Netherlands at the 2020 Summer Paralympics explained

Npc:	NED
Country:	Netherlands
Year:	2020
Games:	Summer Paralympics
Games Link:	2020 Summer Paralympics
Flagcaption:	Flag of the Netherlands
Npcname:	NOC*NSF
Location:	Tokyo
Competitors:	72
Sports:	12
Flagbearer:	Fleur Jong and Jetze Plat
Gold:	25
Silver:	17
Bronze:	17
Appearances:	auto

Netherlands competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan, from 24 August to 5 September 2021. This was their sixteenth consecutive appearance at the Summer Paralympics since 1960.^[1]

Medalists

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Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
	Guide: Patrick Bos			25 August
	Guide: Imke Brommer			26 August
				26 August
				26 August
				26 August
				28 August
				29 August
				30 August
				30 August
				30 August
				31 August
				31 August
				31 August
				31 August
				1 September
				1 September
				1 September
				1 September
				1 September
	Guide: Timo Fransen
				3 September
	Women's wheelchair basketball team
				25 August
				26 August
				26 August
				27 August
				28 August
				29 August
				29 August
				30 August
				31 August
				1 September
	Guide: Patrick Bos
				26 August
				27 August
				27 August
				28 August
				28 August
				30 August
				31 August
				31 August
				31 August
				1 September
				3 September
				3 September

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Medals by sport
Sport	bgcolor=#f7f6a8		bgcolor=#dce5e5		bgcolor=#ffdab9		Total
Cycling	9	3	4	16
Swimming	5	6	6	17
Wheelchair tennis	3	2	2	7
Athletics	3	2	3	8
Equestrian	2	2	2	6
Table tennis	1	1	0	2
Paratriathlon	1	0	0	1
Wheelchair basketball	1	0	0	1
Rowing	0	1	0	1
Total	25	17	17	59

Competitors

width=180	Sport	width=55	Men	width=55	Women	width=55	Total
	6	11	17
	0	1	1
	1	0	1
	6	5	11
	1	3	4
	1	1	2
	7	3	10
	0	2	2
	2	1	3
	0	12	12
	6	2	8
Total	30	41	71

Officials

Retired Dutch wheelchair tennis player Esther Vergeer is Chef de Mission of the Dutch delegation for the 2020 Summer Paralympics.

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 2020 Summer Paralympics. Seventeen athletes have qualified to compete at the 2020 Summer Paralympics.^[2]

Track & road events

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Joël de Jong	100m T63	13.00	4 q	12.90	8
align=left rowspan=2	Olivier Hendriks	100m T64	11.29	5	did not advance
400m T62	47.95
align=left rowspan=3	Kenny van Weeghel	100m T54	14.17	4 q	14.53	8
400m T54	46.81	3	did not advance
800m T54	1:40.87	5	did not advance
Levi Vloet	200m T64	22.66	4 q	23.10	7

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Kimberly Alkemade	100m T64	13.06	1 Q	13.12	5
200m T64	26.65	2 Q	26.80
align=left rowspan=2	Cheyenne Bouthoorn	100m T36	14.84	4 q	14.90	5
200m T36	31.62	4 q	31.30	5
align=left rowspan=3	Nikita den Boer	1500m T54	3:28.87	4 q	3:29.11	7
5000m T54	11:15.37	4
Marathon T54	1:38:16
Fleur Jong	100m T64	13.34	4 q	13.10	4
Fleur Schouten	100m T63	16.82	6	did not advance
Amy Siemons	100m T34	20.29	8
align=left rowspan=2	Nienke Timmer	100m T35	15.68	5 q	15.49	7
200m T35	32.87	6
align=left rowspan=2	Marlene van Gansewinkel	100m T64	12.82	1 Q	12.78
200m T64	26.56	1 Q	26.22

Field events

Men

Athlete	Event	Final
		Result	Rank
Joël de Jong	Long jump T63	6.41	6
Ranki Oberoi	Long jump T20	6.76	7
Take Zonneveld	Shot put F40	10.04	7

Women

Athlete	Event	Final
		Result	Rank
Lara Baars	Shot put F40	7.64	7
Fleur Jong	Long jump T64	6.16
Noëlle Roorda	Javelin throw F46	40.06
Salima Rozema	Long jump T20	4.69	10
Fleur Schouten	Long jump T63	3.97	7
Marlene van Gansewinkel	Long jump T64	5.78

Badminton

See main article: Badminton at the 2020 Summer Paralympics. Megan Hollander has qualified to compete.

