The Peru women's national volleyball team represents Peru in international women's volleyball. It is governed by the Peruvian Volleyball Federation (FVF) and was one of the dominant forces in women's volleyball in the 1980s, culminating in the silver medal won at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. The team's nickname is Las Hijas del Sol (The Sun's daughters).
Current squad As of August 2026
Coach: Antonio Rizola Assistant coach: Marcello Bencardino Assistant coach: Walter Lung Physical Trainer: David Torres U17 Category Coach: Marcello Bencardino U19 Category Coach: Martín Escudero U21 Category Coach: Marcello Bencardino
#Player Birth DateHeight 2024/25 Club Position1. Yadhira Anchante 19/11/2002 180 AO Thiras Setter2. Diana De la Peña 07/06/1999 187 Alianza Lima Middle Blocker-. Maria Paula Rodriguez 17/03/2002 185 Club Cultural Deportivo GéminisOpposite3. Ingrid Herrarda 11/03/1995 175 Club Universitario de DeportesSetter4. Brenda Lobatón 11/12/1997 170 CV Universidad de San Martín de Porres Outside Hitter5. Ginna López 28/25/1994 191 CV Universidad de San Martín de Porres Middle Blocker6.Aixa Vigil 23/09/2001 185 Club Universitario de Deportes Opposite7. Lucía Magallanes 01/09/1998 182 Club Universitario de Deportes Setter-. Kiara Vicente 08/10/2002 179 Club Cultural Deportivo Géminis Outside Hitter8. Sandra Ostos 10/10/1998 178 Alianza Lima Outside Hitter9. Antuanette Arteaga 15/05/2003 178 Circolo Sportivo Italiano Outside Hitter10. Mirian Patiño 28/03/1990 170 Club Universitario de Deportes Libero11. Kiara Montes 13/01/2001 178 Regatas Lima Outside Hitter-. Ángela Leyva 22/11/1996 184 A.E.K. Athens Outside Hitter12. Claudia Palza 04/07/2001 181 Club Universitario de Deportes Middle Blocker13.María José Rojas 12/07/2003 177 Club Atlético Atenea Setter -. Flavia Montes 22/11/2000 187 Alianza Lima Middle Blocker14. Alexandra Machado 28/12/1995 181 CV Universidad de San Martín de Porres Middle Blocker-. Leslie Leyva 06/12/1998 176 PV Colégio Efanor Outside Hitter16. Xina Cortez 06/04/2006 174 Deportivo Soan Outside Hitter17. Jade Cuya 08/03/2003 177 Jacksonville University Setter-. Ysabella Sanchez 02/07/1999 178 Alianza Lima Outside Hitter18. Coraima Gómez 09/08/1996 178 Circolo Sportivo Italiano Outside Hitter19. Daniela Muñoz 26/09/2001 182 Club Universitario de Deportes Outside Hitter-. Paola Villegas 12/08/1999 167 Esporte Clube Pinheiros Libero20. Saskya Silvano 21/12/2005 183 Club Atlético Atenea Opposite21. Elizabeth Braithwaite 15/12/2006 194 Trinity Valley Community College Middle Blocker22. Anghela Barboza 07/04/2003 184 Circolo Sportivo Italiano Middle Blocker23. Thaisa McLeod 01/01/2002 189 Club Atlético Atenea Opposite24. Rachell Hidalgo 12/09/2002 160 Regatas Lima Libero25. Alondra Alarcón 24/09/2004 182 Club Cultural Deportivo Géminis Outside Hitter26. Pamela Cuya 29/12/2003 158 CV Universidad de San Martín de Porres Libero28. Andrea Villegas 30/10/1999 163 Circolo Sportivo Italiano Libero30. Alondra Villanueva 12/02/2007 180 Seton Hall University Opposite31. Jeissy Chia 26/04/2006 181 Rebaza Acosta Opposite32. Camila Pineda 10/07/2001 174 Deportivo Soan Setter
Results
Summer Olympics
Champions Runners-up Third place Fourth place
Summer Olympics record YearRoundPositionSquad 1964did not qualify 1968 Semifinals 4th Place7341215 Squad 1972 did not qualify 1976Final Round 7th Place523912 Squad 1980Final Round 6th Place514712 Squad 1984 Semifinals 4th Place523711 Squad 1988 Final Silver541149 Squad 1992 did not qualify 1996Preliminary round 11th Place505215 Squad 2000Preliminary round 11th Place505215 Squad 2004did not qualify 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024 2028to be determined 2032Total0 Titles7/1837 12 25 5389 —
World Championship
Champions Runners up Third place Fourth place
