Bram Ronnes (born 17 November 1978 in

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) is a

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from the

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. Ronnes competes in

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and forms a team with

Emiel Boersma Emiel Boersma (born 25 August 1980 in Amsterdam) is a volleyball player from the Netherlands.Gstaad Gstaad ( ; ) is a town in the German-speaking section of the Canton of Bern in southwestern Switzerland. It is part of the municipality of Saanen and is known as a major ski resort and a popular destination amongst high society and the internatio ...

. In a heavy competition with

Jochem de Gruijter Jochem Pieter de Gruijter (born 18 April 1978 in Leidschendam, South Holland) is a male volleyball player from the Netherlands, who was a member of the Dutch national men's team that won the gold medal at the 1997 European Championships on home ...

and Ronnes' brother

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they challenged to win a ticket for the

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. Both teams achieved the national and international qualification limits, but as only two teams of the same country were able to qualify and the third combination of

Reinder Nummerdor Reinder Aart Nummerdor (born 10 September 1976) is a Dutch volleyball player, who represented his native country at five consecutive Summer Olympics. Two times as a member of the indoor volleyball team in 2000 and 2004, and 3 more times after swi ...

and Richard Schuil was not questionable to take the first ticket one of the teams had to be eliminated. Boersma and Ronnes eventually qualified to take part in

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. His father

Frans Ronnes F.H.G.M. (Frans) Ronnes (16 October 1948 – 12 June 2017) was a Dutch politician. He was a member of the Christian Democratic Appeal (Christen-Democratisch Appèl). From 2001 to 2013 he was mayor of the municipality of Haaren. Ronnes was born ...

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of Haaren.

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* * * * 1978 births Living people Beach volleyball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Dutch men's beach volleyball players Dutch men's volleyball players Olympic beach volleyball players for the Netherlands Sportspeople from Enschede 21st-century Dutch people {{Netherlands-bio-stub