Ramon Martinez Gion

Ramon Martinez Gion
Ramon Martinez Gion
Personal information
Full name	Ramon Renaldo Martinez Gion
Nationality	Dutch
Born	September 12, 1990 (age 34); 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)
Volleyball information
Position	Outside hitter/Reception
Current club	Draisma Dynamo
Number	13
Career
2003–2006 ; 2006–2009; 2009–2010; 2010–2014; 2014–2015; 2015–2016; 2016–2017; 2017–2018; 2018–2019; 2019–2020; 2020-2021; 2020-2021; 2020-2021; 2020–2021; 2021–2022; 2021–2022; 2022–;	VC Omniworld; VVH; VC Allvo; Landstede Volleybal; Prefaxis Menen; CV Mitteldeutschland; Palandöken Belediyesi; PAOK Thessaloniki; Spacer's Toulouse ; RTV Rottenburg; Shenzhen VB; Al Ain SC; Iraklis V.C.; GFC Ajaccio; IBB London; Cambrai Volleyball; Draisma Dynamo;

Ramon Renaldo Martinez Gion (Born September 12, 1990 in Amsterdam) is a professional Dutch volleyball player, currently playing for Draisma Dynamo Volleyball.

Early life

His 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

Ramon 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

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

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

At 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.

References

Ramon Martinez Gion

Sources

External links

Volley Menen
Landstede Volleyball^{[permanent dead link‍]}