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Full name | Oliver Venno | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Estonian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Tartu, Estonia |
23 May 1990 ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 2.10 m (6 ft 10 1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 105 kg (231 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Spike | 345 cm (136 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Block | 325 cm (128 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Position | opposite | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Number | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Last updated: 27 February 2017 |
Oliver Venno (born 23 May 1990) is an Estonian volleyball player currently playing for Maliye Piyango in Turkey. He is 2.10 m (6 ft 10½ in) tall, 105 kg (231 lbs.), and plays at the opposite hitter position.
Venno was born in Tartu, and started his career in hometown club Pere Leib Tartu at the age of 16. In addition to three Estonian League silver medals he won the Estonian Cup in 2008 with the Tartu team. In 2009 Venno signed with ACH Volley Bled of Slovenia. With the Bled team Venno won the Slovenian League, the Slovenian Cup on the MEVZA championship and reached the Final Four of the 2009–10 CEV Champions League. From 2010 to 2012 he played in Germany for VfB Friedrichshafen winning the German League championship and the German Cup once. Venno started the 2012–13 season in the Montenegrin top team Budvanska Rivijera Budva. He left the team in December and joined his fellow countreymen Raimo Pajusalu and Keith Pupart in the French team Rennes Volley 35.
For the 2013–14 season Venno signed with Prikamye Perm of the Russian Volleyball Super League. In June 2014 Venno moved to Austria and signed a deal with local powerhouse Hypo Tirol Innsbruck. With Hypo Tirol team he won the Austrian League without losing a single game during the season. In July 2015 Venno signed with Ziraat Bankası Ankara of the Turkish Men's Volleyball League. For the next season he moved to another Ankara team Maliye Milli Piyango.