Bram Ronnes

Bram Ronnes
portrait
birthday	17th November 1978
place of birth	Enschede, the Netherlands
size	1.85 m
partner	2001 Rodin Merx 2002, 2005–2008 Emiel Boersma 2003–2004 Boudewijn Maas 2009 Jorn Huiskamp
(As of August 16, 2011)

Bram Ronnes (born November 17, 1978 in Enschede ) is a former Dutch beach volleyball player .

Career

Bram Ronnes played his first open tournaments with Rodin Merx in 2001 . In 2002 he competed with Emiel Boersma for the first time , without reaching any front placements. At the European Championships in Alanya in 2003 and in Timmendorfer Strand in 2004 , he came in 19th place with Boudewijn Maas . A year later he retired early with Jaap Vos at the European Championships in Moscow due to two defeats against French competitors. Then he formed a duo again with Boersma.

At the 2007 World Cup , Ronnes / Boersma prevailed as runners-up in the group against two tied duos and were only defeated by the Russians Barsuk / Kolodinski in the second round after another win against the Laciga brothers . Against the same opponent they lost a little later in the third main round of the EM in Valencia ; on the losing side, they fought their way almost to the semi-finals before they were defeated by the German duo Klemperer / Koreng . The following year they had to admit defeat twice in the third set in Hamburg . They then took part in the Olympic tournament in Beijing . With a win against the Germans Brink / Dieckmann , they secured themselves third party participation in the playoff game, which they lost to Klemperer / Koreng a few hours later. After the games, they ended their partnership. Bram Ronnes competed with Jorn Huiskamp in 2009 , but failed in the preliminary round of the World Cup in Stavanger without winning a set.

Private

Bram Ronne's older brother Gijs also played beach volleyball.

Web links

• Profile at FIVB (English)
• Profile in the Beach Volleyball Database (English)
• Bram Ronnes in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )