Maja Ognjenović ( sr-cyrl, Маја Огњеновић; born 6 August 1984) is a Serbian

volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Summ ...

player and the captain of the

Serbia women's national volleyball team The Serbia women's national volleyball team is governed by the Volleyball Federation of Serbia and takes part in international volleyball competitions. FIVB considers Serbia the inheritor of the records of SFR Yugoslavia (1948–1992) and Serbi ...

. With the national team, she won the gold medal at the 2011 European Championship, silver medal at the 2007 European Championship, bronze medal at the 2006 World Championship. She won the silver medal at the

2016 Rio Olympics ) , nations = 207 (including IOA and EOR teams) , athletes = 11,238 , events = 306 in 28 sports (41 disciplines) , opening = 5 August 2016 , closing = 21 August 2016 , opened_by = Vice President Michel Temer , cauldron = Vanderlei Cordeiro de ...

. In 2018, she has won the gold medal at the

2018 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship The 2018 FIVB Women's World Championship was the eighteenth edition of the event, contested by the senior women's national teams of the members of the ' (FIVB), the sport's global governing body. The final tournament was held in Japan from 29 Sep ...

. During the

2020 Tokyo Olympics The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July. Tokyo was selected as the host city during the 1 ...

, she has won the bronze medal.

Career

Ognjenović won a gold medal at the 2011 European League, also winning the Best Setter award with her national team. She repeated the individual Best Setter award as her team claimed the bronze medal in the 2012 European League. At the end of season 2017–18 of Turkish Women's Volleyball League, she transferred to Russian club

WVC Dynamo Moscow WVC Dinamo Moscow (russian: ЖВК Динамо Москва) is a Russian women's volleyball club based in Moscow which is currently playing in the Super League. It was established in 1926 and dissolved in 1992, but was reestablished in 2004. ...

. Currently, she plays her volleyball at

Eczacıbaşı Dynavit Eczacıbaşı Dynavit is the professional women's volleyball department of Eczacıbaşı S.K., a Turkish sports club based in Istanbul, Turkey. The team plays its home matches at the Eczacıbaşı Spor Salonu hall in Istanbul. Eczacıbaşı has ...

Awards

Individual

* '' 2007 European Championship "Best Setter"'' * '' 2008-09 CEV Challenge Cup Final Four "Best Setter"'' * '' 2010 European League "Best Setter"'' * '' 2011 European League "Best Setter"'' * '' 2011 European Championship "Best Setter"'' * '' 2012 European League "Best Setter"'' * ''2013/14 Polish Cup - Best Setter'' * ''2014-15 CEV Champions League - Best Setter'' * '' 2015 European Championship "Best Setter"'' * ''2017-18 CEV Cup - Best Setter'' * ''2017-18 Turkish Cup - Best Setter'' * ''2018/19 Russian Cup - Best Setter'' * ''World Olympic Qualifications 2020 - Best Setter'' * '' 2019 European Championship "Best Setter"'' * ''2020-21 Turkish Women's Volleyball League - Best Setter'' * '' 2021/22 CEV Cup - Best Setter'' * '' 2021/22 CEV Cup - MVP''

National team

Senior team

* 2007 European Championship - Silver Medal * 2009 European League - Gold Medal * 2010 European League - Gold Medal * 2011 European League - Gold Medal * 2011 European Championship - Gold Medal * 2012 European League - Bronze Medal * 2015 European Championship - Bronze Medal *

2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( pt, Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and also known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 20 ...

- Silver Medal * 2018 World Championship - Gold Medal * 2019 European Championship - Gold Medal *

2020 Summer Olympics The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July. Tokyo was selected as the host city during the ...

- Bronze Medal * 2021 European Championship - Silver Medal

Universiade

2009 Summer Universiade The 2009 Summer Universiade, officially known as the XXV Summer Universiade, was celebrated in Belgrade, Serbia from July 1 to 12, 2009. The event has also been organised by a range of co-host cities mostly in Vojvodina (Serbian Autonomous Provin ...

