Ronald Zwerver

Ronald Zwerver
Ron Zwerver 1988
portrait
Date of birth	June 6, 1967
place of birth	Amsterdam , Netherlands
size	2.00 m
position	External attack / adoption
societies
1983-1992 1992-1998 1998-1999	Martinus Amstelveen Sisley Treviso Knack Randstad Roeselare
National team
463 times	Netherlands
successes
1985, 1986, 1987, 1988 1986, 1987, 1988 1988 1989 1991 1992 1993 1993 1994 1994 1994 1995 1995 1996 1996 1996 1998 1998	Dutch champion 3rd place European Champions Cup 5th Olympic Games in Seoul 3rd place European Championships in Sweden Place 3 Championship in Germany Silver Olympic Games in Barcelona winner CEV Cup 2nd place European Championships in Finland Italian Champion winning UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 2nd place World Cup in Greece victorious Champions League 2nd place European Championships in Greece Italian champion winner world League Olympic champion in Atlanta Italian champion winner CEV Cup
As of April 22, 2013

Ronald Ferdinand "Ron" Zwerver (born July 6, 1967 in Amsterdam ) is a former Dutch volleyball player . He was one of the dominant figures in international volleyball in the 1990s.

In his youth, Ron Zwerver played volleyball, football and baseball . In 1983 he joined the top club Martinus Amstelveen . Here he was four times Dutch champion under coach Arie Selinger and took third place in the European Cup three times . In 1992, the external attacker and defense specialist moved to the Italian league for the top club Sisley Treviso , where he played for six years and was Italian champion three times. Zwerver also won the European Cup Winners' Cup in 1994 , the Champions League in 1995 and the CEV Cup in 1998 . After a season in Belgium with Knack Randstad Roeselare , he ended his active career in 1999.

Ron Zwerver played 463 times for the Dutch national team between 1986 and 1996 . He took part in three Olympic Games and won the silver medal in Barcelona in 1992 and the gold medal in Atlanta in 1996 . Another highlight was winning the World League in 1996 . He has been honored several times as "Best Attacker", "Best Points Collector" or "Most Valuable Player".

After his active career, Ron Zwerver became a volleyball coach. First he was assistant coach of the Dutch national team under Peter Blangé , then from 2007 to 2009 head coach of Ortec Rotterdam Nesselande and since 2009 coach of HvA Volleybal in Amsterdam.

Web links

• Homepage Ron Zwerver
• Ronald Zwerver in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Profile on legavolley.it