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Netherlands at the Paralympics

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Netherlands at the
Paralympics
IPC codeNED
NPCNederlands Olympisch Comité *
Nederlandse Sport Federatie
Websiteparalympisch.nl (in Dutch)
Medals
Gold
307
Silver
272
Bronze
251
Total
830
Summer appearances
Winter appearances

The Netherlands participated in the inaugural Paralympic Games in 1960 in Rome, where it sent a delegation of five athletes. The country has participated in every subsequent edition of the Summer Paralympics. It made its Winter Paralympics début in 1984, and has taken part in every subsequent edition of the Games, except 2006. The Netherlands was the host country of the 1980 Summer Paralympics, in Arnhem.[1]

Dutch athletes have won a total of 622 Paralympic medals, of which 239 gold, 208 silver and 175 bronze. 612 of these medals (including 237 of the gold) were won at the Summer Paralympics. This places the Netherlands ninth on the all-time Paralympic Games medal table - behind the United States, Great Britain, Canada, France, Australia, Germany, Austria and Poland.[2]

The Netherlands’ most successful Games, in terms of ranking, were the 1976 Summer Games in Toronto, when it finished second (behind the United States). Numerically, the country won most medals at the 1984 Summer Games in New York City and Stoke Mandeville: 135 medals, of which 55 gold. The Netherlands consistently ranked in the top ten until 1996, included. Since then, they have experienced something of a decline. The 2004 Games marked the first time since 1964 that the Dutch had failed to win at least ten gold medals; they won five, and ranked at an all-time low of 27th.[3]

Prior to 2014, Marjorie van de Bunt was the only Dutch athlete to have won medals at the Winter Paralympics. She won a gold in biathlon and three bronze in cross-country skiing in 1994, then a silver and a bronze in 1998, and a gold (in biathlon) and three silver (in cross-country skiing) in 2002. She has not competed again at the Paralympics since that date. The Netherlands were absent from the 2006 Games, and sent only a one-man delegation (Kees-Jan van der Klooster) to compete in alpine skiing in 2010; he did not win any medals. In 2014, flag-bearer Bibian Mentel took a gold medal in snowboarding.[4]

Medals

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List of medalists

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Summer Paralympics

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Winter Paralympics

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Medal Name Games Sport Event
 Gold Marjorie van de Bunt Norway 1994 Lillehammer Biathlon Women's 7.5 km Free Technique LW2-9
 Bronze Marjorie van de Bunt Norway 1994 Lillehammer Cross-country skiing Women's 10 km Classical Technique LW6/8/9
 Bronze Marjorie van de Bunt Norway 1994 Lillehammer Cross-country skiing Women's 5 km Classical Technique LW6/8/9
 Bronze Marjorie van de Bunt Norway 1994 Lillehammer Cross-country skiing Women's 5 km Free Technique LW6/8/9
 Silver Marjorie van de Bunt Japan 1998 Nagano Cross-country skiing Women's 5 km Free Technique LW2-9
 Bronze Marjorie van de Bunt Japan 1998 Nagano Biathlon Women's 7.5 km Free Technique LW2-4,6/8,9
 Gold Marjorie van de Bunt United States 2002 Salt Lake City Biathlon Women's 7.5 km Free Technique standing
 Silver Marjorie van de Bunt United States 2002 Salt Lake City Cross-country skiing Women's 10 km Free Technique standing
 Silver Marjorie van de Bunt United States 2002 Salt Lake City Cross-country skiing Women's 15 km Free Technique standing
 Silver Marjorie van de Bunt United States 2002 Salt Lake City Cross-country skiing Women's 5 km Classical Technique standing
 Gold Bibian Mentel Russia 2014 Sochi Snowboarding Women's snowboard cross (SB-LL2)
 Gold Bibian Mentel South Korea 2018 Pyeongchang Snowboarding Women's snowboard cross (SB-LL2)
 Gold Jeroen Kampschreur South Korea 2018 Pyeongchang Alpine skiing Men's super combined (sitting)
 Gold Bibian Mentel South Korea 2018 Pyeongchang Snowboarding Women's banked slalom (SB-LL2)
 Silver Lisa Bunschoten South Korea 2018 Pyeongchang Snowboarding Women's snowboard cross (SB-LL2)
 Silver Chris Vos South Korea 2018 Pyeongchang Snowboarding Men's snowboard cross (SB-LL1)
 Silver Linda van Impelen South Korea 2018 Pyeongchang Alpine skiing Women's giant slalom (sitting)
 Bronze Lisa Bunschoten South Korea 2018 Pyeongchang Snowboarding Women's banked slalom (SB-LL2)
 Silver Jeroen Kampschreur China 2022 Beijing Alpine skiing Men's super combined (sitting)
 Silver Chris Vos China 2022 Beijing Snowboarding Men's banked slalom (SB-LL1)
 Silver Niels de Langen China 2022 Beijing Alpine skiing Men's slalom (sitting)
 Bronze Niels de Langen China 2022 Beijing Alpine skiing Men's super combined (sitting)

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Netherlands at the Paralympics, International Paralympic Committee
  2. ^ Netherlands at the Paralympics, International Paralympic Committee
  3. ^ Netherlands at the Paralympics, International Paralympic Committee
  4. ^ Netherlands at the Paralympics, International Paralympic Committee