Netherlands at the 2000 Summer Paralympics

Netherlands competed at the 2000 Summer Paralympics in Sydney, Australia. The team included 102 athletes, 69 men and 33 women.[1] Competitors from Netherlands won 30 medals, including 12 gold, 9 silver and 9 bronze to finish 15th in the medal table.[2]

Netherlands at the
2000 Summer Paralympics
IPC codeNED
NPCNederlands Olympisch Comité *
Nederlandse Sport Federatie
Websiteparalympisch.nl (in Dutch)
in Sydney
Competitors102 (69 men and 33 women)
Medals
Ranked 15th
Gold
12
Silver
9
Bronze
9
Total
30
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)

Medalists edit

Medal Name Sport Event
  Gold Jan Mulder
Jeroen Straathof
Cycling Men's Individual Pursuit Tandem open
  Gold Joop Stokkel Equestrian Mixed Dressage - Championship grade II
  Gold Alwin Houtsma Swimming Men's 100 m Breaststroke SB14
  Gold Kasper Engel Swimming Men's 100 m Breaststroke SB5
  Gold Alwin Houtsma Swimming Men's 100 m Freestyle S14
  Gold Alwin Houtsma Swimming Men's 200 m Medley SM14
  Gold Alwin Houtsma Swimming Men's 50 m Butterfly S14
  Gold Alwin Houtsma Swimming Men's 50 m Freestyle S14
  Gold Syreeta van Amelsvoort Swimming Women's 100 m Butterfly S8
  Gold Robin Ammerlaan
Ricky Molier
Wheelchair tennis Men's Doubles
  Gold Maaike Smit
Esther Vergeer
Wheelchair tennis Women's Doubles
  Gold Esther Vergeer Wheelchair tennis Women's Singles
  Silver Willem Noorduin Athletics Men's Discus F36
  Silver Willem Noorduin Athletics Men's Shot Put F36
  Silver Jan Mulder
Pascal Schoots
Cycling Men's Tandem open
  Silver Joop Stokkel Equestrian Mixed Dressage - Freestyle grade II
  Silver Gert Bolmer
Ineke de Groot
Joop Stokkel
Sjerstin Vermeulen
Equestrian Mixed Dressage Team open
  Silver Alwin Houtsma Swimming Men's 200 m Freestyle S14
  Silver Jeroen Gottemaker
Alwin Houtsma
Marcel Kamst
Jeroen van Oene
Swimming Men's 4x50 m Medley S14
  Silver Netherlands men's wheelchair basketball team
Wheelchair basketball Men's team
  Silver Sharon Walraven Wheelchair tennis Women's Singles
  Bronze Gert Bolmer Equestrian Mixed Dressage - Freestyle grade II
  Bronze Taqy Parnian Powerlifting Men's Up To 60 kg
  Bronze Alwin Houtsma Swimming Men's 100 m Backstroke S14
  Bronze Jurjen Engelsman Swimming Men's 200 m Medley SM10
  Bronze Joost de Hoogh Swimming Men's 400 m Freestyle S10
  Bronze Mendy Meenderink Swimming Women's 100 m Freestyle S9
  Bronze Marion Nijhof Swimming Women's 400 m Freestyle S11
  Bronze Gertrudis Laemers
Jolanda Paardekam
Table tennis Women's Teams 1-3
  Bronze Maaike Smit Wheelchair tennis Women's Singles

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

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Participation Numbers Sydney 2000 Paralympic Games". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 8 June 2011.
  2. ^ "Medal Standings Sydney 2000 Paralympic Games". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 8 June 2011.
  3. ^ "Dutch Medal winners 2000 Paralympic Games". www.paralympic.org. Retrieved 12 October 2012.
  4. ^ "Paralympische wall of fame" (PDF). www.olympischstadion.nl. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 December 2013. Retrieved 14 October 2012.