Ronald Ferdinand Zwerver (born June 6, 1967 in Amsterdam

Amsterdam

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, Noord-Holland) is a retired volleyball

Volleyball

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 player from the Netherlands

Netherlands

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, who represented his native country in three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1988

Volleyball at the 1988 Summer Olympics

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 in Seoul, South Korea. He was one of the dominant forces in Dutch volleyball in the 1990s.

After having won the silver medal in 1992 (Barcelona

Barcelona

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) Zwerver's finest hour came in 1996, when he won the gold medal in Atlanta, Georgia

Atlanta, Georgia

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 with the Dutch Men's National Team by defeating Italy

Italy men's national volleyball team

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 in the final (3-2). 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"