Oliver Venno

Oliver Venno
Personal information
Full name Oliver Venno
Born 23 May 1990
Tartu, Estonia
Height 2.10 m (6 ft 10 12 in)
Weight 105 kg (231 lb)
Spike 345 cm
Block 325 cm
Volleyball information
Position opposite
Current club Hypo Tirol Innsbruck
Number 17
Career
Years Teams
2006–2009
2009–2010
2010–2012
2012
2012–2013
2013–2014
2014–present
Pere Leib Tartu
ACH Volley Bled
VfB Friedrichshafen
Budvanska Rivijera Budva
Rennes Volley 35
Prikamye Perm
Hypo Tirol Innsbruck
National team
2008–present Estonia Estonia
Last updated: 27 March 2015

Oliver Venno (born 23 May 1990 in Tartu) is an Estonian volleyball player currently playing for Hypo Tirol Innsbruck in Austria. He is 2.10 m (6 ft 10½ in) tall, 105 kg (231 lbs.), and playes at the opposite hitter position.

Club career

Venno 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 one German League championship and one German Cup. 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]

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 and 2011 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 [6] and U19 Beach World Championship in 2008.[7]

Achievements

Club

Pere Leib Tartu
ACH Volley Bled
VfB Friedrichshafen
Hypo Tirol Innsbruck

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. "Kristo Kollo ja Oliver Venno tulid U-18 rannavõrkpalli Euroopa meistriks!" EVF (21.07.2007). Retrieved on 22.04.2011. (Estonian)
  7. "Under-19 MEN World Championships" FIVB. Retrieved on 22.04.2011.

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