Osvaldo Hernández Chambell (born 11 July 1970 in Camagüey) is an Italian

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originally from

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. Son:Osvaldo Lázaro Hernández Suárez In Italy, he won the '' scudetto'' (top division title) in 2000 with Piaggio Roma. With Cuba national team, he won a World League in 1998. He has played for Cuba in the Olympic Games from 1992 to 2000.

Individual awards

* '' 1995 FIVB Volleyball World League"Best Blocker-Intercontinental Round"'' * '' 1998 FIVB Volleyball World League"Best Scorer"'' * '' 1998 FIVB Volleyball World League"Best Spiker"'' * '' 1998 FIVB Volleyball World League"Most Valuable Player"'' * '' 1999 FIVB Volleyball World Cup"Best Server"'' * '' 1999 Italian League "Best Spiker"'' * '' 2000 Italian League "Best Server"'' * '' 2000 Men's Olympic Volleyball"Best Server"''

External links

Page at Italy's Volleyball League website
1970 births Living people Sportspeople from Camagüey Cuban emigrants to Italy Cuban men's volleyball players Italian men's volleyball players Olympiacos SFP (men's volleyball) players Volleyball players at the 1992 Summer Olympics Volleyball players at the 1996 Summer Olympics Volleyball players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic volleyball players for Cuba Pan American Games medalists in volleyball Pan American Games gold medalists for Cuba Pan American Games bronze medalists for Cuba Medalists at the 1995 Pan American Games Medalists at the 1999 Pan American Games {{Cuba-volleyball-bio-stub