Osniel Melgarejo

Osniel Melgarejo
Personal information
Full name Osniel Lazaro Melgarejo Hernández
Nationality Cuba
Born (1997-12-18) 18 December 1997
Height 195 cm (6 ft 5 in)
Weight 83 kg (183 lb)
Spike 345 cm (136 in)
Block 320 cm (126 in)
Volleyball information
Position Outside hitter
Current club Greece Panathinaikos
Number 2
Career
YearsTeams
2015–2016
2016–		Cuba Sancti Spiritus
Greece Panathinaikos
National team
2016 –Cuba Cuba U23
2015 –Cuba Cuba
Honours
Men's volleyball
Representing  Cuba
Pan-American Volleyball Cup
2016 Mexico
NORCECA Championship
2015 Mexico
U23 Pan-American Volleyball Cup
2016 Mexico

Osniel Lazaro Melgarejo Hernández (born 18 December 1997) is a Cuban male volleyball player. He is part of the Cuba men's national volleyball team.[1] On club level he plays for Panathinaikos.

Career

His career started in the provincial club of Sancti Spiritus in Cuba, participating in amateur tournaments. In 2015 he received his first call from the Cuban national team, winning the silver medal at the North American championship, while a year later he won the gold medal at the Pan-American Cup and the silver one on the same tournament with the U23 team. He also competed in the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.

For the 2016-17 season he received permission from the Cuban government to play abroad, thus signing with Panathinaikos of Greece.

Sporting achievements

National team

References

  1. ↑ "Team Roster – Cubamen's volleyball team". fivb.com. Retrieved 3 June 2016.
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