Ronald ("Ron") Ferdinand Zwerver (born 6 June 1967) is a retired

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player from the

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, who represented his native country in three consecutive

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, starting in

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. He was one of the dominant forces in Dutch volleyball in the 1990s. Zwerver was a member of the teams which won the silver medal in the

1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XXV Olimpiada, ca, Jocs de la XXV Olimpíada) and commonly known as ...

and the gold medal in the

1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...

. He is the current coach of Nesselande, which is a team that plays in the highest Dutch league.

Individual awards

* '' 1990 FIVB World League "Best Spiker"'' * '' 1991 FIVB World League "Best Server"'' * '' 1991 FIVB World League "Best Spiker"'' * '' 1994 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship "Best Spiker"''

References

1967 births Living people Dutch men's volleyball players Dutch volleyball coaches Volleyball players at the 1988 Summer Olympics Volleyball players at the 1992 Summer Olympics Volleyball players at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic volleyball players of the Netherlands Olympic gold medalists for the Netherlands Olympic silver medalists for the Netherlands Olympic medalists in volleyball Sportspeople from Amsterdam People from Heiloo {{Netherlands-volleyball-bio-stub Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics 20th-century Dutch people 21st-century Dutch people