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Osmany Juantorena

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Osmany Juantorena is a Cuban-born Italian professional volleyball player who plays as an outside hitter, born on 12 August 1985 in Santiago de Cuba and a nephew of the Cuban track runner and politician Alberto Juantorena. He played for Cuba from 2003 to 2006, winning bronze at the 2005 World League, and joined the Italy national team in 2015, taking silver at the 2016 Summer Olympics. After a two-year doping ban from November 2006 and a long dispute over his move, he won the CEV Champions League twice with Trentino Volley and four straight FIVB Club World Championships from 2009 to 2012, and later won titles with Halkbank Ankara and Cucine Lube Civitanova. He holds the record for most valuable player awards at the Club World Championship, with four.

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1985 1
Gender
Male 1
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is a Cuban-born Italian professional volleyball player

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is a Cuban-born Italian professional volleyball player
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1. Olympedia: Osmany Juantorena - Olympic athlete biography
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  • Biographical information, Born
    Born 12 August 1985
  • Biographical information, Sex
    Sex Male
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  • Lead, Cuban birth
    is a Cuban-born Italian professional volleyball player
  • Plays: Volleyball, Lead
    is a Cuban-born Italian professional volleyball player
  • Competed In: 2016 Summer Olympics, Lead, Rio 2016
    silver medalist 2016 Summer Olympics
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