sports resume
Ron Putzi
basketball career
Basketball BC – Hall of Fame Inductee, Athlete - 2018
Richmond Olympic Oval – Wall of Fame Inductee, Athlete - 2018
Richmond Olympic Oval – Wall of Fame, Team ('88 RHS Colts) - 2015
World Police & Fire Games – Gold Medalist (Coach) 2009
Professional Basketball Player in Europe – 10 years. 1993 – 2003
Swiss National Championship Finals - 7 times
Named to Howard Tsumura's BC’s All-Time Best Basketball Players “50-year Dream Team” - 2000
Named “Player of the Decade” 1980 -1990. - 2000
European Cup Final 16 - 2000
Swiss National Champion - 2000
Canadian Olympic Team Finalist - 1992 & 1996
Magic Johnson All-Star Game - 1994
Team Captain NMSU - 1992
World University Games, Silver Metalist, Sheffield, England - 1992
Canadian National Basketball Team (FISU) - 1991 & 1992
World Basketball League, Canadian National Basketball Team (FISU) - 1991
NBA Summer League, Canadian National Basketball Team (FISU) - 1992
NCAA – Big West Conference 3-point percentage leader – Fall 1992
NCAA Tournament – Sweet 16 (Albuquerque, NM) - 1992
NCAA Tournament Appearances (4x) 1990-1993
NCAA Big West Conference Champions - 1990
Canada Games – National Champions (Top Scorer) - 1990
NCAA Div-1 Basketball Scholarship to New Mexico State University - 1988
Richmond High Basketball Team named “Greatest Team in BC History” - 1988
British Columbia Jr. Male Athlete of the Year - 1988
61 points vs. Vancouver College – VC Emerald Tournament Final - 1988
BC Provincial Champion - 1987 & 1988 (MVP)
BCHSBBA – All-Time Scoring Leader (Final Game) 60 points – 30.0 average - 1988
ironman - triathlons
Penticton Ironman Canada Finisher Aug 29, 2010 12:27:48
Penticton Ironman Canada Finisher Aug 28, 2011 12:47:34
Penticton Ironman Canada Finisher Aug 26, 2012 13:15:31
basketball career
Coached by Bill Disbrow at Richmond High School, Ron captained the Super Colts to the
Provincial Championships in 1987 and 1988. Ron ‘Putzi’ was selected MVP of
those 1988 Provincials and subsequently named BC Junior Male Athlete of the
Year. That same year he scored a famed tournament record 61 points in the final
of the Vancouver College Emerald Tournament. He was later honoured as a member
of The Province newspaper’s all-time “Dream Team” and “Player of the Decade.”
Ron received a 5-year, Division 1 scholarship to play for New Mexico State
University where the Aggies became Big West Conference Champions, received 4
NCAA Tournament bids, and reached The Sweet 16 in 1992.
Ron graduated from New Mexico State University with a BA degree in Finance &
International Business (Hon. Econ).
In the Aggies’ off season, Ron played two summers with the Canadian National Team
(FISU). With this team he played in the World Basketball League, NBA Summer
League, and received the silver medal at the World University Games in
Sheffield, England.
Ron played professional basketball for 10 years in Europe – specifically
Switzerland – where his teams reached 7 National Finals, including winning the
Swiss National Championship in 2000. Along with being the top scorer and
winning the Canada Games gold medal, he played in the “Magic” Johnson Pepsi
All-Star game in Zurich, Switzerland 1994 (Mark Aguirre, Kurt Rambis etc). Ron
scored 10 points while Earvin Johnson scored 22.
Later, coaching alongside 2x Olympian Howard Kelsey & Q.C. Wally Oppal, (Att. Gen.
of BC) Ron won a Gold medal at the World Police & Fire Games.
In 2018, Ron was inducted into the Basketball BC Hall Of Fame & Richmond Sports Wall of Fame (Athlete).
vancouver sun run 10k - 10km
April 19, 2009
49:27:10 2,907 / 50,000
May 9, 2010
50:34.30 1,811/ 50,000
April 17, 2011
51:38.60 2,303 / 50,000
rbc granfondo canada whistler - vancouver to whistler 122km - cycling
2010 - 4:13:56
257 / 4,000
2011 - 4:39:06
1746 / 5,000
2012 - 4:44:44
1423 / 4,500
2015 - 4:47:33
870/ 4,500
bmo vancouver half-marathon
2012 - 2:04:14
1966/ 20,000
canoeing
2004 Bowron Lake Circuit, BC – Lakes, Waterways, Portages – 116 km 6 day (80,000 strokes)
CREW: Mike Murphy and School
2015 Bowron Lake Circuit, BC -- Lakes, Waterways, Portages - 116 km 7 days (80,000 strokes)
CREW: Mike Murphy and Team
kayaking
2001 Egmont, Jervis Inlet, Agamemmon Channel, Sunshine Coast, BC 3 days
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunshine_Coast_(British_Columbia)
2000 Ucluelet Peninsula, Vancouver Island, BC (GreyWhales) 2 x 6 days
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ucluelet
Cape Scott, Northern Vancouver Island, BC (Grey Whales) 3 days
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunshine_Coast_(British_Columbia)
Telegraph Cove, Vancouver Island, BC (Orca Whales) 2 days
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telegraph_Cove,_British_Columbia
1999 Cape Broyle, Avalon Peninsula, Newfoundland (Minke Whales) 1 day
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_Broyle
1995 Lake Peten Itza, Flores (Tikal) Guatemala (hull leak) 1 Hr
adventure races
2013 Spartan Race – 1hr + (Leah & Jenna’s 1st race)
http://www.spartanrace.com/vancouver-obstacle-racing-spartan-sprint-2013.html
1998 Swiss Bike Masters – 1 day
http://www.mountainbikeland.ch/en/routes/etappe-01360.html
1992 sea2summit Adventure Race – 2 days
http://www.sea2summit.com
additional races
Oliver Half Iron (2x) Oliver, BC
BMO Vancouver Marathon 8 km Race – 2008
Squamish Triathlon, Squamish, BC – 2009
Scotiabank Half-Marathon 1hr 50min – 2011
UBC Triathlon, University of British Columbia – 1st Triathlon
Subaru West Coast Triathlon Series, Shawnigan Lake, Vancouver Island, BC – 2010
Juvenile Diabetes Ride Across Canada (Hope-Vancouver) 162 km Canada’s Top Fundraiser (Haywood)
additional awards
Western Canada Dunk Champion
Vertical Jump Champion – “Jump for Toyota”
Dolphin Park Tournament Dunk Champion – Richmond, BC
Dolphin Park Tournament Champion 5x’s (The Express) – Richmond, BC
Handstand Walk-a-Thon Champion (walked 135 feet on his hands) 8 years old – 1978
