Netherlands at the 2004 Summer Paralympics explained

Npc:	NED
Npcname:	Nederlands Olympisch Comité * Nederlandse Sport Federatie
Games:	Summer Paralympics
Year:	2004
Flagcaption:	Flag of the Netherlands
Website:
Location:	Athens
Competitors:	95
Sports:	11
Rank:	27
Gold:	5
Silver:	12
Bronze:	12
Appearances:	auto

Netherlands competed at the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, Greece. The team included 95 athletes, 53 men and 42 women.^[1] Competitors from Netherlands won 29 medals, including 5 gold, 12 silver and 12 bronze to finish 27th in the medal table.^[2]

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
			Men's 400 m T54
			Men's Teams 9
			Men's singles
			Women's doubles
			Women's singles
			Men's 200 m T54
			Men's Discus F36
			Men's Javelin F55-56
			Men's Pentathlon P54-58
			Men's Shot Put F36
			Men's Individual Pursuit Tandem B1-3
			Mixed Dressage – Championship grade II
			Mixed Three Person Sonar
			Men's 100 m Breaststroke SB5
			Women's 200 m Individual Medley SM11
	Netherlands women's sitting volleyball team		Women
			Women's singles
			Men's 100 m T54
			Men's Handcycle Road Race HC Div B/C
			Mixed Dressage – Championship grade II
			Mixed Dressage Team open
			Mixed Single Person 2.4mr
			Men's 100 m Freestyle S10
			Women's 100 m Backstroke S8
			Women's 100 m Freestyle S11
			Women's 50 m Freestyle S11
			Women's 50 m Freestyle S8
			Quad Doubles
			Quad Singles

Source: www.paralympic.org^[3]

Sports

Athletics

Men's track

Athlete	Class	Event	Heats		Semifinal		Final
			Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Micha Janse	T37	800m	2:15.13	5 Q	N/A		2:15.41	5
		1500m	N/A				4:38.83	5
Kenny van Weeghel	T54	100m	14.27	4 Q	14.30	1 Q	14.33
		200m	25.31	2 Q	N/A		25.32
		400m	N/A

Men's field

Athlete	Class	Event	Final
			Result	Points	Rank
Jos van der Donk	F42	Javelin	46.83	style="text-align:center;"	-	4
Pieter Gruijters	F55-56	Javelin	37.79 WR	1180
	F56	Shot put	9.78	style="text-align:center;"	-	11
	P54-58	Pentathlon	5655
Henk Jansen	F57	Discus	41.20	style="text-align:center;"	-	5
	F58	Javelin	34.51	style="text-align:center;"	-	8
		Shot put	11.80	style="text-align:center;"	-	9
Albert van der Mee	F12	Discus	37.51	style="text-align:center;"	-	8
		Javelin	45.89	style="text-align:center;"	-	9
	F13	Shot put	12.58	style="text-align:center;"	-	10
	P13	Pentathlon	DNS
Willem Noorduin	F36	Discus	33.33	style="text-align:center;"	-
		Shot put	11.88	style="text-align:center;"	-

Women's field

Athlete	Class	Event	Final
			Result	Points	Rank
Annette Roozen	F42	Long jump	3.33	style="text-align:center;"	-	5
Marije Smits	F42	Long jump	3.19	style="text-align:center;"	-	8

Cycling

Men's road

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Cefas Bouman	Men's handcycle road race HC div B/C	1:17:30	4
	Men's handcycle time trial HC div B/C	18:20.47	4
Johan Reekers	Men's handcycle road race HC div B/C	1:17:30
	Men's handcycle time trial HC div B/C	19:31.32	9
Jan Mulder Bart Boom (pilot)	Men's road race/time trial tandem B1-3	style="text-align:center;"	-	7

Men's track

Equestrian

Individual

Athlete	Event	Total
		Score	Rank
Gert Bolmer	Mixed individual championship test grade II	68.727
	Mixed individual freestyle test grade II	73.389	5
Joop Stokkel	Mixed individual championship test grade II	70.545
	Mixed individual championship test grade II	74.333	4
Sjerstin Vermeulen	Mixed individual championship test grade IV	66.452	8
	Mixed individual championship test grade IV	73.091	5

Mixed team

Football 7-a-side

The men's football 7-a-side team didn't win any medals: they were 6th out of 8 teams.