Boccia

See main article: Boccia at the 2020 Summer Paralympics.

Cycling

See main article: Cycling at the 2020 Summer Paralympics. Jennette Jansen, Chantal Haenen, Caroline Groot, Larissa Klaassen, Imke Brommer, Alyda Norbruis, Jetze Plat, Mitch Valize, Tim de Vries, Daniel Abraham, Vincent ter Schure, Timo Fransen, Tristan Bangma and Patrick Bos have all qualified to compete.

Road

Men

Athlete	Event	Result	Rank
Vincent ter Schure Pilot: Timo Fransen	align=left rowspan=2	Road time trial B	42:00.77
Tristan Bangma Pilot: Patrick Bos	47:20.91	6
Jetze Plat	align=left	Road time trial H4	37:28.92
Mitch Valize	align=left rowspan=2	Road time trial H5	38:12.94
Tim de Vries	41:33.46	5
Daniel Abraham	Road time trial C5	42:46.45
Vincent ter Schure Pilot: Timo Fransen	align=left rowspan=2	Road race B	2:59:13
Tristan Bangma Pilot: Patrick Bos	3:05:01
Jetze Plat	align=left	Road race H4	2:15:13
Mitch Valize	align=left rowspan=2	Road race H5	2:24:30
Tim de Vries	2:24:40
Daniel Abraham	Road race C4-5	2:15:20

Women

Athlete	Event	Result	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Chantal Haenen	Road race H5	2:47:25	5
align=left rowspan=2	Road time trial H4-5	49:15.28	4
align=left rowspan=2	Jennette Jansen	48:45.69
Road race H1–4	56:15

Track

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Tristan Bangma Pilot: Patrick Bos	Individual pursuit B	3:59.470	1 Q, WR	W
Vincent ter Schure Pilot: Timo Fransen	Individual pursuit B	4:06.004	5	did not advance
Daniel Abraham Gebru	Individual pursuit C5	4:23.096	5	did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Alyda Norbruis	Individual pursuit C1-3	4:13.727	12	did not advance
Time trial C1-3	36.057
align=left rowspan=2	Larissa Klaassen Pilot: Imke Brommer	Individual pursuit B	3:32.620	7	did not advance
Time trial B	1:05.291
Caroline Groot	Time trial C4-5	35.599

Equestrian

See main article: Equestrian at the 2020 Summer Paralympics.

The Netherlands qualified for the 2020 Summer Paralympics after reaching 2nd place in the 2018 FEI World Equestrian Games. Equestrian riders included are Rixt van der Horst, Frank Hosmar, Maud de Reu and Sanne Voets. ^{[3] [4]}

Athlete	Horse	Event	Result	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Rixt van der Horst	align=left rowspan=2	Findsley	Individual test grade III	75.765	Q
Individual freestyle test grade III	did not start
align=left rowspan=2	Frank Hosmar	align=left rowspan=2	Alphaville	Individual test grade V	73.405	Q
Individual freestyle test grade V	80.240
Maud de Reu	Webron	Individual test grade III	69.941	10
align=left rowspan=2	Sanne Voets	align=left rowspan=2	Demantur	Individual test grade IV	76.585	Q
Individual freestyle test grade IV	82.085
Rixt van der Horst (GIII) Frank Hosmar (GV) Sanne Voets (GIV)	See above	Team test	229.249

Qualification Legend: Q= Qualified for freestyle test

Paratriathlon

See main article: Paratriathlon at the 2020 Summer Paralympics. Jetze Plat, Geert Schipper and Margret IJdema have all qualified to compete.

