Netherlands at the
2004 Summer Paralympics
Flag of the Netherlands
IPC codeNED
NPCNederlands Olympisch Comité *
Nederlandse Sport Federatie
Websiteparalympisch.nl (in Dutch)
in Athens
Competitors95 in 11 sports
Medals
Ranked 27th
Gold
5
Silver
12
Bronze
12
Total
29
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)

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
 Gold Kenny van Weeghel Athletics Men's 400 m T54
 Gold Gerben Last
Tonnie Heijnen		 Table tennis Men's Teams 9
 Gold Robin Ammerlaan Wheelchair tennis Men's singles
 Gold Maaike Smit
Esther Vergeer		 Wheelchair tennis Women's doubles
 Gold Esther Vergeer Wheelchair tennis Women's singles
 Silver Kenny van Weeghel Athletics Men's 200 m T54
 Silver Willem Noorduin Athletics Men's Discus F36
 Silver Pieter Gruijters Athletics Men's Javelin F55-56
 Silver Pieter Gruijters Athletics Men's Pentathlon P54-58
 Silver Willem Noorduin Athletics Men's Shot Put F36
 Silver Jan Mulder
Pascal Schoots		 Cycling Men's Individual Pursuit Tandem B1-3
 Silver Joop Stokkel Equestrian Mixed Dressage – Championship grade II
 Silver Udo Hessels
Marcel van de Veen
Mischa Rossen		 Sailing Mixed Three Person Sonar
 Silver Kasper Engel Swimming Men's 100 m Breaststroke SB5
 Silver Marion Nijhof Swimming Women's 200 m Individual Medley SM11
 Silver Netherlands women's sitting volleyball team
 Volleyball Women
 Silver Sonja Peters Wheelchair tennis Women's singles
 Bronze Kenny van Weeghel Athletics Men's 100 m T54
 Bronze Johan Reekers Cycling Men's Handcycle Road Race HC Div B/C
 Bronze Gert Bolmer Equestrian Mixed Dressage – Championship grade II
 Bronze Gert Bolmer
Joop Stokkel
Sjerstin Vermeulen		 Equestrian Mixed Dressage Team open
 Bronze Thierry Schmitter Sailing Mixed Single Person 2.4mr
 Bronze Mike van der Zanden Swimming Men's 100 m Freestyle S10
 Bronze Chantal Boonacker Swimming Women's 100 m Backstroke S8
 Bronze Marion Nijhof Swimming Women's 100 m Freestyle S11
 Bronze Marion Nijhof Swimming Women's 50 m Freestyle S11
 Bronze Pernille Thomsen Swimming Women's 50 m Freestyle S8
 Bronze Monique de Beer
Bas van Erp		 Wheelchair tennis Quad Doubles
 Bronze Bas van Erp Wheelchair tennis 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 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
200m 25.31 2 Q N/A 25.32 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
400m N/A 1st place, gold medalist(s)

Men's field

Athlete Class Event Final
Result Points Rank
Jos van der Donk F42 Javelin 46.83 - 4
Pieter Gruijters F55-56 Javelin 37.79 WR 1180 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
F56 Shot put 9.78 - 11
P54-58 Pentathlon 5655 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Henk Jansen F57 Discus 41.20 - 5
F58 Javelin 34.51 - 8
Shot put 11.80 - 9
Albert van der Mee F12 Discus 37.51 - 8
Javelin 45.89 - 9
F13 Shot put 12.58 - 10
P13 Pentathlon DNS
Willem Noorduin F36 Discus 33.33 - 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Shot put 11.88 - 2nd place, silver medalist(s)

Women's field

Athlete Class Event Final
Result Points Rank
Annette Roozen F42 Long jump 3.33 - 5
Marije Smits F42 Long jump 3.19 - 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 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
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 - 7

Men's track

Athlete Event Qualification 1st round Final
Time Rank Time Rank Opposition
Time 		Rank
Jan Mulder
Pascal Schoots 		Men's individual pursuit tandem B1-3 4:32.05 2 Q  González (ESP) /
 Suarez (ESP)
W 4:27.98 		2 Q  Modra (AUS) /
 Crowe (AUS)
L OVL 		2nd place, silver medalist(s)

Equestrian

Individual

Athlete Event Total
Score Rank
Gert Bolmer Mixed individual championship test grade II 68.727 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Mixed individual freestyle test grade II 73.389 5
Joop Stokkel Mixed individual championship test grade II 70.545 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
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

Athlete Event Total
Total Rank
Gert Bolmer
Joop Stokkel
Sjerstin Vermeulen 		Team 413.082 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

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

Tournament

Game Match Score Rank
1 Netherlands vs.  Brazil (BRA) 1 – 6 3
2 Netherlands vs.  Russia (RUS) 1 – 7
3 Netherlands vs.  United States (USA) 6 – 1
5th/6th classification Netherlands vs.  Iran (IRI) 0 – 3 6

Goalball

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

Players

Tournament

Game Match Score Rank
1 Netherlands vs.  Canada (CAN) 0 – 9 5
2 Netherlands vs.  United States (USA) 0 – 2
3 Netherlands vs.  Japan (JPN) 1 – 1
4 Netherlands vs.  Finland (FIN) 1 – 8
5 Netherlands vs.  Germany (GER) 4 – 0
6 Netherlands vs.  Brazil (BRA) 3 – 1
7 Netherlands vs.  Greece (GRE) 6 – 1

