Netherlands at the Paralympics

Netherlands at the Paralympics
Flag of the Netherlands
IPC code	NED
NPC	Nederlands Olympisch Comité * Nederlandse Sport Federatie
Website	paralympisch.nl (in Dutch)
Medals	Gold 307 Silver 269 Bronze 250 Total 826
Summer appearances
1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020
Winter appearances
1984 1988 1992 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018

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, Majorie 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[]

Summer Paralympics[] Games Gold Silver Bronze Total Ranking 1960 Rome 3 6 0 9 8 1964 Tokyo 4 6 4 14 10 1968 Tel Aviv 12 4 4 20 8 1972 Heidelberg 14 13 11 38 5 1976 Toronto 45 25 14 84 2 1980 Arnhem 33 31 36 100 6 1984 Stoke Mandeville & New York City 55 52 28 135 7 1988 Seoul 30 24 29 83 8 1992 Barcelona 14 14 11 39 9 1996 Atlanta 17 11 17 45 8 2000 Sydney 12 9 9 30 15 2004 Athens 5 11 13 29 27 2008 Beijing 5 10 7 22 19 2012 London 10 10 19 39 10 2016 Rio de Janeiro 17 19 26 62 7 2020 Tokyo 25 17 17 59 5 2024 Paris Future event 2028 Los Angeles Future event 2032 Brisbane Future event Total 301 262 245 808 8

Winter Paralympics[] Games Gold Silver Bronze Total Ranking 1976 Örnsköldsvik did not participate 1980 Geilo did not participate 1984 Innsbruck 0 0 0 0 - 1988 Innsbruck 0 0 0 0 - 1992 Albertville/Tignes 0 0 0 0 - 1994 Lillehammer 1 0 3 4 15th 1998 Nagano 0 1 1 2 20th 2002 Salt Lake City 1 3 0 4 15th 2006 Turin did not participate 2010 Vancouver 0 0 0 0 - 2014 Sochi 1 0 0 1 14th 2018 Pyeongchang 3 3 1 7 10th 2022 Beijing Future event 2026 Milan/Cortina d'Ampezzo Future event Total 6 7 5 18 22

See also[]

• Netherlands at the Olympics

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