- Silver Medal

Clubs

* 2003/2004 Serbian Championship - Simple cup icon

Champion, with Crvena Zvezda * 2006/2007 Romanian Championship - Simple cup icon

Champion, with Metal Galati * 2007/2008 Romanian Championship - Simple cup icon

Champion, with Metal Galati * 2008/2009

CEV Challenge Cup The CEV Challenge Cup is the third tier official competition for men's volleyball clubs from the whole of Europe. It started in the 1980–81 season under the name CEV Cup. In 2007 it was renamed CEV Challenge Cup. History * CEV Cup (1980– ...

Champion, with Monte Schiavo Banca Marche Jesi * 2010/2011 Greek Cup - Simple cup icon

Champion, with

Olympiacos Olympiacós Sýndesmos Filáthlon Peiraiós ( el, Ολυμπιακός Σύνδεσμος Φιλάθλων Πειραιώς, Olympic Club of Fans of Piraeus) is a major multi-sport club based in Piraeus, Greece. Olympiacos is parent to a number ...

Ολυμπιακός-ΑΕΚ 3-2: Το πρώτο Κύπελλο της ιστορίας της κατέκτησε η γυναικεία ομάδα βόλεϊ του Ολυμπιακού, που σε έναν συναρπαστικό τελικό στη Σάμο νίκησε με 3-2 την ΑΕΚ
sport24.gr, 16/04/2011 (in Greek) * 2013/2014

Polish volleyball league The PlusLiga is the highest level of men's volleyball in Poland, a professional league competition featuring volleyball clubs located in this country. It is overseen by Polska Liga Siatkówki SA (PLS SA). It is currently a 16 teams league from Oc ...

Champion, with

Chemik Police Klub Piłkarski Chemik Police, commonly referred to as Chemik Police, is a football club based in Police near Szczecin Szczecin (, , german: Stettin ; sv, Stettin ; Latin: ''Sedinum'' or ''Stetinum'') is the capital and largest city of ...

* 2013/2014 Polish Cup - Simple cup icon

Champion, with

* 2014/2015

Champion, with

* 2016 FIVB Club World Championship - Simple cup icon

Champion, with

Eczacıbaşı VitrA Eczacıbaşı Holding is a Turkish industrial group of companies founded in 1942. The group with 44 companies has 11,400 employees and a combined net turnover of TL 11.1 billion in 2020. Group Eczacıbaşı's core sectors are building products, ...

* 2016-17 CEV Champions League – Bronze medal, with

* 2017-18 CEV Cup - Simple cup icon

Champion, with

* 2018/19 Russian Cup - Simple cup icon

Champion, with

Dinamo Moscow MGO VFSO "Dynamo" (russian: МГО ВФСО «Динамо»), commonly known as Dynamo Moscow (russian: Динамо Москва) is a Russian sports club based in Moscow. Founded by Felix Dzerzhinsky on 18 April 1923, Dynamo Moscow was the first ...

* 2018/19 Russian Super Cup - Simple cup icon

Champion, with

* 2018-19 Russian Super League - Simple cup icon

Champion, with

* 2019 FIVB Club World Championship – Bronze medal, with VakıfBank * 2020

Turkish Super Cup The Turkish Super Cup ( Turkish: ''TFF Süper Kupa''), as it is currently known, is the annual super cup football match contested between the previous season's Süper Lig champions and the Turkish Cup winners in Turkey. It was originally known a ...

Runner-Up, with

VakıfBank S.K. VakıfBank is the second largest bank in Turkey in terms of asset size, established with an initial capital of TL 50 million on January 11, 1954 and later started operating on April 13, 1954. Abdi Serdar Üstünsalih has been selected as the CEO ...

* 2021

Turkish Cup The Turkish Cup ( Turkish: ''Türkiye Kupası'') is a football cup competition in Turkish football, run by the Turkish Football Federation since 1962. During a brief sponsorship period with Fortis, its sponsored name was ''Fortis Türkiye Kupası ...

Champion, with

* 2020-21 CEV Champions League - Gorm silver cup

Runner-Up, with

Vakıfbank S.K. VakıfBank is the second largest bank in Turkey in terms of asset size, established with an initial capital of TL 50 million on January 11, 1954 and later started operating on April 13, 1954. Abdi Serdar Üstünsalih has been selected as the CEO ...

* 2021-22 CEV Cup - Simple cup icon

Champion, with

* 2022 FIVB Club World Championship – Bronze medal, with

References

External links

FIVB profile
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