Olympic Winter Games 2006 / Participant (Netherlands)

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The Netherlands participated in the 2006 Winter Olympics in the Italian Turin in part with a delegation of 35 athletes.

Flag bearer

The speed skater Jan Bos carried the flag of the Netherlands during the opening ceremony, at the closing ceremony it was carried by his team-mate Rintje Ritsma .

Participants by sport

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Women

• Ilse Broeders (two)
• Eline Jurg (two)
• Jeannette Pennings (two)
• Kitty van Haperen (two)
• Urta Rozenstruik (replacement for two)

Men

• Arend Glas (two, four)
• Sybren Jansma (two, four)
• Arno Klaassen (foursome)
• Vincent Kortbeek (foursome)
• Cesar Gonzales (substitute foursome)      

Speed ​​skating

Women

• Barbara de Loor (1000 m)
• Annette Gerritsen (500 m, 1000 m)
• Renate Groenewold (1500 m, 3000 m, 5000 m, team)
• Carien Kleibeuker (5000 m)
• Moniek Kleinsman (1500 m, 3000 m, team)
• Gretha Smit (5000 m)
• Marianne Timmer (500 m, 1000 m)
• Sanne van der Star (500 m)
• Paulien van Deutekom (1500 m, team)
• Ireen Wüst (1000 m, 1500 m, 3000 m, team)

Men

• Jan Bos (500 m, 1000 m, 1500 m)
• Bob de Jong

  5000 m: 6th place - 6: 22.12 min .; +7.44 sec.

  10,000 m:

• Stefan Groothuis (1000 m)
• Sven Kramer

  1500 m:

  5000 m: silver medal - 6: 16.40 min .; +1.72 sec.

  10,000 m:

  Team Pursuit: Bronze Medal

• Simon Kuipers (500 m, 1500 m)
• Beorn Nijenhuis (500 m, 1000 m)
• Rintje Ritsma

  Team Pursuit: Bronze Medal

• Mark Tuitert

  Team Pursuit: Bronze Medal

• Carl Verheijen

  5000 m: 4th place - 6: 18.84 min .; +4.16 sec.

  10,000 m:

  Team Pursuit: Bronze Medal

• Wennemar's heirs

  500 m:

  1000 m:

  1500 m:

  Team Pursuit: Bronze Medal

Short track

• Cees Juffermans

  1500 m, men: eliminated in the semi-finals

• Niels Kerstholt

  1000 m, men: disqualified in the preliminary run

  1500 m, men: B final and 11th place overall

• Liesbeth Mau Asam (500 m, 1000 m, 1500 m)

Snowboard

• Cheryl Maas (halfpipe)
• Nicolien Sauerbreij (Alpine)