Netherlands at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships

Dutch gymnast Hendricus Thijsen competed at the inaugural World Championships in 1903. While there he co-won gold on the pommel horse.[1] At the 1905 World Championships the Dutch men won the silver medal in the team competition.[2] It would be another 96 years before another gymnast won a medal at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, with Renske Endel earning a silver medal in 2001.[3]

Netherlands at the
World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
IOC codeNED
Medals
Gold
5
Silver
8
Bronze
3
Total
16

Medalists

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Medal Name Year Event
  Gold Hendricus Thijsen   1903 Antwerp Men's pommel horse
  Silver D. de Boer, G.J. Douw, B. Florijn, Dirk Janssen, Jan Janssen, Jan Jacob Kieft, Ferdinand Lambert, J.H. Reder, Johan Schmitt   1905 Bordeaux Men's team
  Silver Renske Endel   2001 Ghent Women's uneven bars
  Silver Verona van de Leur   2002 Debrecen Women's floor exercise
  Gold Yuri van Gelder   2005 Melbourne Men's rings
  Bronze Suzanne Harmes Women's floor exercise
  Bronze Yuri van Gelder   2006 Aarhus Men's rings
  Silver Yuri van Gelder   2007 Stuttgart Men's rings
  Silver Epke Zonderland   2009 London Men's horizontal bar
  Silver Epke Zonderland   2010 Rotterdam Men's horizontal bar
  Gold Epke Zonderland   2013 Antwerp Men's horizontal bar
  Gold Epke Zonderland   2014 Nanning Men's horizontal bar
  Silver Sanne Wevers   2015 Glasgow Women's balance beam
  Silver Epke Zonderland   2017 Montreal Men's horizontal bar
  Bronze Bart Deurloo
  Gold Epke Zonderland   2018 Doha Men's horizontal bar

Medal tables

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By gender

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GenderGoldSilverBronzeTotal
Men55212
Women0314

References

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  1. ^ "Historical Medalists - Individual". Archived from the original on October 9, 2016. Retrieved May 8, 2016.
  2. ^ "1905: The World Championships That Almost Didn't Happen". Gymnastics History. April 26, 2022.
  3. ^ "Het Zwarte Gat met oud-topturnster Renske Endel: "De wereld opende zich"" [The Black Hole with former top gymnast Renske Endel: "The world opened up"]. NH (media company) (in Dutch). November 5, 2019.