Netherlands at the 1996 Summer Paralympics

Netherlands at the Paralympic Games
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At the 1996 Summer Paralympics in Atlanta
Competitors	108 (75 men and 33 women)
Medals Rank: 8th	Gold 17	Silver 11	Bronze 17	Total 45
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Netherlands competed at the 1996 Summer Paralympics in Athens, Greece. The team included 108 athletes, 75 men and 33 women.^[1] Competitors from Netherlands won 45 medals, including 17 gold, 11 silver and 17 bronze to finish 8th in the medal table.^[2]

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Gold	Noorduin, WillemWillem Noorduin	Athletics	Men's Shot Put F35
Gold	Mulder, JanJan Mulder Schoots, PascalPascal Schoots	Cycling track	Men's Individual Pursuit Tandem open
Gold	Netherlands men's 7-a-side football team Dengerink, CarloCarlo Dengerink   Hennink, DirkDirk Hennink Donners, OlafOlaf Donners   Karssen, OlafOlaf Karssen Enser, PercyPercy Enser   de Jong, ArnoArno de Jong Glimmerveen, ReneRene Glimmerveen   de Vries, JaapJaap de Vries Guntlisbergen, PaterPater Guntlisbergen   van Breemen, RudiRudi van Breemen Heersink, PaulPaul Heersink	Football 7-a-side	Men
Gold	de Groot, AlwinAlwin de Groot	Swimming	Men's 100 m Backstroke S10
Gold	Engel, KasperKasper Engel	Swimming	Men's 100 m Breaststroke SB5
Gold	Engelsman, JurjenJurjen Engelsman	Swimming	Men's 100 m Breaststroke SB9
Gold	Houtsma, AlwinAlwin Houtsma	Swimming	Men's 100 m Freestyle MH
Gold	de Groot, AlwinAlwin de Groot	Swimming	Men's 100 m Freestyle S10
Gold	de Groot, AlwinAlwin de Groot	Swimming	Men's 200 m Medley SM10
Gold	de Groot, AlwinAlwin de Groot	Swimming	Men's 400 m Freestyle S10
Gold	Houtsma, AlwinAlwin Houtsma	Swimming	Men's 50 m Freestyle MH
Gold	de Groot, AlwinAlwin de Groot	Swimming	Men's 50 m Freestyle S10
Gold	Nannenberg, JacquelineJacqueline Nannenberg	Swimming	Women's 100 m Backstroke S9
Gold	van Amelsvoort, SyreetaSyreeta van Amelsvoort	Swimming	Women's 100 m Butterfly S8
Gold	Molier, RickyRicky Molier	Wheelchair tennis	Men's Singles
Gold	Kalkman-van den Bosch, MoniqueMonique Kalkman-van den Bosch Vandierendonck, ChantalChantal Vandierendonck	Wheelchair tennis	Women's Doubles
Gold	Smit, MaaikeMaaike Smit	Wheelchair tennis	Women's Singles
Silver	Walstra, JappieJappie Walstra	Archery	Men's Individual W2
Silver	de Groot, AlwinAlwin de Groot	Swimming	Men's 100 m Breaststroke SB9
Silver	de Groot, AlwinAlwin de Groot	Swimming	Men's 100 m Butterfly S10
Silver	Sturkenboom, RutgerRutger Sturkenboom	Swimming	Men's 100 m Freestyle S9
Silver	Engelsman, JurjenJurjen Engelsman	Swimming	Men's 200 m Medley SM10
Silver	Sturkenboom, RutgerRutger Sturkenboom	Swimming	Men's 200 m Medley SM9
Silver	Sturkenboom, RutgerRutger Sturkenboom	Swimming	Men's 50 m Freestyle S9
Silver	van Amelsvoort, SyreetaSyreeta van Amelsvoort	Swimming	Women's 200 m Medley SM8
Silver	Reuvekamp, PetraPetra Reuvekamp	Swimming	Women's 400 m Freestyle S8
Silver	Netherlands women's wheelchair basketball team Benneker, ErnaErna Benneker   Tiggelman, IngeborgIngeborg Tiggelman Broerse, YolandaYolanda Broerse   de Zeeuw, JaapjeJaapje de Zeeuw Buurman, JorienJorien Buurman   van Leeuwen, EvelinaEvelina van Leeuwen Ibrahimi, AsjoesjaAsjoesja Ibrahimi   van Leeuwen, MarjaMarja van Leeuwen Jansen, JennetteJennette Jansen   van Veggel, JeanineJeanine van Veggel Mosely, JozimaJozima Mosely   van der Laan, GudaGuda van der Laan	Wheelchair basketball	Women
Silver	Kalkman-van den Bosch, MoniqueMonique Kalkman-van den Bosch	Wheelchair tennis	Women's Singles
Bronze	Kooy, ManfredManfred Kooy	Athletics	Men's 800 m T37
Bronze	Noorduin, WillemWillem Noorduin	Athletics	Men's Discus F35
Bronze	Stokkel, JoopJoop Stokkel	Equestrian	Mixed Dressage grade III
Bronze	Lentink, JurgenJurgen Lentink	Swimming	Men's 100 m Backstroke B3
Bronze	Engelsman, JurjenJurjen Engelsman	Swimming	Men's 100 m Backstroke S10
Bronze	Lentink, JurgenJurgen Lentink	Swimming	Men's 100 m Breaststroke B3
Bronze	van Geel, LaurentiusLaurentius van Geel	Swimming	Men's 100 m Breaststroke SB7
Bronze	Engelsman, JurjenJurjen Engelsman	Swimming	Men's 100 m Freestyle S10
Bronze	Engel, KasperKasper Engel Engelsman, JurjenJurjen Engelsman Sturkenboom, RutgerRutger Sturkenboom de Groot, AlwinAlwin de Groot van Geel, LaurentiusLaurentius van Geel	Swimming	Men's 4 × 100 m Medley S7-10
Bronze	Lampers, GerdaGerda Lampers	Swimming	Women's 100 m Breaststroke SB6
Bronze	Reuvekamp, PetraPetra Reuvekamp	Swimming	Women's 100 m Breaststroke SB7
Bronze	van Amelsvoort, SyreetaSyreeta van Amelsvoort	Swimming	Women's 100 m Breaststroke SB8
Bronze	Reuvekamp, PetraPetra Reuvekamp	Swimming	Women's 100 m Freestyle S8
Bronze	Kersten, HaroldHarold Kersten	Table tennis	Men's Singles 6
Bronze	Laemers, GertrudisGertrudis Laemers	Table tennis	Women's Singles 4
Bronze	Molier, RickyRicky Molier Stuurman, EricEric Stuurman	Wheelchair tennis	Men's Doubles
Bronze	Vandierendonck, ChantalChantal Vandierendonck	Wheelchair tennis	Women's Singles

Source: www.paralympic.org^[3] & www.olympischstadion.nl^[4]

See also

• Netherlands at the Paralympics
• Netherlands at the 1996 Summer Olympics

References

1. "Participation Numbers Athens 1996 Paralympic Games". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 8 June 2011.
2. "Medal Standings Athens 1996 Paralympic Games". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 8 June 2011.
3. "Dutch Medal winners 1996 Paralympic Games". www.paralympic.org. Retrieved 12 October 2012.
4. "Paralympische wall of fame" (PDF). www.olympischstadion.nl. Retrieved 14 October 2012.