2000 Summer Olympics / Participant (Netherlands)

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The Netherlands participated in the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney , Australia , with a delegation of 231 athletes, 147 men and 84 women.

The flag bearer at the opening ceremony was the rider Anky van Grunsven .

Medalist

gold

Name (s)	sport	competition
Jaap-Derk Buma , Jacques Brinkman , Jeroen Delmeé , Marten Eikelboom , Piet-Hein Geeris , Ronald Jansen , Erik Jazet , Bram Lomans , Teun de Nooijer , Wouter van Pelt , Stephan Veen , Guus Vogels , Diederik van Weel , Sander van der Weide , Remco van Wijk & Peter Windt	hockey	Men's tournament
Mark Huizinga	Judo	Men, middleweight
Leontien Zijlaard	Cycling	Ladies, street races
Leontien Zijlaard	Cycling	Ladies, time trial
Leontien Zijlaard	Cycling	Ladies, persecution
Jeroen Dubbeldam	horse riding	Jump, singles
Anky van Grunsven	horse riding	Dressage, singles
Inge de Bruijn	swim	Ladies, 50 meter freestyle
Inge de Bruijn	swim	Ladies, 100 meter freestyle
Inge de Bruijn	swim	Ladies, 100 meter butterfly
Pieter van den Hoogenband	swim	Men, 100 meters freestyle
Pieter van den Hoogenband	swim	Men, 200 meters freestyle

silver

Name (s)	sport	competition
Leontien Zijlaard	Cycling	Ladies, points race
Albert Voorn	horse riding	Jump, singles
Coby van Baalen , Ellen Bontje , Anky van Grunsven & Arjen Teeuwissen	horse riding	Dressage, team
Tessa Appeldoorn , Carin ter Beek , Pieta van Dishoeck , Elien Meijer , Eeke van Nes , Nelleke Penninx , Martijntje Quik , Anneke Venema & Marieke Westerhof	rowing	Ladies, eighth
Michiel Bartman , Dirk Lippits , Diederik Simon & Jochem Verberne	rowing	Gentlemen, double fours
Pieta van Dishoeck & Eeke van Nes	rowing	Ladies, double sculls
Inge de Bruijn , Chantal Groot , Thamar Henneken , Wilma van Hofwegen & Manon van Rooijen	swim	Ladies, sprint
Margriet Matthijsse	sailing	Ladies, Europe
Kristie Boogert & Miriam Oremans	tennis	Ladies, doubles

bronze

Name (s)	sport	competition
Wietse van Alten	Archery	Gentlemen, singles
Dillianne van den Boogaard , Minke Booij , Ageeth Boomgaardt , Julie Deiters , Mijntje Donners , Fleur van de Kieft , Fatima Moreira de Melo , Clarinda Sinnige , Hanneke Smabers , Minke Smabers , Margje Teeuwen , Carole Thate , Daphne Touw , Macha van der Vaart , Myrna Veenstra & Suzan van der Wielen	hockey	Ladies tournament
Pieter van den Hoogenband	swim	Men, 50 meters freestyle
Johan Kenkhuis , Pieter van den Hoogenband , Mark van der Zijden , Marcel Wouda & Martijn Zuijdweg	swim	Men, 4 × 200 meters freestyle