Players

• Bart Adelaars
• Patrick Beekmans
• Nico Berlee
• Rudi van Breemen
• Richard van den Born
• Ruben de Haas
• Stephan Lokhoff
• Thiệu van Son
• David Tetelepta
• Martijn van de Ven
• Jeroen Voogd
• Milo de Wit

Tournament

Game	Match	Score	Rank
1	Netherlands vs.	1 – 6	3
2	Netherlands vs.	1 – 7
3	Netherlands vs.	6 – 1
5th/6th classification	Netherlands vs.	0 – 3	6

Goalball

The women's goalball team didn't win any medals: they were 5th out of 8 teams.

Players

• Anneke Berkhout
• Marianna Huijben
• Christa Schrooten
• Nancy Sier
• Carla van der Weide Burgmeijer
• Jolanda van Wijk Knuman

Tournament

Game	Match	Score	Rank
1	Netherlands vs.	0 – 9	5
2	Netherlands vs.	0 – 2
3	Netherlands vs.	1 – 1
4	Netherlands vs.	1 – 8
5	Netherlands vs.	4 – 0
6	Netherlands vs.	3 – 1
7	Netherlands vs.	6 – 1

Swimming

Men

Athlete	Class	Event	Heats		Final
			Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Kasper Engel	S6	100m backstroke	1:31.09	11	did not advance
	SB5	100m breaststroke	1:36.03	2 Q	1:35.98
Joost de Hoogh	S10	400m freestyle	4:28.82	3 Q	4:24.86	5
		100m backstroke	1:08.76	6 Q	1:08.41	7
	SM10	200m individual medley	2:27.03	7 Q	2:23.70	5
Gert-Jan Schep	S8	50m freestyle	30.32	6 Q	30.14	5
		100m freestyle	1:06.86	11	did not advance
		100m backstroke	1:17.64	6 Q	1:17.74	6
	SM8	200m individual medley	N/A		2:40.90	5
Mike van der Zanden	S10	50m freestyle	26.63	8 Q	26.49	7
		100m freestyle	57.14	5 Q	56.47
		400m freestyle	4:29.47	5 Q	4:23.81	4
		100m butterfly	1:01.80	5 Q	1:01.48	5

Women

Athlete	Class	Event	Heats		Final
			Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Chantal Boonacker	S8	50m freestyle	35.24	8 Q	35.21	8
		100m freestyle	1:15.15	7 Q	1:16.07	7
		400m freestyle	5:31.18	3 Q	5:31.51	4
		100m backstroke	1:23.89	2 Q	1:24.13
Marion Nijhof	S11	50m freestyle	34.08	3 Q	33.58
		100m freestyle	1:13.61	1 Q	1:13.48
		100m backstroke	1:27.48	4 Q	1:26.17	5
	SM11	200m individual medley	N/A		3:10.32
Pernille Thomsen	S8	50m freestyle	32.98	3 Q	32.95
		100m freestyle	1:13.37	4 Q	1:12.46	4
		100m backstroke	1:27.66	5 Q	1:27.92	5

Table tennis

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries				Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Nico Blok	Men's singles 6	L 0–3	W 3–1	W 3–0	2 Q	N/A	L 2–3	did not advance
Harold Kersten		L 0-3	W 3-2	W 3-1	3	did not advance
Tonnie Heijnen	Men's singles 9	L 0-3	W 3-1	N/A	2 Q	Bye	L 1-3	did not advance
Gerben Last		L 2-3	W 3-0	W 3-0	2 Q	L 1-3	did not advance

Teams

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries				Semifinals	Final /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Nico Blok Harold Kersten	Men's team 6-7	L 1–3	L 2–3	L 0–3	4	did not advance
Tonnie Heijnen Gerben Last	Men's team 9	W 3-1	W 3-2	W 3-1	1 Q	W 3-1	W 3-2

Volleyball

The women's volleyball team won the silver medal after losing to China in the gold medal match.

Players

• Monique Bons
• Anneke den Haan
• Karin Harmsen
• Paula List
• Djoke van Marum
• Maria Poiesz
• Marijke Roest
• Aletta Adema Salagter
• Jolanda Slenter
• Alberta Ten Thije
• Els Verwer
• Petra Westerhof

Tournament

Game	Match	Score	Rank
1	Netherlands vs.	1 – 3	2 Q
2	Netherlands vs.	3 – 0
3	Netherlands vs.	3 – 0
4	Netherlands vs.	3 – 0
5	Netherlands vs.	3 – 0
Semifinals	Netherlands vs.	3 – 0	W
Gold medal final	Netherlands vs.	1 – 3

Wheelchair basketball

The men's basketball team didn't win any medals: they were defeated by Great Britain in the bronze medal game.

Players

• Peter Brandsen
• Frans van Breugel
• Mustafa Charif Jebari
• Ruud Dettmer
• Frank de Goede
• Koen Jansens
• Wimt Lam
• Gert Jan van der Linden
• Mario Oosterbosch
• Mete Oztegel
• Anton de Rooy
• Kornelis van der Werf

Men's tournament

Game	Match	Score	Rank
1	Netherlands vs.	82 – 66	1 Q
2	Netherlands vs.	52 – 63
3	Netherlands vs.	76 – 47
4	Netherlands vs.	83 – 51
5	Netherlands vs.	95 – 34
Quarterfinals	Netherlands vs.	70 – 64	W
Semifinals	Netherlands vs.	70 – 91	L
Bronze medal final	Netherlands vs.	66 – 82	4

The women's basketball team didn't win any medals: they were 7th out of 8 teams.

Players

• Petra Garnier
• Asjousja Ibrahimi
• Jennette Jansen
• Evelyn van Leeuwen
• Cher Korver
• Jozima Mosely
• Roos Oosterbaan
• Fleur Pieterse
• Ingeborg Tiggelman
• Jeanine van Veggel
• Carina Versloot
• Miranda Wevers

Women's tournament

Game	Match	Score	Rank
1	Netherlands vs.	25 – 30	4
2	Netherlands vs.	38 – 57
3	Netherlands vs.	30 – 36
Quarterfinals	Netherlands vs.	46 – 65	L
Semifinals	Netherlands vs.	52 – 54	L
7th/8th classification	Netherlands vs.	48 – 30	7

Wheelchair tennis

Men

Athlete	Class	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
			Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Robin Ammerlaan	Open	Men's singles	W 6–0, 6–0	W 6–0, 6–0	W 6–0, 6–1	W 6–4, 3–6, 7–6	W 7–5, 1–6, 6–4	W 6–2, 6–1
Eric Stuurman			W 6–3, 6–1	W 6–2, 6–0	L 5–7, 6–0, 4–6	did not advance
Robin Ammerlaan Eric Stuurman		Men's doubles	N/A		/ W 6–3, 6–1	/ W 6–2, 6–3	/ L 2–6, 2–6	/ L 4–6, 7–6, 4–6

Women

Athlete	Class	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
			Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Jiske Griffioen	Open	Women's singles	L 4–6, 6–4, 6–7	did not advance
Sonja Peters			W 6–4, 6–4	W 6–3, 6–2	W 7–6, 6–3	W 7–5, 4–6, 6–3	L 2–6, 0–6
Maaike Smit			W 6–2, 6–3	L 4–6, 6–7	did not advance
Esther Vergeer			W 6–0, 6–1	W 6–0, 6–0	W 6–3, 6–1	W 6–3, 6–1	W 6–2, 6–0
Jiske Griffioen Sonja Peters		Women's doubles	N/A		/ L 2–6, 3–6	did not advance
Maaike Smit Esther Vergeer			N/A		/ W 6–2, 6–3	/ W 6–2, 6–0	/ W 6–0, 6–4

Quads

Athlete	Class	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
			Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Monique de Beer	Open	Quads' singles	W 6–1, 6–2	L 2–6, 2–6	did not advance
Bas van Erp			W 6–1, 6–0	W 6–1, 3–6, 7–5	L 2–6, 3–6	W 6–4, 7–6
Monique de Beer Bas van Erp		Quads' doubles	N/A	/ W 6–3, 6–1	/ L 6–2, 5–7, 1–6	/ W 6–3, 6–1

See also

• Netherlands at the Paralympics
• Netherlands at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Notes and References

1. Web site: Participation Numbers Athens 2004 Paralympic Games. International Paralympic Committee. 8 June 2011.
2. Web site: Medal Standings Athens 2004 Paralympic Games. International Paralympic Committee. 8 June 2011.
3. Web site: Dutch Medal winners 2004 PG. www.paralympic.org. 12 October 2012.