARCIA
Doctor	ANDREA CAMPOS
Physiotherapist	MARIANA MENDEZ VEGA

	No.	Name	Lastname	Shirt Name	Birthdate	Height	Weight	Spike	Block	Club
	1	Gema	Leon	Leon	11.03.1991	181	63	292	275	NUEVO LEON
	2	Lizeth	Lopez	López	14.05.1990	164	62	277	252	BAJA CALIFORNIA
	3	Claudia Lizbeth	Resendiz Lopez	Resendiz	21.05.1994	172	72	268	260	JALISCO
	4	Selena	Barajas	Barajas	22.01.1982	182	72	296	275	UANL
C	5	Andrea	Rangel	Rangel	19.05.1993	180	57	297	289	NUEVO LEON
	6	Freda Maria	Lopez Olmos	Lopez O.	17.06.1988	164	64	235	230	OAXACA
	7	Alejandra	Perales	Perales	11.08.1992	170	57	263	250	NUEVO LEON
	8	Dulce	Carranza	Carranza	29.06.1990	178	83	275	252	NUEVO LEON
	9	Alejandra Patricia	Segura Maldonado	Segura	09.11.1993	177	69	291	283	NUEVO LEON
	10	Lizbeth	Sainz	Sainz L.	14.12.1995	178	55	295	285	BAJA CALIFORNIA
	11	Alejandra	Isiordia	Isiordia	17.04.1994	184	72	283	274	BAJA CALIFORNIA
	12	Montserrat	Castro Narvaez	Castro	12.12.1996	199	85	270	268	UNAM
	13	Marion	Frias	Frias	19.01.1982	191	105	305	296	DISTRITO FEDERAL
	14	Claudia	Rios	Rios	22.09.1992	178	64	282	262	TAMAULIPAS
	15	Jocelyn	Urias	Urias	16.02.1996	190	65	296	284	BAJA CALIFORNIA
	16	Karla	Sainz	Sainz	22.07.1993	184	75	282	272	BAJA CALIFORNIA
	17	Zaira	Orellana	Orellana	03.05.1989	183	63	295	287	JALISCO
	18	Jazmin	Hernandez	Hernández	18.09.1989	175	70	295	287	NUEVO LEON
	19	Fernanda	Guitron	Guitron	07.03.1996	183	78	295	288	JALISCO
	20	Ana	Valle	Valle	31.05.1996	194	89	310	297	Distrito Federal
L	21	Kaomi	Solis	Solis	06.08.1994	160	56	250	240	COLIMA
	22	Gabriela	Leyva Olvera	Leyva	05.03.1994	183	98	0	0

C=Captain L=Libero

Team profile

Mexico are in a rebuilding stage and will hope their first appearance at the World Grand Prix signifies a new dawn for them. The team were one of the dominant forces in North and Central American volleyball from the 1950s through the 1970s. They took the gold medal on their debut at the Pan American Games in 1955 and followed that by claiming bronzes in 1963, 1971 and 1975. It was a similar story at the NORCECA Championship with triumphs in 1969 and 1971 followed by bronze medal performances in 1975, 1979 and 1981.

They also took seventh place when pitched against the world’s elite teams at the Mexico City 1968 Olympic Games. Although times have changed, they ended a 20-year absence from the World Championships in 2002 and returned again in 2006. The World Grand Prix provides a great stage for promising young players such as Andrea Rangel, Claudia Rios and Lizbeth Sainz to gain international experience.

Coach profile

With Mexico making their first appearance at the World Grand Prix, coach Jorge Azair is relishing the prospect of leading his charges into action against the world’s elite teams. He recently said he thought his new-look side was entering “a new beginning”.

Formerly coach of the Mexican men’s team, Azair guided them to their first elite international tournament in 19 years when they qualified for the 2010 World Championship, tying for 13th place at the tournament in Italy. He has won a string of national titles in his country’s university league and guided the University of Nuevo Leon Tigers to glory earlier this year.