Participants by sport

badminton

• Chris Bruil & Erica van den Heuvel

  Mixed, doubles: 5th place

• Lotte Bruil-Jonathans & Nicole van Hooren

  Women, doubles: 5th place

• Dennis Lens & Quinten van Dalm

  Men, doubles: 17th place

• Judith Meulendijks

  Women, singles: 17th place

• Mia Audina

  Women, singles: 5th place

baseball

• Men's team

  5th place

• Squad

  Sharnol Adriana

  Johnny Balentina

  Patrick Beljaards

  Ken Brauckmiller

  Rob Cordemans

  Jeffrey Cranston

  Mike Crouwel

  Radhames Dijkhoff

  Robert Eenhoorn

  Rikkert Faneyte

  Evert-Jan 't Hoen

  Chairon Isenia

  Percy Isenia

  Eelco Jansen

  Ferenc Jongejan

  Dirk van 't Klooster

  Patrick de Lange

  Reily Legito

  Jurriaan Lobbezoo

  Remy Maduro

  Hensley Meulens

  Ralph Billiard

  Erik Remmerswaal

  Orlando Stewart

Archery

• Wietse van Alten

  Men, singles: bronze

  Men, team: 9th place

• Henk Vogels

  Men, singles: 57th place

  Men, team: 9th place

• Fred van Zutphen

  Men, singles: 16th place

  Men, team: 9th place

hockey

• Men's team

  gold

• Squad

  Jaap-Derk Buma

  Jacques Brinkman

  Jeroen Delmeé

  Marten Eikelboom

  Piet-Hein Geeris

  Ronald Jansen

  Erik Jazet

  Bram Lomans

  Teun de Nooijer

  Wouter van Pelt

  Stephan Veen

  Guus Vogels

  Diederik van Weel

  Sander van der Weide

  Remco van Wijk

  Peter Windt

• Ladies team

  bronze

• Squad

  Dillianne van den Boogaard

  Minke Booij

  Ageeth Boomgaardt

  Julie Deiters

  Mijntje Donners

  Fleur van de Kieft

  Fatima Moreira de Melo

  Clarinda Sinnige

  Hanneke Smabers

  Minke Smabers

  Margje Teeuwen

  Carole Thate

  Daphne Touw

  Macha van der Vaart

  Myrna Veenstra

  Suzan van der Wielen

Judo

• Maarten Arens

  Men, medium weight (up to 81 kg): 9th place

• Edith Bosch

  Women, middleweight (up to 70 kg): 7th place

• Jessica Gal

  Women, lightweight (up to 57 kg): without placement

• Dennis van der Geest

  Men, heavyweight (over 100 kg): 9th place

• Deborah Gravenstijn

  Women, half-light weight (up to 52 kg): 5th place

• Mark Huizinga

  Men, middleweight (up to 90 kg): gold

• Patrick van Kalken

  Men, half-light weight (up to 66 kg): 5th place

• Karin Kienhuis

  Women, light heavyweight (up to 78 kg): 9th place

• Ben Sonnemans

  Men, light heavyweight (up to 100 kg): 9th place

• Daniëlle Vriezema

  Women, medium weight (up to 63 kg): no placement

athletics

• Ren Blom

  Men, pole vault: 15th place in qualification

• Greg van Hest

  Men, marathon: 25th place

• Marko Koers

  Men, 1,500 meters: semi-finals

• Kamiel Maase

  Men, marathon: 13th place

• Wilbert Pennings

  Men, high jump: 23rd place in qualification

• Bram Som

  Men, 800 meters: prelims

• Lieja Tunks-Koeman

  Ladies, shot put: 9th place

• Simon Vroemen

  Men, 3000 meter obstacle: 12th place

• Nadja Wijenberg-Ilyina

  Women, marathon: 22nd place

Cycling

• Chantal Beltman

  Women, road races, singles: 37th place

• Léon van Bon

  Men, individual time trial: 24th place

• John den Braber , Jens Mouris , Peter Schep , Robert Slippens & Wilco Zuijderwijk

  Men, 4000 meters team pursuit: 7th place

• Bart Brentjens

  Men, mountain bike, cross-country: 12th place

• Erik Dekker

  Men, road races, singles: DNF

  Men, individual time trial: 29th place

• Bas van Dooren

  Men, mountain bike, cross-country: 11th place

• Corine Dorland

  Women, mountain bike, cross-country: 17th place

• Max van Heeswijk

  Men, road races: 14th place

• Tristan Hoffman

  Men, road races, singles: 79th place

• Mirjam Melchers-van Poppel

  Women, road races, singles: 12th place

  Women, individual time trial: 11th place

• Koos Moerenhout

  Men, road races: DNF

  Men, individual time trial: 26th place

• Robert Slippens

  Gentlemen, Madison: 8th place

• Danny Stam

  Gentlemen, Madison: 8th place

• Patrick Tolhoek

  Men, mountain biking, cross-country: DNF

• Leontien Zijlaard-van Moorsel

  Women, road races: gold

  Women, individual time trial: gold

  Women, 3000 meters individual pursuit: gold

  Women, points race: silver

• Wilco Zuijderwijk

  Men, points race: 18th place

horse riding

• Coby van Baalen

  Dressage, individual: 5th place

  Dressage, team: silver

• Ellen Bontje

  Dressage, individual: 6th place

  Dressage, team: silver

• Jeroen Dubbeldam

  Show jumping, singles: gold

  Show jumping, team: 5th place

• Anky van Grunsven

  Dressage, individual: gold

  Dressage, team: silver

• Jos Lansink

  Show jumping, singles: 20th place

  Show jumping, team: 5th place

• Arjen Teeuwissen

  Dressage, individual: 17th place

  Dressage, team: silver

• Jan Tops

  Show jumping, singles: 41st place in qualification

  Show jumping, team: 5th place

• Albert Voorn

  Show jumping, singles: silver

  Show jumping, team: 5th place

Wrestling

• Gia Torchiniva

  Men, heavyweight, freestyle: 8th place

rowing

• Pepijn Aardewijn & Maarten van der Linden

  Men, lightweight double sculls: 12th place

• Tessa Appeldoorn , Carin ter Beek , Pieta van Dishoeck , Elien Meijer , Eeke van Nes , Nelleke Penninx , Martijntje Quik , Anneke Venema & Marieke Westerhof

  Ladies, eighth: silver

• Michiel Bartman , Dirk Lippits , Diederik Simon & Jochem Verberne

  Men, quadruples: silver

• Marloes Bolman & Femke Dekker

  Ladies, twos without helmsman: 10th place

• Geert Cirkel , Geert-Jan Derksen , Gerritjan Eggenkamp , Gijs Kind , Adri Middag , Peter van der Noort , Merijn van Oijen , Nico Rienks & Niels van der Zwan

