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.

Maja Ognjenović
Personal information
NationalitySerbian
Born (1984-08-06) 6 August 1984
Zrenjanin, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
HometownZrenjanin, Serbia
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight67 kg (148 lb)
Spike300 cm (120 in)
Block293 cm (115 in)
Volleyball information
PositionSetter
Current clubVakıfBank S.K.
Number17
Career
YearsTeams
2002–2003
2003–2005
2005–2006
2006–2008
2008–2009
2009–2010
2010–2011
2011–2012
2012–2013
2013–2015
2015–2016
2016–2018
2018-2019
2019-Present		 OK Postar
Crvena Zvezda
Poštar 064 Belgrad
Metal Galati
Monte Schiavo Jesi
Eczacıbaşı Zentiva
Olympiacos
Liu Jo Volley Modena
Impel Wrocław
Chemik Police
Piacenza
Eczacıbaşı VitrA
WVC Dynamo Moscow
VakıfBank S.K.
National team
2005–2006
2007–		 Serbia and Montenegro
 Serbia
Honours
Volleyball
Olympic Games
2016 Rio de JaneiroTeam
World Championship
2018 Japan
2006 Japan
European Championships
2011 Serbia/Italy
2019 Turkey
2007 Belgium/Luxembourg
2015 Netherlands/Belgium
World Cup
2015 Japan
FIVB World Grand Prix
2011 Macau
2013 Sapporo
European League
2009 Kayseri
2010 Ankara
2011 Istanbul
2012 Karlovy Vary
Universiade
2009 BelgradeTeam

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 will be transferred to Russian club WVC Dynamo Moscow.[5]

Awards

Individual

National team

Senior team

Universiade

Clubs
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References
  1. "Odbojkašice žele Belgiju u četvrtfinalu". Arena Sport. 29 September 2015. Retrieved 2 October 2015.
  2. CEV (2011-07-15). "Serbia claims third consecutive crown". Archived from the original on 2011-07-22. Retrieved 2011-07-16.
  3. CEV (2012-07-06). "Czech ladies claim European League title". Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2012-07-07.
  4. CEV (2012-07-06). "Serbia adds bronze medal to its impressive tally". Retrieved 2012-07-07.
  5. worldofvolley.com/News
  6. 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)
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