Richard Schuil

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Richard Schuil
Richard Schuil
Men's Volleyball
Competitor for the Flag of the Netherlands Netherlands
Olympic Games
Gold Atlanta 1996 Team Competition
European Championships
Gold Netherlands 1997 Team Competition

Richard Schuil (born May 2, 1973 in Leeuwarden, Friesland) is a volleyball player from the Netherlands, who represented his native country in three consecutive Summer Olympics, 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 Athens Games (2004) he teamed up with Reinder Nummerdor for a career in beach volleyball. On May 12, 2007, in Bahrain, the two won their first FIVB World Tour gold medal. They won a silver medal in the same tour on July 1 in Stavanger.

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