Athlete	Event	Swim	Trans 1	Bike	Trans 2	Run	Total Time	Rank
Jetze Plat	align=left rowspan=2	Men's PTWC	12:39	1:11	30:31	0:47	12:43	57:51
Geert Schipper	14:03	1:18	34:04	0:49	12:47	1:03:01	4
Margret IJdema	align=left rowspan=2	Women's PTWC	13:29	2:04	42:24	1:11	17:47	1:16:55	7

Rowing

See main article: Rowing at the 2020 Summer Paralympics. Netherlands qualified one boat in the mixed double sculls for the games by winning the silver medal at the 2019 World Rowing Championships in Ottensheim, Austria and securing the second of eight available place.^[5]

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); R=Repechage

Swimming

See main article: Swimming at the 2020 Summer Paralympics. Five Dutch swimmers have qualified to compete in swimming at the 2020 Summer Paralympics via the 2019 World Para Swimming Championships slot allocation method & 10 qualified via MQS.^{[6] [7]}

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
align=left rowspan=5	Rogier Dorsman	100 m freestyle S11	1:10.51	2 Q	1:10.10	4
400 m freestyle S11	4:30.23	1 Q	4:28.47
100 m breaststroke SB11	1:11.91	1 Q	1:11.22
100 m butterfly S11	1:05.64	3 Q	1:05.67	4
200 m individual medley SM11	2:20.75	1 Q	2:19.02
align=left rowspan=3	Marc Evers	100 m butterfly S14	58.91	14	did not advance
200 m individual medley SM14	2:13.10	3 Q	2:13.25	8
100 m backstroke S14	1:03.98	13	did not advance
Tim van Duuren	100 m breaststroke SB8	1:10.36	3 Q	1:10.55	4
align=left rowspan=2	Querijn Hensen	50 m freestyle S10	25.58	10	did not advance
100 m backstroke S10	1:01.87	3 Q	1:02.19	6
align=left rowspan=2	Thijs van Hofweegen	100 m freestyle S6	1:07.70	5 Q	1:06.39	5
100 m backstroke S6	1:20.26	6 Q	1:19.69	7
align=left rowspan=4	Bas Takken	100 m freestyle S10	53.94	6 Q	54.06	6
400 m freestyle S10	4:07.17	1 Q	4:02.02
100 m backstroke S10	1:01.89	4 Q	1:01.52	5
200 m individual medley SM10	2:16.91	3 Q	2:11.39
align=left rowspan=3	Thomas van Wanrooij	100 m backstroke S13	1:00.48	2 Q	1:00.50	5
100 m breaststroke SB13	1:06.83	6 Q	1:06.75	6
200 m individual medley SM13	2:11.12	2 Q	2:10.79
Tim van Duuren Querijn Hensen Thijs van Hofweegen Bas Takken	4x100 m medley relay 34 points	4:19.68	2 Q	4:22.25	5

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
align=left rowspan=5	Liesette Bruinsma	50 m freestyle S11	30.26	4 Q	30.19	4
100 m freestyle S11	1:07.69	2 Q	1:06.55
400 m freestyle S11	5:10.33	2 Q	5:05.34
100 m breaststroke SB11	1:28.19	3 Q	1:27.29	4
200 m individual medley SM11	2:50.70	4 Q	2:50.78	6
align=left rowspan=4	Lisa Kruger	100 m freestyle S10	1:01.75	5 Q	1:00.68
100 m breaststroke SB9	1:13.83	2 Q	1:13.91
100 m backstroke S10	1:10.81	4 Q	1:09.44
200 m individual medley SM10	2:30.73	2 Q	2:27.86
align=left rowspan=5	Chantalle Zijderveld	50 m freestyle S10	28.07	3 Q	27.42
100 m freestyle S10	1:01.51	3 Q	1:00.23
100 m breaststroke SB9	1:11.23 WR	1 Q	1:10.99 WR
100 m butterfly SB10	1:07.91
200 m individual medley SM10	2:28.40	1 Q	2:24.85 WR

Table tennis

See main article: Table tennis at the 2020 Summer Paralympics. Two female players have qualified to compete.

