Netherlands at the
Paralympics
Flag of the Netherlands
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

List of medalists

Summer Paralympics

Winter Paralympics

Medal Name Games Sport Event
 GoldMarjorie van de BuntNorway 1994 LillehammerBiathlonWomen's 7.5 km Free Technique LW2-9
 BronzeMarjorie van de BuntNorway 1994 Lillehammer Cross-country skiingWomen's 10 km Classical Technique LW6/8/9
 BronzeMarjorie van de BuntNorway 1994 Lillehammer Cross-country skiingWomen's 5 km Classical Technique LW6/8/9
 BronzeMarjorie van de BuntNorway 1994 Lillehammer Cross-country skiingWomen's 5 km Free Technique LW6/8/9
 SilverMarjorie van de BuntJapan 1998 Nagano Cross-country skiingWomen's 5 km Free Technique LW2-9
 BronzeMarjorie van de BuntJapan 1998 Nagano BiathlonWomen's 7.5 km Free Technique LW2-4,6/8,9
 GoldMarjorie van de BuntUnited States 2002 Salt Lake City BiathlonWomen's 7.5 km Free Technique standing
 SilverMarjorie van de BuntUnited States 2002 Salt Lake City Cross-country skiingWomen's 10 km Free Technique standing
 SilverMarjorie van de BuntUnited States 2002 Salt Lake City Cross-country skiingWomen's 15 km Free Technique standing
 SilverMarjorie van de BuntUnited States 2002 Salt Lake City Cross-country skiingWomen's 5 km Classical Technique standing
 GoldBibian MentelRussia 2014 Sochi SnowboardingWomen's snowboard cross (SB-LL2)
 GoldBibian MentelSouth Korea 2018 Pyeongchang SnowboardingWomen's snowboard cross (SB-LL2)
 GoldJeroen KampschreurSouth Korea 2018 Pyeongchang Alpine skiingMen's super combined (sitting)
 GoldBibian MentelSouth Korea 2018 Pyeongchang SnowboardingWomen's banked slalom (SB-LL2)
 SilverLisa BunschotenSouth Korea 2018 Pyeongchang SnowboardingWomen's snowboard cross (SB-LL2)
 SilverChris VosSouth Korea 2018 Pyeongchang SnowboardingMen's snowboard cross (SB-LL1)
 SilverLinda van ImpelenSouth Korea 2018 Pyeongchang Alpine skiingWomen's giant slalom (sitting)
 BronzeLisa BunschotenSouth Korea 2018 Pyeongchang SnowboardingWomen's banked slalom (SB-LL2)
 SilverJeroen KampschreurChina 2022 Beijing Alpine skiingMen's super combined (sitting)
 SilverChris VosChina 2022 Beijing SnowboardingMen's banked slalom (SB-LL1)
 SilverNiels de LangenChina 2022 Beijing Alpine skiingMen's slalom (sitting)
 BronzeNiels de LangenChina 2022 Beijing Alpine skiingMen's super combined (sitting)

See also

References

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