World Championship record YearRoundPositionSquad 1952Did Not Enter 1956 1960 First round 7th Place 5 2 3 7 10 Squad 1962 Did Not Enter 1967 Semifinals 4th Place 3 0 3 1 9 Squad 1970 First round 15th Place 10 2 8 7 15 Squad 1974 Second round 8th Place 11 6 5 18 18 Squad 1978 Second round 10th Place 10 4 6 17 20 Squad 1982 Final round Runners-Up 10 8 2 24 7 Squad 1986 Semi finals Third Place 10 7 3 25 13 Squad 1990 Quarter finals 6th Place 7 4 3 13 10 Squad 1994 First round 13th place 3 0 3 0 9 Squad 1998 Second round 10th Place 8 2 6 6 22 Squad 2002 did not qualify 2006 First round 17th Place 5 1 4 9 12 Squad 2010 Second round 15th Place 12 2 10 11 31 Squad 2014 did not qualify 2018 did not qualify / 2022 did not qualify 2025 did not qualify / 2027to be determined 2029Total0 Titles12/22 —
World Cup
Champions Runners up Third place Fourth place
World Cup record YearRoundPositionSquad 1973 Final round 4th Place 6 3 3 9 10 Squad 1977 Final round 5th Place 6 4 2 15 8 Squad 1981 did not qualify 1985 Final round 5th Place 7 3 4 9 14 Squad 1989 Final round 5th Place 7 2 5 9 18 Squad 1991 Final round 5th Place 10 4 6 20 22 Squad 1995 Final round 10th Place 11 2 9 7 27 Squad 1999 Final round 10th Place 11 2 9 13 11 Squad 2003 did not qualify 2007 Final round 11th Place 11 1 10 6 39 Squad 2011 did not qualify 2015 Final round 11th Place 11 1 10 9 30 Squad 2019 did not qualify 2023Final round8th place707321Total0 Titles9/13 —
World Grand Prix Champions Runners up Third place Fourth place
World Grand Prix recordYearRoundPositionSquad 1993Did Not Enter 1994 Preliminary round 11th Place 9 1 8 5 25 Squad 1995 Did Not Enter 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 did not qualify 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 Preliminary round 16th Place 9 0 9 1 27 Squad 2012 did not qualify 2013 did not qualify 2014 Intercontinental round 18th Place 9 3 6 12 18 Squad 2015 Final round 22nd Place 8 6 2 19 7 Squad 2016 Final round 23rd Place 8 7 1 22 9 Squad 2017 Intercontinental round 21st Place 9 3 6 13 20 SquadTotal0 Titles6/25 —
Pan American Games
Champions Runners up Third place Fourth place
Pan American Games record YearRoundPositionSquad 1955 Did Not Enter 1959 Third Place Squad 1963 Did Not Enter 1967 Runners-Up Squad 1971 Round robin Runners-Up 8 6 2 19 7 Squad 1975 Runners-Up Squad 1979 Runners-Up Squad 1983 Third Place Squad 1987 Runners-Up Squad 1991 Third Place Squad 1995 5th Place Squad 1999 6th Place Squad
Pan American Games record 2003 7th Place Squad 2007 Semi Finals 4th Place Squad 2011 6th Place Squad 2015 7th Place Squad 2019 6th Place SquadTotal0 Titles15/17 —
Pan American Cup
Champions Runners-up Third place Fourth place
Pan-American Cup record YearRoundPositionSquad 2002 Did Not Enter 2003 2004 2005 2006 Quarter-finals 6th place Squad 2007 Round robin 7th place Squad 2008 Round robin 7th place Squad 2009 Quarter-finals 5th place Squad 2010 Final Runners-up Squad 2011 Round robin 8th place Squad 2012 Quarter-finals 7th place Squad 2013 Round robin 8th place Squad
Pan-American Cup record YearRoundPositionSquad 2014 Round robin 9th place Squad 2015 Round robin 9th place Squad 2016 Round robin 9th place Squad 2017 Semi-finals Fourth place Squad 2018 Round robin 8th place Squad 2019 Round robin 7th place Squad 2021 Did Not Enter 2022 Round robin 7th place SquadTotal0 Titles15/20 —
South American Championship Champions Runners up Third place Fourth place
South American Championship recordYearRoundPositionSquad 1951 Squad 1956 Squad 1958 Squad 1961 Squad 1962 Squad 1964 Squad 1967 Squad 1969 Squad 1971 Squad 1973 Squad 1975 Squad 1977 Squad 1979 Squad 1981 Squad 1983 Squad 1985 Squad 1987 Squad 1989 Squad 1991 Squad
South American Championship record YearRoundPositionSquad 1993 Squad 1995 Squad 1997 Squad 1999 Squad 2001 Did Not Enter 2003 Squad 2005 Squad 2007 Squad 2009 Squad 2011 Squad 2013 Squad 2015Squad 2017Round-robinBronze53296Squad 2019Squad 2021Round-robin4th42267Squad 2023Round-robin5th404412SquadTotal12 Titles34/35 —
Squads