Women

Athlete	Event	Group Stage			Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Kelly van Zon	Individual C7	W 3-0	L 2-3	2 Q	W 3-1	W 3-1	W 3-2
Frederique van Hoof	Individual C8	L 1-3	L 0-3	3	did not advance
Frederique van Hoof Kelly van Zon	Team C6-8	W 2-0	W 2-1	L 0-2

Wheelchair basketball

See main article: Wheelchair basketball at the 2020 Summer Paralympics.

Women's tournament

The women's wheelchair basketball team qualified for the 2020 Summer Paralympics after their results at the 2018 Wheelchair Basketball World Championship.

Group B

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Quarter-final

Semi-final

Final

Wheelchair tennis

See main article: Wheelchair tennis at the 2020 Summer Paralympics. Netherlands qualified eight players entries for wheelchair tennis. All of them qualified by the world rankings.

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Carlos Anker	Men's singles	L 1–6, 1–6	did not advance
Tom Egberink		W 6–0, 6–1	W 1–6, 6–7, 6–3	W 6–4, 6–3	W 6–4, 7–6	L 1-6, 2-6
Maikel Scheffers	W 6–4, 6–3	L 4–6, 4–6	did not advance
Ruben Spaargaren	W 6–0, 6–1	W 6–2, 6–3	L 1–6, 6–2, 3–6	did not advance
Carlos Anker Ruben Spaargaren	Men's doubles			W 6–1, 7-5	L 6–7, 3–6	did not advance
Tom Egberink Maikel Scheffers			W 6–1, 6–1	W 6–1, 3–6, 7-5	L 2–6, 4–6	W 6-3, 6-2
Diede de Groot	Women's singles		W 6–0, 6–1	W 6–0, 6–2	W 6–3, 6–2	W 6–4, 6–2	W 6–3, 7-6
Aniek van Koot		W 6–3, 6–1	W 6–3, 6–0	W 7–6, 2–6, 6–2	L 2-6, 2-6	L 4-6, 7-6, 4-6	4
Diede de Groot Aniek van Koot	Women's doubles		W 6–1, 6–2	W 6–2, 6–4	W 6–0, 6–1
Sam Schröder	Quad singles	W 6–1, 6–2	W 6–2, 6–1	W 6–2, 6–3	L 6-7 1-6
Niels Vink	W 6–0, 6–3	W 6–4, 6–1	L 4–6, 6–3, 4–6	W 6–1, 6–4
Sam Schröder Niels Vink	Quad doubles	W 6–2, 6–1	W 6–0, 6–2	W 6–4, 6–3

See also

• Netherlands at the Paralympics
• Netherlands at the 2020 Summer Olympics

External links

• NOC*NSF - National Paralympic Committee of the Netherlands
• 2020 Summer Paralympics website

Notes and References

1. Web site: 11 August 2021. 2020 Paralympic TeamNL Tokyo (in Dutch). TeamNL.
2. Web site: 26 July 2021. 17 Dutch athletes to the Paralympics (in Dutch). atletiek.nl.
3. Web site: Tokyo 2020: The path to Para equestrian. March 1, 2019. paralympic.org. July 1, 2019. July 1, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190701050021/https://www.paralympic.org/news/tokyo-2020-path-para-equestrian.
4. Web site: Gekwalificeerden PS Tokyo 2020. paralympisch.nl. July 1, 2019. nl.
5. Web site: 2019 World Rowing Championships . 15 October 2018 . www.worldrowing.com . 9 August 2021.
6. Web site: 15 September 2019. 2019 World Para Swimming Championships – Medallists by Event. live. International Paralympic Committee. https://web.archive.org/web/20200730172816/https://www.paralympic.org/static/info/resSWLO19/pdf/SWLO19/SW/SWLO19_SW_C93_SW0000000.pdf. 30 July 2020.
7. Web site: 14 October 2019. World Championships Slot Allocation Method. International Paralympic Committee.