Ramon Renaldo Martinez Gion (Born September 12, 1990 in Amsterdam) is a professional Dutch volleyball player, currently playing for Draisma Dynamo Volleyball.
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| Full name | Ramon Renaldo Martinez Gion | ||||
| Nationality | Dutch | ||||
| Born | September 12, 1990 Amsterdam, Netherlands | ||||
| Height | 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) | ||||
| Weight | 85 kg (187 lb) | ||||
| Spike | 345 cm (136 in) | ||||
| Block | 325 cm (128 in) | ||||
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| Position | Outside hitter/Reception | ||||
| Current club |  Draisma Dynamo | ||||
| Number | 13 | ||||
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Early life
editHis parents are Gabriel Martinez Gion and Simone Seegers. He has played in the Netherlands, Belgium and German national competition, with some successes like winning the National Cup in the 2011-2012 season with Landstede Volleyball Netherlands A-League.
Career
editRamon has played for VC Omniworld, VVH, VC Allvo, Landstede Volleyball, Prefaxis Menen and Chemie Volley Mitteldeutschland volleyball clubs. He started playing volleyball at age 12 after a lesson at school. Ramon worked his way up to the highest leagues through athletic and dynamic volleyball practice. During his time at the professional level with the Landstede Volleyball Club Ramon has won 2 national titles, 2 super cup titles, and 2 national cup titles. He was also voted as best player in season 2013/2014. Ramon is selected on the national long list of Holland existing out of 22 players.
National Prizes
edit- 2011/2012
Dutch National Cup, with Landstede Volleybal - 2012/2013 Dutch Supercup, with Landstede Volleybal
- 2012/2013
Dutch Championship, with Landstede Volleybal - 2013/2014 Dutch Supercup, with Landstede Volleybal
- 2013/2014 Dutch National Cup, with Landstede Volleybal
- 2013/2014 Dutch Championship, with Landstede Volleybal
- 2013/2014 Almelo International Tournament, with Landstede Volleybal
- 2013/2014 Team Of The Year, with Landstede Volleybal
- 2017/2018 Greek Super Cup, with P.A.O.K. Volley
- 2017/2018 Greek National Cup, with P.A.O.K. Volley
- 2017/2018
Greek National Championship, with P.A.O.K. Volley - 2019/2020
German Cup, with RTV Rottenburg
Individual Prizes
edit- 1x Match MVP Bundesliga Germany
- 5x Match MVP Bundesliga Germany
- 2012/2013 Finals Top Scorer, with Landstede Volleybal
- 2013/2014 Player Of The Year, with Landstede Volleybal
- 2017/2018 P.A.O.K. Top scorer of the regular season
Personal life
editAt the beginning of Ramon’s professional career he already stated his sexuality and did various interviews for dutch media representing the LGBTQ community giving it a voice in the world of professional sports. On national coming out day (11 October 2012) Ramon helped by raising the rainbow flag over the city hall of Zwolle. While being the first openly homosexual volleyball player in The Netherlands he continued representing LGBTQ in his international career. Resulting in being the first openly gay professional athlete in Belgium France and Greece. Ramon was nominated for the OUT d’or in 2019 and to be ambassador of the 15th Paris International Sports Tournament hosted by FSGL.
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