Maja Ognjenović
Maja Ognjenović (Serbian Cyrillic: Маја Огњеновић; born 6 August 1984) is a Serbian volleyball player and the captain[1] of the Serbia women's national volleyball team. 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 then to won silver medal at Rio Olympics 2016. In 2018, she has won the gold medal at the 2018 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship. During the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, 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.[2] She repeated the individual Best Setter award as her team claimed the bronze medal in the 2012 European League.[3][4] At the end of season 2017–18 of Turkish Women's Volleyball League, she transferred to Russian club WVC Dynamo Moscow.[5] Currently, she plays her volleyball at Eczacıbaşı Dynavit.[6]
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
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 - Silver Medal
- 2018 World Championship - Gold Medal
- 2019 European Championship - Gold Medal
- 2020 Summer Olympics - Bronze Medal
- 2021 European Championship - Silver Medal
Universiade[]
- 2009 Summer Universiade - Silver Medal
Clubs[]
- 2003/2004 Serbian Championship - Champion, with Crvena Zvezda
- 2006/2007 Romanian Championship - Champion, with Metal Galati
- 2007/2008 Romanian Championship - Champion, with Metal Galati
- 2008/2009 CEV Challenge Cup - Champion, with Monte Schiavo Banca Marche Jesi
- 2010/2011 Greek Cup - Champion, with Olympiacos[7]
- 2013/2014 Polish volleyball league - Champion, with Chemik Police
- 2013/2014 - Champion, with Chemik Police
- 2014/2015 Polish volleyball league - Champion, with Chemik Police
- 2016 FIVB Club World Championship - Champion, with Eczacıbaşı VitrA
- 2016-17 CEV Champions League – Bronze medal, with Eczacıbaşı VitrA
- 2017-18 CEV Cup - Champion, with Eczacıbaşı VitrA
- 2018/19 Russian Cup - Champion, with Dinamo Moscow
- 2018/19 Russian Super Cup - Champion, with Dinamo Moscow
- 2018-19 Russian Super League - Champion, with Dinamo Moscow
- 2019 FIVB Club World Championship – Bronze medal, with VakıfBank
- 2020 Turkish Super Cup - Runner-Up, with VakıfBank S.K.
- 2021 Turkish Cup - Champion, with VakıfBank S.K.
- 2020-21 CEV Champions League - Runner-Up, with Vakıfbank S.K.
References[]
- ^ "Odbojkašice žele Belgiju u četvrtfinalu". Arena Sport. 29 September 2015. Retrieved 2 October 2015.
- ^ CEV (2011-07-15). "Serbia claims third consecutive crown". Archived from the original on 2011-07-22. Retrieved 2011-07-16.
- ^ CEV (2012-07-06). "Czech ladies claim European League title". Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2012-07-07.
- ^ CEV (2012-07-06). "Serbia adds bronze medal to its impressive tally". Retrieved 2012-07-07.
- ^ worldofvolley.com/News
- ^ eczacibasisporkulubu.org.tr/en/news
- ^ 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)
External links[]
- 1984 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Zrenjanin
- Serbian women's volleyball players
- Olympiacos Women's Volleyball players
- Eczacıbaşı volleyball players
- Olympic volleyball players of Serbia
- Volleyball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Volleyball players at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Volleyball players at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Olympic silver medalists for Serbia
- Olympic medalists in volleyball
- Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- European champions for Serbia
- Expatriate volleyball players in Greece
- Expatriate volleyball players in Italy
- Expatriate volleyball players in Poland
- Expatriate volleyball players in Romania
- Expatriate volleyball players in Turkey
- Serbian expatriates in Greece
- Serbian expatriates in Italy
- Serbian expatriates in Poland
- Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Romania
- Serbian expatriates in Turkey
- Universiade medalists in volleyball
- Universiade silver medalists for Serbia
- Medalists at the 2009 Summer Universiade
- Volleyball players at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic bronze medalists for Serbia
- Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics