Osmany Juantorena Portuondo (born 12 August 1985) is a Cuban-born Italian professional

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player, a member of Cuba national volleyball team in 2003–2006 and current member of Italian club

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. Juantorena was bronze medalist of the 2005 World League and silver medalist

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. He is a multiple winner of the

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and FIVB Club World Championship with the Italian club

Trentino Volley Trentino Volley is a professional Italian volleyball team based in Trento. It has played in the Italian Volleyball League since 2000. They have 5 titles in the FIVB Men's Club World Volleyball Championship, tied with Brazil's Sada Cruzeiro as th ...

. Juantorena is the record owner of the highest number of Most Valuable Player awards at FIVB Club World Championship, with 4 times.

Personal life

Juantorena was born in

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. He is a nephew of

Alberto Juantorena Alberto Juantorena (born 3 December 1950) is a Cuban former runner. He is the only athlete to win both the 400 and 800 m Olympic titles, which he achieved in 1976. He was ranked as the world's best runner in the 400 m in 1974 and 1976–19 ...

, a Cuban former track runner and

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. Osmany Juantorena and his wife Glenda became first time parents on May 3, 2013 with the arrival of their first baby daughter named Victoria. On September 23, 2018 with arrival second baby daughter named Angelica. He is fan of

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and in 2019 he launched a

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line.

Career

Clubs

He started his junior career as 12 years old in the Orientales de Santiago. After several years in Cuba, he moved to his first professional club in the Russian league –

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– but in November 2006 he received a two-year ban for doping. He agreed to move to Italian club Itas Diatec Trentino when the suspension ended, but the move was obstructed by the Cuban authorities (he was still under their jurisdiction, having moved to Russia with permission rather than defected like some compatriots) and his absence continued across a third year into 2009. He had immediate success upon resuming his career with Trentino, winning the gold medal at the

twice (2009/10, 2010/11) and the bronze medal in 2012, four gold medals in the

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(2009, 2010, 2011, 2012), one gold medal (2010/11) and two silver (2009/10, 2011/12) in the Italian Championship, and two Italian Cups (2010, 2012). In May 2010 he had a short loan in

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, returning to Trentino in September of that year where he agreed a contract extension and obtained Italian citizenship. In 2012/13 he won another domestic Cup and League Championship. After moving to Halkbank Ankara in 2013, Juantorena helped the team achieve the Turkish SuperCup and the title of Turkish champion. Another SuperCup followed in 2014. In April 2015, he announced that he would continue his career with Cucine Lube Civitanova.

National Team

Juantorena first stormed the international stage from 2003 up to 2006 with Cuba; he won a bronze medal at the 2005 FIVB World League. Juantorena joined the Italy national team in 2015, claiming a

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bronze and FIVB World Cup silver medal in the same year. He had a hugely positive impact on Italy's attacking prowess going into the

, his first such tournament, and the team claimed the silver medal.Repubblica Osmany Juantorena
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Sporting achievements

Clubs

Itas Diatec Trentino * CEV Champions League: ** Gold medal with cup

Winner 2009/10, 2010/2011 ** Bronze medal with cup

3rd 2011/12 * FIVB Club World Championship: ** Gold medal with cup

Winner Qatar 2009, Qatar 2010, Qatar 2011, Qatar 2012 *Italian Championship: ** Gold medal with cup

Winner 2010/11 ** Silver medal with cup

Runner-up 2009/10, 2011/12, 2012/13 *Italian Cup Serie A: ** Simple gold cup

Winner 2009/10, 2011/12, 2012/13 Halkbank Ankara * CEV Champions League: ** Silver medal with cup

Finalist 2013/14 *Turkish Championship: ** Gold medal with cup

Winner 2013/14 ** Silver medal with cup

Runner-up 2014/15 *Turkish Cup: ** Simple gold cup

Winner 2014/15 *Turkish SuperCup: ** Simple gold cup

Winner 2013, 2014 Cucine Lube Civitanova * CEV Champions League: ** Gold medal with cup

Winner 2018/19 ** Silver medal with cup

Finalist 2017/18 ** Bronze medal with cup

3rd 2015/16, 2016/17 *FIVB Club World Championship: ** Gold medal with cup

Winner Brazil 2019 ** Silver medal with cup

Finalist Poland 2017, Poland 2018, Brazil 2021 *Italian Championship: ** Gold medal with cup

Winner 2016/17, 2018/19, 2020/21, 2021/22 ** Silver medal with cup

Runner-up 2017/18 *Italian Cup: ** Simple gold cup

Winner 2016/17, 2019/20, 2020/21 ** Simple silver cup

Finalist 2017/18, 2018/19

National team

Cuba *Pan American Games: ** Silver medal with cup

Finalist

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*FIVB World League: ** Bronze medal with cup

3rd

2005 2005 was designated as the International Year for Sport and Physical Education and the International Year of Microcredit. The beginning of 2005 also marked the end of the International Decade of the World's Indigenous Peoples, Internationa ...

Italy *Olympic Games: ** Silver medal with cup

Silver medal

2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

*FIVB Volleyball Men's World Cup: ** Silver medal with cup

Finalist

2015 2015 was designated by the United Nations as: * International Year of Light * International Year of Soil __TOC__ Events January * January 1 – Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas, and becomes ...

*CEV European Championship: ** Bronze medal with cup

3rd

Individual

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: **MVP: 2005 *

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: **Best receiver: 2005 *

: **MVP: 2010, 2011, 2012, 2017 **Best server: 2009 **Best spiker: 2010, 2011 **Best outside spiker: 2019 *

: **MVP: 2010, 2011, 2019 **Best outside spiker: 2018 *

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: **Best server: 2011 *Italian Cup: **MVP: 2012, 2014, 2020 *

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: **MVP: 2012, 2015 *

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: **MVP: 2014 * FIVB World Cup: **Best outside spiker: 2015

References

External links

LegaVolley Serie A player profile
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