Olympic Games Mexico 1968 — 4th place Olga Asato, Irma Cordero, Luisa Fuentes (c), Esperanza Jiménez, Teresa Nuñez, Ana María Ramírez, Aida Reyna, Alicia Sánchez, and Norma Velarde. Head Coach: Akira Kato. Montreal 1976 — 7th place Gaby Cárdeñas, Ana Cecilia Carrillo, Luisa Cervera (c), Irma Cordero, Delia Córdova, María del Risco, Luisa Fuentes, Mercedes Gonzáles, Luisa Merea, Teresa Núñez, María Ostolaza, and Silvia Quevedo. Head Coach: Park Man-bok. Moscow 1980 — 6th place Gaby Cárdeñas, Ana Cecilia Carrillo, Raquel Chumpitaz, María del Risco, Denisse Fajardo, Rosa García, Aurora Heredia, Silvia León, Natalia Malaga, Carmen Pimentel, Cecilia Tait (c) and Gina Torrealva. Head Coach: Park Man-bok. Los Angeles 1984 — 4th place Luisa Cervera, Ana Chaparro, María del Risco, Denisse Fajardo, Miriam Gallardo, Rosa García, Sonia Heredia, Natalia Málaga, Gabriela Pérez del Solar, Carmen Pimentel, Cecilia Tait (c), and Gina Torrealva. Head Coach: Park Man-bok. Seoul 1988 — Silver Medal Luisa Cervera, Alejandra de la Guerra, Denisse Fajardo, Miriam Gallardo, Rosa García, Sonia Heredia, Katherine Horny, Natalia Málaga, Gabriela Pérez del Solar, Cecilia Tait (c), Gina Torrealva, and Cenaida Uribe. Head Coach: Park Man-bok. Atlanta 1996 — 11th place Luren Baylon, Milagros Cámere (c), Leyla Chihuán, Verónica Contreras, Yolanda Delgado, Iris Falcón, Sara Joya, Sandra Rodriguez, Milagros Moy, Paola Ramos, Marjorie Vilchez, and Yulissa Zamudio. Head coach: Park Jong-duk. Sydney 2000 — 11th place Fiorella Aita, Milagros Cámere, Leyla Chihuán, Iris Falcón, Rosa García, Elena Keldibekova, Natalia Málaga, Milagros Moy, Patricia Soto (c), Jessenia Uceda, Janet Vasconzuelos, and Yulissa Zamudio. Head coach: Park Man-bok.
World Championships Brazil 1960 — 7th place Unknown Japan 1967 — 4th place Unknown Bulgaria 1970 — 15th place Unknown Mexico 1974 — 8th place Unknown URSS 1978 — 10th place Unknown Peru 1982 — Silver Medal Gaby Cárdeñas, Ana Cecilia Carrillo, Raquel Chumpitaz, María del Risco, Denisse Fajardo, Rosa García, Aurora Heredia, Silvia León, Natalia Málaga, Carmen Pimentel, Cecilia Tait, and Gina Torrealva. Czechoslovakia 1986 — Bronze Medal Sonia Ayaucán, Cenaida Uribe, Rosa Garcia, Miriam Gallardo, Gabriela Perez del Solar, Sonia Heredia, Cecilia Tait, Luisa Cervera, Denisse Fajardo, Ana Arostegui, Gina Torrealva, and Natalia Malaga. China 1990 — 6th place Sonia Ayaucán, Cenaida Uribe, Rosa Garcia, Miriam Gallardo, Gabriela Perez del Solar, Jessica Tejada, Milagros Cámere, Yolanda Delgado, Sammy Duarte, Paola Paz Soldan, Janet Vasconzuelos, and Natalia Malaga. Brazil 1994 — 13th place Luren Baylon, Verónica Contreras, Milagros Cámere, Iris Falcón, Miriam Gallardo, Rosa García, Sara Joya, Milagros Moy, Natalia Málaga, Sandra Rodriguez, Janet Vasconzuelos and Yulissa Zamudio Japan 1998 — 10th place Fiorella Aita, Luren Baylon, Milagros Cámere, Yvon Cancino, Elizabeth Castillo, Sahara Castillo, Leyla Chihuán, Iris Falcón, Roxana Huamán, Jessica Tejada, Patricia Soto and Yulissa Zamudio. Japan 2006 — 17th place Luren Baylon, Leyla Chihuán, Verónica Contreras, Sara Joya, Elena Keldibekova, Milagros Moy, Vanessa Palacios, Natalia Romanova, Patricia Soto, Carla Tristán, Mirtha Uribe and Yulissa Zamudio. Japan 2010 — 15th place Angélica Aquino, Leyla Chihuán, Paola García, Elena Keldibekova, Zoila La Rosa, Karla Ortiz, Vanessa Palacios, Carla Rueda, Patricia Soto, Jessenia Uceda, Mirtha Uribe and Yulissa Zamudio. Head coach: Cheol-Yeong Kim.
World Grand Prix
Shanghai 1994 — 11th place Unknown Macau 2011 — 16th place Angélica Aquino, Luren Baylon, Elena Keldibekova, Alexandra Muñoz, Karla Ortiz, Vanessa Palacios, Carla Rueda, Jessenia Uceda, Daniela Uribe, Mirtha Uribe, Clarivett Yllescas and Yulissa Zamudio. Head coach: Luca Cristofani.
Pan-American Cups Puerto Rico 2006 — 6th place Luren Baylón, Leyla Chihuán, Verónica Contreras, Teresa de la Borda, Gisela Duarte, Sara Joya, Elena Keldibekova, Vanessa Palacios, Natalia Romanova, Patricia Soto, Mirtha Uribe and Yulissa Zamudio. Head coach: Carlos Aparicio. Mexico 2007 — 7th place