Osvaldo Hernández Chambert (born 11 July 1970, in
Camagüey
Camagüey () is a city and municipality in central Cuba and is the nation's third-largest city with more than 333,000 inhabitants. It is the capital of the Camagüey Province.
It was founded as Santa María del Puerto del Príncipe in 1514, by Sp ...
), more commonly known as Osvaldo Hernández, is a retired Italian
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 originally from
Cuba
Cuba, officially the Republic of Cuba, is an island country, comprising the island of Cuba (largest island), Isla de la Juventud, and List of islands of Cuba, 4,195 islands, islets and cays surrounding the main island. It is located where the ...
.
In Italy, Hernández won the ''
scudetto
The ''scudetto'' (; Italian for 'little shield') is a decoration having the colors of the flag of Italy which is sewn onto the jersey of the Italian sports clubs that won the highest level championship of their respective sport in the previous ...
'' (top division title) in 2000 with Piaggio Roma.
With the
Cuban national team, he won a
World League in 1998.
He played for Cuba in three Olympic Games from 1992 to 2000.
Individual awards
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1995 FIVB Volleyball World League"Best Blocker-Intercontinental Round"''
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1998 FIVB Volleyball World League"Best Scorer"''
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1998 FIVB Volleyball World League"Best Spiker"''
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1998 FIVB Volleyball World League"Most Valuable Player"''
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1999 FIVB Volleyball World Cup"Best Server"''
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1999 Italian League "Best Spiker"''
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2000 Italian League "Best Server"''
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2000 Men's Olympic Volleyball"Best Server"''
References
External links
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Volleybox.net profile
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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 gold medalists in volleyball
Pan American Games bronze medalists in volleyball
Pan American Games volleyball players for Cuba
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
Cuban expatriate sportspeople in Greece
Italian expatriate sportspeople in Puerto Rico
Italian expatriate sportspeople in Qatar
Naturalised volleyball players
Naturalised citizens of Italy
Italian expatriate sportspeople in South Korea
Italian expatriate volleyball players
Expatriate volleyball players in Greece
Cuban expatriate volleyball players in Italy
Expatriate volleyball players in Puerto Rico
Expatriate volleyball players in Qatar
Expatriate volleyball players in South Korea
Opposite hitters
20th-century Italian sportsmen