Oliver Venno

Oliver Venno
Personal information
Full name Oliver Venno
Nationality Estonian
Born (1990-05-23) May 23, 1990
Tartu, Estonian SSR, Soviet Union (now Estonia)
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)
Volleyball information
Position opposite
Current club Turkey Maliye Piyango
Career
YearsTeams
2006–2009
2009–2010
2010–2012
2012
2012–2013
2013–2014
2014–2015
2015–2016
2016–present		Estonia Pere Leib Tartu
Slovenia ACH Volley Bled
Germany VfB Friedrichshafen
Montenegro Budvanska Rivijera Budva
France Rennes Volley 35
Russia Prikamye Perm
Austria Hypo Tirol Innsbruck
Turkey Ziraat Bankası Ankara
Turkey Maliye Piyango
National team
2008–presentEstonia Estonia
Honours
Men’s Volleyball
Representing  Estonia
European Volleyball League
2016 Varna Team
U19 World Championships
2008 The Hague Beach
U18 European Championships
2007 Brno Beach
Last updated: July 11, 2016

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.

Club career

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.[1] 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.[2] He left the team in December and joined his fellow countreymen Raimo Pajusalu and Keith Pupart in the French team Rennes Volley 35.[3]

For the 2013–14 season Venno signed with Prikamye Perm of the Russian Volleyball Super League.[4] In June 2014 Venno moved to Austria and signed a deal with local powerhouse Hypo Tirol Innsbruck.[5] 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.[6] For the next season he moved to another Ankara team Maliye Piyango.[7]

National team

Oliver Venno represented the Estonian youth teams in the U16, U18 and U20 level. He is a member of the Estonian national team since 2008 and has represented Estonia at the 2009, 2011 and 2015 Men's European Volleyball Championships.

Venno has also successfully represented Estonia in beach volleyball. Together with Kristo Kollo he won the U18 Beach European Championship in 2007 [8] and U19 Beach World Championship in 2008.[9]

Sporting achievements

Clubs

MEVZA League
Baltic League
National championship
National cup

Individual

References

  1. ↑ "ÕL: Oliver Venno võtab Sloveenia klubi hea hüppelauana" SPORT.ERR.EE (06.09.2009). Retrieved on 11.06.2012. (Estonian)
  2. ↑ "Venno liitub Meistrite liiga klubiga" Sport | ERR (15.09.2012). Retrieved on 15.09.2012. (Estonian)
  3. ↑ "Oliver Venno liitub Prantsusmaa eestlastega" volley.ee (14.12.2012). Retrieved on 08.01.2013. (Estonian)
  4. ↑ "Venno liitub Venemaa Superliigasse kuuluva võistkonnaga" Sport | ERR (04.08.2013). Retrieved on 06.09.2013. (Estonian)
  5. ↑ "Venemaal mänginud Oliver Venno lahkub Venemaalt ja suundub Austriasse!" Delfi Sport (16.07.2014). Retrieved on 23.09.2014. (Estonian)
  6. ↑ "Venno siirdub Türki, Teppan Venno asemele Austriasse" Sport | ERR (27.07.2015). Retrieved on 27.07.2015. (Estonian)
  7. ↑ "Oliver Venno karjäär jätkub Euroopa tippliigas" sport.err.ee (02.06.2016). Retrieved on 02.06.2016. (Estonian)
  8. ↑ "Kristo Kollo ja Oliver Venno tulid U-18 rannavõrkpalli Euroopa meistriks!" EVF (21.07.2007). Retrieved on 22.04.2011. (Estonian)
  9. ↑ "Under-19 MEN World Championships" FIVB. Retrieved on 22.04.2011.
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