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| Full name | Osmany Juantorena Portuondo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Cuban Italian |
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| Born | 12 August 1985 Santiago de Cuba, Cuba |
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| Height | 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 85 kg (187 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Spike | 370 cm (146 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Block | 340 cm (134 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Outside hitter | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Current club | Valsa Group Modena | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Osmany Juantorena Portuondo (born August 12, 1985) is a famous professional volleyball player. He was born in Cuba but later became an Italian citizen. He played for the Cuban national team from 2003 to 2006. Later, he joined the Italian national team.
Osmany is known for winning many big volleyball tournaments. He won a bronze medal at the 2005 World League with Cuba. He also earned a silver medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics with Italy. He has won the CEV Champions League and the FIVB Volleyball Men's Club World Championship multiple times. He holds the record for the most Most Valuable Player (MVP) awards at the FIVB Club World Championship, winning it four times!
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About Osmany's Life
Osmany Juantorena was born in Santiago de Cuba, a city in Cuba. His uncle is Alberto Juantorena, who was a very famous Cuban track runner and also a politician.
Osmany is married to Glenda. They have two daughters. Their first daughter, Victoria, was born on May 3, 2013. Their second daughter, Angelica, arrived on September 23, 2018. Osmany is also a big fan of the Inter football team. In 2019, he even started his own shoe brand!
Osmany's Volleyball Career
Club Teams
Osmany started playing volleyball at a young age, joining the Orientales de Santiago team when he was just 12 years old. After playing in Cuba for several years, he moved to Russia to play for his first professional club, Ural Ufa.
Later, he joined the Italian club Itas Diatec Trentino. He quickly became very successful with this team. He helped Trentino win the gold medal at the CEV Champions League twice, in 2009/10 and 2010/11. He also won four gold medals in a row at the FIVB Volleyball Men's Club World Championship from 2009 to 2012. He also won Italian Championships and Italian Cups with Trentino. In 2010, he briefly played in Qatar on loan before returning to Trentino. He also became an Italian citizen that year.
In 2013, Osmany moved to Halkbank Ankara in Turkey. With this team, he won the Turkish SuperCup and the Turkish championship. He won another SuperCup in 2014. In 2015, he announced he would join Cucine Lube Civitanova.
National Teams
Osmany first played for the Cuban national team from 2003 to 2006. During this time, he helped Cuba win a bronze medal at the 2005 FIVB Volleyball World League.
In 2015, Osmany joined the Italian national team. In his first year with Italy, he won a bronze medal at the Men's European Volleyball Championship and a silver medal at the FIVB Volleyball Men's World Cup. He made a huge impact on Italy's team, especially with his strong attacks. He played in his first Olympic Games in 2016, where the Italian team won a silver medal.
Sporting Achievements
Club Success
Itas Diatec Trentino
- CEV Champions League:
Winner in 2009/10, 2010/2011
3rd place in 2011/12
- FIVB Club World Championship:
- Winner in 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012
- Italian Championship:
- Winner in 2010/11
Runner-up in 2009/10, 2011/12, 2012/13
- Italian Cup Serie A:
Winner in 2009/10, 2011/12, 2012/13
Halkbank Ankara
- CEV Champions League:
- Finalist in 2013/14
- Turkish Championship:
- Winner in 2013/14
- Runner-up in 2014/15
- Turkish Cup:
- Winner in 2014/15
- Turkish SuperCup:
- Winner in 2013, 2014
Cucine Lube Civitanova
- CEV Champions League:
- Winner in 2018/19
- Finalist in 2017/18
- 3rd place in 2015/16, 2016/17
- FIVB Club World Championship:
- Winner in 2019
- Finalist in 2017, 2018, 2021
- Italian Championship:
- Winner in 2016/17, 2018/19, 2020/21, 2021/22
- Runner-up in 2017/18
- Italian Cup:
- Winner in 2016/17, 2019/20, 2020/21
Finalist in 2017/18, 2018/19
National Team Success
Cuba
- Pan American Games:
- Silver medal in 2003
- FIVB World League:
- Bronze medal in 2005
Italy
- Olympic Games:
- Silver medal in 2016
- FIVB Volleyball Men's World Cup:
- Silver medal in 2015
- CEV European Championship:
- Bronze medal in 2015
Individual Awards
Osmany has won many individual awards for his amazing skills:
- FIVB Volleyball Men's Club World Championship:
- Most Valuable Player (MVP): 2010, 2011, 2012, 2017
- Best Server: 2009
- Best Spiker: 2010, 2011
- Best Outside Spiker: 2019
- CEV Champions League:
- MVP: 2010, 2011, 2019
- Best Outside Spiker: 2018
- Italian Cup:
- MVP: 2012, 2014, 2020
- Turkish Men's Volleyball League:
- MVP: 2014
- FIVB World League:
- Best Receiver: 2005
- FIVB World Cup:
- Best Outside Spiker: 2015
Images for kids
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Osmany Juantorena in 2013.
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Juantorena (blue #5) playing for Italy at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games final against Brazil.
See also
In Spanish: Osmany Juantorena Portuondo para niños
