Oreol Camejo Durruthy (born 22 July 1986) is a volleyball player from Cuba, who plays as an outside hitter for Turkish club Ziraat Bankası. He became Best Setter at the first 2008 Olympic Qualification Tournament in Düsseldorf, where Cuba ended up in second place and missed qualification for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.
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Full name | Oreol Camejo Durruthy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Cuban / Russian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 22 July 1986 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 94 kg (207 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Outside hitter | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Current club | Ziraat Bankası | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Number | 15 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Honours
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Career
editCamejo won the bronze medal in the 2005 America's Cup and placed 15th place in the 2006 FIVB World Championship. He won the bronze medal in the 2007 America's Cup. With his national team, he did not qualify for the 2008 Summer Olympics after placing second in the qualifying tournament.[1]
In 2018, Camejo was given Russian citizenship while he was playing for the Russian club Zenit Saint Petersburg.[2]
References
edit- ^ "FIVB Men's World Olympic Qualification Tournament: Germany qualify for Olympic Games after 36-year absence". FIVB. 25 May 2008. Archived from the original on 6 October 2008. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
- ^ "RUS M: Camejo officially becomes Russian citizen". Worldofvolley.com. 6 September 2019. Archived from the original on 16 August 2022. Retrieved 30 October 2023.