  Men, eighth: 8th place

• Pieta van Dishoeck & Eeke van Nes

  Ladies, double sculls: silver

• Gerard Egelmeers

  Men, one: 7th place

• Marit van Eupen & Kirsten van der Kolk

  Women, lightweight double sculls: 6th place

• Simon Kolkman , Jeroen Spaans , Joris Trooster & Robert van der Vooren

  Men, lightweight foursome without a helmsman: 8th place

shoot

• Gijs van Beek

  Skeet: 12th place

• Dick Boschman

  Men, air rifle: 31st place

• Hennie Dompeling

  Men, Skeet: 4th place

swim

• Stefan Aartsen

  Men, 100 meters butterfly: 16th place

  Men, 200 meters butterfly: 14th place

• Madelon Baans

  Women, 100 meters chest: 15th place

  Women, 4 × 100 meter medley: 14th place

• Inge de Bruijn

  Women, 50 meters freestyle: gold

  Women, 100 meters freestyle: gold

  Women, 4 × 100 meters freestyle: silver

  Ladies, 100 meters butterfly: gold

• Carla Geurts

  Women, 200 meters freestyle: 15th place

  Women, 400 meters freestyle: 7th place

  Women, 4 × 200 meters freestyle: 11th place

• Chantal Groot

  Men, 4 × 100 meters freestyle: silver

  Men, 4 × 200 meters freestyle: 11th place

  Men, 4 × 100 meter medley: 14th place

• Thamar Henneken

  Men, 4 × 100 meters freestyle: silver

  Men, 4 × 100 meter medley: 14th place

• Ewout Holst

  Men, 4 × 100 meter freestyle: disqualified

• Pieter van den Hoogenband

  Men, 50 meters freestyle: bronze

  Men, 100 meters freestyle: gold

  Men, 200 meters freestyle: gold

  Men, 4 × 200 meters freestyle: bronze

  Men, 4 × 100 meter medley: 4th place

• Joris Keizer

  Men, 100 meters butterfly: 9th place

  Men, 4 × 100 meter medley: 4th place

• Johan Kenkhuis

  Men, 50 meters freestyle: 12th place

  Men, 100 meters freestyle: 18th place

  Men, 4 × 100 meter freestyle: disqualified

  Men, 4 × 200 meters freestyle: bronze

• Benno Kuipers

  Men, 200 meters chest: 23rd place

• Wilma van Rijn-van Hofwegen

  Women, 50 meters freestyle: 13th place

  Women, 100 meters freestyle: 8th place

  Women, 4 × 100 meters freestyle: silver

• Dennis Rijnbeek

  Men, 4 × 100 meter freestyle: disqualified

• Manon van Rooijen

  Women, 4 × 100 meters freestyle: silver

  Women, 4 × 200 meters freestyle: 11th place

• Brenda Starink

  Women, 100 meters back: 34th place

  Women, 4 × 100 meter medley: 14th place

• Haike van Stralen

  Women, 4 × 200 meters freestyle: 11th place

• Mark Veens

  Men, 4 × 100 meter freestyle: disqualified

  Men, 4 × 100 meter medley: 4th place

• Kirsten Vlieghuis

  Women, 400 meters freestyle: 10th place

  Women, 800 meters freestyle: 10th place

• Marcel Wouda

  Men, 4 × 200 meters freestyle: bronze

  Men, 100 meters chest: 13th place

  Men, 200 meter medley: 5th place

  Men, 4 × 100 meter medley: 4th place

• Mark van der Zijden

  Men, 4 × 200 meters freestyle: bronze

• Martijn Zuijdweg

  Men, 200 meters freestyle: 19th place

  Men, 4 × 200 meters freestyle: bronze

• Klaas-Erik Zwering

  Men, 200 meters back: 10th place

  Men, 4 × 100 meter medley: 4th place

sailing

• Carolijn Brouwer & Alexandra Verbeek

  Women, 470s: 13th place

• Roy Heiner , Peter van Niekerk & Dirk de Ridder

  Soling: 4th place

• Serge Kats

  Laser: 4th place

• Margriet Matthijsse

  Women, Europe: silver

• Mark Neeleman & Jos Schrier

  Star: 6th place

Taekwondo

• Virginia Lourens

  Women, featherweight (up to 57 kg): 4th place

• Mirjam Müskens

  Women, welterweight (up to 67 kg): 5th place

tennis

• Kristie Boogert

  Women, singles: 17th place

  Ladies, doubles: silver

• Amanda Hopmans

  Women, doubles: 33rd place

• Miriam Oremans

  Women, singles: 17th place

  Ladies, doubles: silver

Table tennis

• Danny Heister

  Men, singles: 17th place

  Men, doubles: 9th place

• Trinko Keen

  Men, singles: 17th place

  Men, doubles: 9th place

Trampoline exercise

• Alan Villafuerte

  Men, singles: 7th place

Triathlon

• Rob Barel

  Men, singles: 43rd place

• Wieke Hoogzaad

  Women, singles: 25th place

• Eric Van der Linden

  Men, singles: 42nd place

• Dennis Looze

  Men, singles: 48th place

• Ingrid van Lubek

  Women, singles: 33rd place

• Silvia Pepels

  Women, singles: 26th place

Volleyball (beach)

• Rebekka Kadijk & Debora Schoon-Kadijk

  Women's competition: 19th place

Volleyball (hall)

• Men's team

  5th place

• Squad

  Peter Blangé

  Albert Cristina

  Martijn Dieleman

  Bas van de Goor

  Mike van de Goor

  Guido Görtzen

  Martin van der Horst

  Joost Kooistra

  Reinder number dor

  Richard Schuil

Water polo

• Men's team

  11th place

• Squad

  Marco Booij

  Bjørn Boom

  Bobbie Brebde

  Matthijs de Bruijn

  Arie van de Bunt

  Arno Havenga

  Bas de Jong

  Harry van der Meer

  Tanning Silvis

  Kimmo Thomas

  Eelco Uri

  Niels Zuidweg

• Ladies team

  4th Place

• Squad

  Hellen Boering

  Daniëlle de Bruijn

  Edmée Hiemstra

  Karin Kuipers

  Ingrid Leijendekker

  Patricia Megens

  Marjan op den Velde

  Mirjam Overdam

  Heleen Peerenboom

  Karla Plugge

  Carla Quint

  Gillian van den Berg

  Ellen van der Weijden-Bast

Web links

• Dutch Olympic team from 2000 in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )