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= Richard Schuil = From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Richard Schuil (born May 2, 1973) is a beach and indoor volleyball player from the Netherlands.

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 * 1Personal life
 * 2Career
 * 2.1Indoor
 * 2.2Beach
 * 3Sporting achievements
 * 3.1National team
 * 3.2Individually
 * 4References
 * 5External links

Personal life[edit source | edit]
Schuil was raised in Amsterdam. He married on 6 June 2009 the Dutch volleyball player Elke Wijnhoven. In March 2012, their daughter Lisa was born. Schuil also had other hobbies such as tennis and snooker and spoke various languages from English to Italian and German.

Career[edit source | edit]
Schuil started his career playing indoor volleyball but then switched to beach volleyball.

Indoor Volleyball
Schuil was born in Leeuwarden, Friesland. As a former volleyball player, he represented his native country in three consecutive Summer Olympics in volleyball, starting in 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia. There he won the gold medal with the Dutch Men's National Team by defeating archrivals Italy in the final (3-2).

Beach Volleyball
After the 2004 Summer Olympics, he teamed with Reinder Nummerdor for a career in beach volleyball.[1] The two won their first FIVB World Tour gold medal in 2007 at Valencia, Spain. To date, they have won six gold medals. They have also appeared at two Olympic games.

National team[edit source | edit]

 * 1996 Atlanta Olympics Gold Medalist (Indoor)
 * 1997 Netherlands European Championships Gold Medalist (Indoor)
 * 2007 Valencia European Beach Championships Silver Medalist (Beach)
 * 2008 Hamburg European Beach Championships Gold Medalist (Beach)

Individually[edit source | edit]

 * 2003 European Championship "Best Scorer"

References[edit source | edit]

 * 1) http://www.bvbinfo.com/player.asp?ID=7583
 * 2) http://www.fivb.org/EN/Beachvolleyball/Player_DataDB.asp?No=116554

External links[edit source | edit]
Categories:
 * 1973 births
 * Living people
 * People from Leeuwarden, Friesland
 * Sportspeople from Netherlands
 * Men's indoor volleyball players
 * Men's beach volleyball players
 * American volleyball players