Summer Paralympics 2008 / Participant (Netherlands)
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5 | 10 | 7th |
The Netherlands took 81 athletes to the 2008 Summer Paralympics in China's Beijing in part.
The flag bearer at the opening ceremony was the wheelchair tennis player Esther Vergeer , the most successful athlete was the swimmer Mirjam de Koning-Peper with two gold and two silver medals.
Medals
Medal table
Medal table Netherlands | |||||
space | sport | total | |||
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1 | Wheelchair tennis | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6th |
2 | swim | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6th |
3 | athletics | 1 | 2 | - | 3 |
4th | Cycling | - | 3 | - | 3 |
5 | Table tennis | - | - | 2 | 2 |
6th | Judo | - | - | 1 | 1 |
Sitting volleyball | - | - | 1 | 1 | |
Total | 5 | 10 | 7th | 22nd |
Participants by sport
Archery
Women
Football (teams of 7)
Men |
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Judo
Women
- Sanneke Vermeulen , 1 × (class up to 70 kg)
athletics
Women
- Marijke Mettes
- Annette Roozen , 2 × (100 meters, class T42; long jump, class F42)
- Marije Smits
Men
- Pieter Gruijters , 1 × (javelin throwing, class F55 / 56)
- Ronald Hertog
- Willem Noorduin
- Jos van der Donk
- Kenny van Weeghel
Cycling
Women
- Laura de Vaan
- Monique van der Vorst , 2 × (single road race, single time trial road; class HC A / HC B / HC C)
Men
| * Street race of the blind
Men's individual time trial class B&VI 1-3 (silver ) |
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horse riding
Women
Wheelchair basketball
Women |
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Wheelchair tennis
Women
- Monique de Beer
- Jiske Griffioen *
- Korie Homan *, 1 × (single open)
- Dorrie Timmermans-van Hall
- Esther Vergeer *, 1 × (single open)
- Sharon Walraven *
Men
- Robin Ammerlaan , 1 × (single open)
- Maikel Scheffers , 1 × (single open)
- Eric Stuurman
- Bas van Erp
- Ronald Vink
| * Double competitions
Women Open (Gold ) |
Women Open (Silver ) |
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rowing
Women
Men
swim
Women
- Chantal Boonacker , 1 × (100 meters back, class S7)
- Mirjam de Koning-Peper , 2 × (50 meters freestyle, 100 meters back; class S6), 2 × (100 meters, 400 meters freestyle; class S6)
- Bernadette Massar
- Mendy Meenderink
- Lisette Teunissen
Men
- Michel Tielbeke
- Mike van der Zanden , 1 × (100 meter butterfly, class S10)
Sitting volleyball
Women (bronze ) |
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Table tennis
Women
- Kelly van Zon , 1 × (single, grade 6/7)
Men
- Nico Blok , 1 × (individual, grade 6)
- Tonnie Heijnen
- Tanning load
Individual evidence
- ↑ Summer Paralympic Participant List ( Memento from March 16, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Query at paralympic.org (as of September 28, 2008)
- ↑ Paralympic.org, September 28, 2008, list of standard bearers ( memento of March 26, 2009 in the Internet Archive )