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Full name | Osniel Lazaro Melgarejo Hernández | ||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Cuban | ||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1997-12-18)18 December 1997 (age 27) | ||||||||||||||||||
Height | 197 cm (6 ft 6 in) | ||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 83 kg (183 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||
Spike | 363 cm (143 in) | ||||||||||||||||||
Block | 345 cm (136 in) | ||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Outside hitter | ||||||||||||||||||
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Number | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
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Osniel Lazaro Melgarejo Hernández (born(1997-12-18)18 December 1997) is a Cuban malevolleyball player. He is part of theCuba men's national volleyball team.[1] On club level he plays forAllianz Milano.
His career started in the provincial club ofSancti Spiritus in Cuba, participating in amateur tournaments. In 2015 he received his first call from the Cuban national team, winning the silver medal at the North American championship, while a year later he won the gold medal at the Pan-American Cup and the silver one on the same tournament with the U23 team. He also competed in the2016 Summer Olympics inRio de Janeiro.
For the 2016-17 season he received permission from the Cuban government to play abroad, thus signing with Panathinaikos ofGreece.