Ron Zwerver

{{short description|Dutch volleyball player}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2023}}

{{Infobox volleyball biography

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| image = Ron Zwerver 1988.jpg

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| caption = Ron Zwerver in 1988

| fullname = Ronald Ferdinand Zwerver

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1967|6|6|df=y}}

| birth_place = Amsterdam, Netherlands

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| height = {{convert|2.00|m|ftin|abbr=on}}

| weight = {{convert|93|kg|lb|abbr=on}}

| position = Outside hitter

| teamnumber = 8

| nationalyears = 1987–1996

| nationalteam = {{vb|NED}}

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| show-medals = yes

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{{MedalSport | Men's volleyball}}

{{MedalCountry | the {{NED}} }}

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{{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}}

{{MedalGold | 1996 Atlanta | Team}}

{{MedalSilver | 1992 Barcelona | Team}}

{{MedalCompetition|World Championship}}

{{MedalSilver| 1994 Greece | Team}}

{{MedalCompetition|FIVB World Cup}}

{{MedalSilver|1995 Japan|}}

{{MedalCompetition|World League}}

{{MedalGold|1996 Rotterdam|}}

{{MedalSilver|1990 Osaka|}}

{{MedalCompetition|European Championship}}

{{MedalSilver|1993 Finland|}}

{{MedalSilver|1995 Greece|}}

{{MedalBronze|1989 Sweden|}}

{{MedalBronze|1991 Germany|}}

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Ronald ("Ron") Ferdinand Zwerver (born 6 June 1967) is a volleyball coach and former volleyball player from the Netherlands who represented his native country in three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1988 in Seoul. Zwerver was one of the dominant forces in Dutch volleyball in the 1990s. He was selected as the "best attacker" at both the 1990 and 1994 FIVB World Championships.

Zwerver was a member of the Dutch team that won the silver medal in the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, where he was selected as the "best server", and the gold medal in the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.{{Cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-08-05-ss-31598-story.html |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=5 August 1996 |title=Netherlands Edges Italy for the Gold |agency=Times Wire Services |access-date=6 September 2024 }} {{subscription required}}

In 2017, Zwerver was inducted into the International Volleyball Hall of Fame.{{Cite web |url=https://www.volleyhall.org/ronald-zwerver.html |website=International Volleyball Hall of Fame |title=Ronald Zwerver |access-date=31 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230605063421/https://www.volleyhall.org/ronald-zwerver.html |archive-date=5 June 2023 |url-status=live }}