Oreol Camejo Durruthy (born July 22, 1986) is a

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player from

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, who plays as an outside hitter for Turkish club

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. He became ''Best Setter'' at the first 2008 Olympic Qualification Tournament in

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, where Cuba ended up in second place and missed qualification for the

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Career

Camejo 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

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. With his national team he did not qualify for the

after placing second in the qualifying tournament. In 2018 Camejo was given a Russian citizenship while he was playing for Russian club

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References

External links

FIVB profile
1986 births Living people Cuban men's volleyball players Volleyball players at the 2007 Pan American Games Place of birth missing (living people) Pan American Games medalists in volleyball Pan American Games bronze medalists for Cuba VC Zenit Saint Petersburg players Naturalised citizens of Russia Medalists at the 2007 Pan American Games {{Cuba-volleyball-bio-stub