Reinder Nummerdor
Encyclopedia
Reinder Aart Nummerdor (born 10 September 1976 in IJsselmuiden
, Overijssel
) is a volleyball
player
from the Netherlands
, who represented his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 2000
.
After having finished in fifth place in Sydney, Australia he ended up in ninth place with the Dutch Men's National Team four years later in Athens, Greece. He earned a total number of 349 caps, and teamed up with Richard Schuil
after the Athens Games for a career in beach volleyball
. On 12 May 2007 in Bahrain
, the two won their first FIVB World Tour
gold medal. They won a silver medal in the same tour on 1 July in Stavanger
.
IJsselmuiden
IJsselmuiden is a village in the Dutch province of Overijssel. It is located in the municipality of Kampen, northeast of that city across the river IJssel....
, Overijssel
Overijssel
Overijssel is a province of the Netherlands in the central eastern part of the country. The region has a NUTS classification of NL21. The province's name means "Lands across river IJssel". The capital city of Overijssel is Zwolle and the largest city is Enschede...
) is a volleyball
Volleyball
Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...
player
Player (game)
A player of a game is a participant therein. The term 'player' is used with this same meaning both in game theory and in ordinary recreational games....
from the Netherlands
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
, who represented his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 2000
Volleyball at the 2000 Summer Olympics
-Medal table:-Medal summary:-External links:*...
.
After having finished in fifth place in Sydney, Australia he ended up in ninth place with the Dutch Men's National Team four years later in Athens, Greece. He earned a total number of 349 caps, and teamed up with Richard Schuil
Richard Schuil
Richard Schuil is a beach volleyball player from the Netherlands. He is a former volleyball player, who represented his native country in three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia...
after the Athens Games for a career in beach volleyball
Beach volleyball
Beach volleyball, or sand volleyball, is an Olympic team sport played by two teams of two players on a sand court divided by a net.Like volleyball, the object of the game is to send the ball over the net in order to ground it on the opponent’s court, and to prevent the same effort by the opponent....
. On 12 May 2007 in Bahrain
Bahrain
' , officially the Kingdom of Bahrain , is a small island state near the western shores of the Persian Gulf. It is ruled by the Al Khalifa royal family. The population in 2010 stood at 1,214,705, including 235,108 non-nationals. Formerly an emirate, Bahrain was declared a kingdom in 2002.Bahrain is...
, the two won their first FIVB World Tour
Swatch FIVB World Tour 2007
The Swatch FIVB World Tour 2007 is an international beach volleyball competition.The tour consists of 12 tournaments with both genders and 10 separate gender tournaments....
gold medal. They won a silver medal in the same tour on 1 July in Stavanger
Stavanger
Stavanger is a city and municipality in the county of Rogaland, Norway.Stavanger municipality has a population of 126,469. There are 197,852 people living in the Stavanger conurbation, making Stavanger the fourth largest city, but the third largest urban area, in Norway...
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