Richard Schuil

Richard Schuil
Medal record

Representing the Netherlands
Men's volleyball
Olympic Games
	1996 Atlanta	Team indoor
European Championships
	1997 Netherlands	Team indoor
Men's beach volleyball
European Beach Championships
	2008 Hamburg	Beach outdoor
	2007 Valencia	Beach outdoor

Richard Schuil (born May 2, 1973) is a beach volleyball player from the Netherlands.

Schuil was born in Leeuwarden, Friesland. 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).

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.

Personal

Schuil married on 6 June 2009 the Dutch volleyball player Elke Wijnhoven. In March 2012, their daughter Lisa was born.

Individual awards

2003 European Championship "Best Scorer"

References

↑ http://www.bvbinfo.com/player.asp?ID=7583

(Dutch) Dutch Olympic Committee

Awards
Preceded by Harley Marques (BRA)	Men's FIVB Beach World Tour "Most Outstanding" 2009	Succeeded by Phil Dalhausser (USA)

Netherlands – 1996 Summer Olympics (Gold Medal)

1 Latuhihin 2 Held 4 Rodenburg 5 Görtzen 6 Schuil 8 Zwerver 9 B. van de Goor 10 Posthuma 11 van der Meulen 12 Blangé 13 Grabert 16 M. van de Goor Coach: Alberda

Netherlands – 2000 Summer Olympics (5th place)

1 Latuhihin 4 Numerdor 5 Görtzen 6 R. Schuil 7 M. van de Goor 9 B. van de Goor 10 Kooistra 11 E. Schuil 12 Blangé 13 van der Horst 15 Cristina 18 Dieleman Coach: Gerbrands

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