Series description
In 2022, the FIVB Volleyball Women’s World Championship was held in the Netherlands and Poland with unprecedented success. Twenty four teams took part, playing across six venues in the Netherlands and Poland, starting in the GelreDome Arena, a football stadium converted into a volleyball temple. Serbia ultimately took the gold medal, with silver going to Brazil and Italy winning bronze.
Biography
Ronald Hoogendoorn is an all-round photographer who has mainly specialized in top sports over the past twenty years. Even though nature remains his second passion, Hoogendoorn has made a name for himself as a sports photographer at home and abroad. That has everything to do with his special sense of beauty and timing.
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Team Netherlands during the Volleyball Women’s World Championship.
Netherlands versus Argentina at the Ahoy Arena, Rotterdam, Netherlands, 4 October 2022.
© Ronald Hoogendoorn, Netherlands, Shortlist, Professional competition, Sport, 2023 Sony World Photography Awards
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China playing during the Volleyball Women’s World Championship.
Netherlands versus China at the Ahoy Arena, Rotterdam, Netherlands, 6 October 2022.
© Ronald Hoogendoorn, Netherlands, Shortlist, Professional competition, Sport, 2023 Sony World Photography Awards
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Paola Ogechi Egonu of Italy during the Volleyball Women’s World Championship. Netherlands versus Italy at the GelreDome Arena, Arnhem, Gelderland, Netherlands on October 2 2022.
© Ronald Hoogendoorn, Netherlands, Shortlist, Professional competition, Sport, 2023 Sony World Photography Awards
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Paola Ogechi Egonu of Italy during the Volleyball Women’s World Championship.
Italy versus Brazil at the Ahoy Arena, Rotterdam, Netherlands, 4 October 2022.
© Ronald Hoogendoorn, Netherlands, Shortlist, Professional competition, Sport, 2023 Sony World Photography Awards
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The Brazilian and Italian teams line up before the semi-final of the Volleyball Women’s World Championship.
Italy versus Brazil at the Omnisport Arena, Apeldoorn, Netherlands, 13 October 2022.
© Ronald Hoogendoorn, Netherlands, Shortlist, Professional competition, Sport, 2023 Sony World Photography Awards
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Lorenne Geraldo Teixeira of Brazil during the semi-final of the Volleyball Women’s World Championship.
Italy versus Brazil at the Omnisport Arena, Apeldoorn, Netherlands, 13 October 2022.
© Ronald Hoogendoorn, Netherlands, Shortlist, Professional competition, Sport, 2023 Sony World Photography Awards
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A spectator uses their phone to photograph the Brazilian and Japanese teams during the Volleyball Women’s World Championship.
Brazil versus Japan at the Ahoy Arena, Rotterdam, Netherlands, 11 October 2022.
© Ronald Hoogendoorn, Netherlands, Shortlist, Professional competition, Sport, 2023 Sony World Photography Awards
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Serbia celebrates after winning the final of the Volleyball Women’s World Championship.
Brazil versus Serbia at the Omnisport Arena, Apeldoorn, Netherlands, 15 October 2022.
© Ronald Hoogendoorn, Netherlands, Shortlist, Professional competition, Sport, 2023 Sony World Photography Awards
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