Osmany Juantorena
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| Full name | Osmany Juantorena Portuondo | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Cuban Italian |
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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 (150 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Block | 340 cm (130 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Outside hitter | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Current club | Cucine Lube Civitanova | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Osmany Juantorena Portuondo (born 12 August 1985) is a Cuban volleyball player with Italian citizenship, a member of Cuba men's national volleyball team in 2003–2006 and current member of Italy men's national volleyball team and Italian club Cucine Lube Civitanova, bronze medalist of the 2005 World League. He is a multiple winner of the CEV Champions League and FIVB Volleyball Men's Club World Championship with the Italian club Trentino Volley.
Juantorena was born in Santiago de Cuba. He is a nephew of Alberto Juantorena, a Cuban former track runner and politician. Osmany Juantorena and his wife Glenda became first time parents on May 3, 2013 with the arrival of their first baby daughter named Victoria.
He started his junior career as 12 years old in the Orientales de Santiago. After several years, he moved to his first professional club in the Russian league – Ural Ufa, and in the following season he went to the Itas Diatec Trentino. During his time playing in Italy, he won the gold medal at the CEV Champions League three times with his club (2009/2010, 2010/2011) and the bronze medal in 2012. He won four gold medals in the FIVB Volleyball Men's Club World Championship (2009, 2010, 2011, 2012). With the club from Trentino, he won two silver (2009/2010, 2011/2012) and one gold medal of the Italian Championship (2010/2011) and two Italian Cups (2010, 2012). In May 2010 he played for a short loan in Qatar. He returned to Itas Diatec Trentino in September 2010. In 2012/2013 won Italian Cup and title of Italian Champion.
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