Sailing

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 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
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 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
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 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Marion Nijhof S11 50m freestyle 34.08 3 Q 33.58 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
100m freestyle 1:13.61 1 Q 1:13.48 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
100m backstroke 1:27.48 4 Q 1:26.17 5
SM11 200m individual medley N/A 3:10.32 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Pernille Thomsen S8 50m freestyle 32.98 3 Q 32.95 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
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 / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Nico Blok Men's singles 6  Kowalski (POL)
L 0–3 		 Kusiak (NED)
W 3–1 		 Abbadie (FRA)
W 3–0 		2 Q N/A  Rosenmeier (DEN)
L 2–3 		did not advance
Harold Kersten  Arnold (GER)
L 0-3 		 Hassan (EGY)
W 3-2 		 Politsis (GRE)
W 3-1 		3 did not advance
Tonnie Heijnen Men's singles 9  Zborai (HUN)
L 0-3 		 Andree (SWE)
W 3-1 		N/A 2 Q Bye  Fraczyk (AUT)
L 1-3 		did not advance
Gerben Last  Cieslar (CZE)
L 2-3 		 Alimardani (IRI)
W 3-0 		 Gubica (CRO)
W 3-0 		2 Q  Leibovitz (USA)
L 1-3 		did not advance

Women

Athlete Event Preliminaries Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Jolanda Paardekam Women's singles 3  Mariage (FRA)
L 0–3 		 Fukuzawa (JPN)
L 0–3 		 Silva (CUB)
W 3–1 		3 did not advance

Teams

Athlete Event Preliminaries Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Nico Blok
Harold Kersten 		Men's team 6-7  France (FRA)
L 1–3 		 Denmark (DEN)
L 2–3 		 Sweden (SWE)
L 0–3 		4 did not advance
Tonnie Heijnen
Gerben Last 		Men's team 9  Chinese Taipei (TPE)
W 3-1 		 Croatia (CRO)
W 3-2 		 Iran (IRI)
W 3-1 		1 Q  United States (USA)
W 3-1 		 Austria (AUT)
W 3-2 		1st place, gold medalist(s)

Volleyball

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

Players

Tournament

Game Match Score Rank
1 Netherlands vs.  China (CHN) 1 – 3 2 Q
2 Netherlands vs.  United States (USA) 3 – 0
3 Netherlands vs.  Slovenia (SLO) 3 – 0
4 Netherlands vs.  Finland (FIN) 3 – 0
5 Netherlands vs.  Ukraine (UKR) 3 – 0
Semifinals Netherlands vs.  United States (USA) 3 – 0 W
Gold medal final Netherlands vs.  China (CHN) 1 – 3 2nd place, silver medalist(s)

Wheelchair basketball

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

Players

Men's tournament

Game Match Score Rank
1 Netherlands vs.  United States (USA) 82 – 66 1 Q
2 Netherlands vs.  Germany (GER) 52 – 63
3 Netherlands vs.  Japan (JPN) 76 – 47
4 Netherlands vs.  Iran (IRI) 83 – 51
5 Netherlands vs.  Greece (GRE) 95 – 34
Quarterfinals Netherlands vs.  Italy (ITA) 70 – 64 W
Semifinals Netherlands vs.  Canada (CAN) 70 – 91 L
Bronze medal final Netherlands vs.  Great Britain (GBR) 66 – 82 4

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

Players

Women's tournament

Game Match Score Rank
1 Netherlands vs.  Australia (AUS) 25 – 30 4
2 Netherlands vs.  United States (USA) 38 – 57
3 Netherlands vs.  Great Britain (GBR) 30 – 36
Quarterfinals Netherlands vs.  Canada (CAN) 46 – 65 L
Semifinals Netherlands vs.  Japan (JPN) 52 – 54 L
7th/8th classification Netherlands vs.  Great Britain (GBR) 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  Larsson (SWE)
W 6–0, 6–0 		 Weekes (AUS)
W 6–0, 6–0 		 Majdi (FRA)
W 6–0, 6–1 		 Saida (JPN)
W 6–4, 3–6, 7–6 		 Welch (USA)
W 7–5, 1–6, 6–4 		 Hall (AUS)
W 6–2, 6–1 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Eric Stuurman  Nakano (JPN)
W 6–3, 6–1 		 Mira (ESP)
W 6–2, 6–0 		 Kruszelnicki (POL)
L 5–7, 6–0, 4–6 		did not advance
Robin Ammerlaan
Eric Stuurman 		Men's doubles N/A  Lee (KOR) /
 Kwak (KOR)
W 6–3, 6–1 		 Jaroszewski (POL) /
 Kruszelnicki (POL)
W 6–2, 6–3 		 Jeremiasz (FRA) /
 Majdi (FRA)
L 2–6, 2–6 		 Bonaccurso (AUS) /
 Hall (AUS)
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  Young (KOR)
L 4–6, 6–4, 6–7 		did not advance
Sonja Peters  Suter Erath (SUI)
W 6–4, 6–4 		 Ohmae (JPN)
W 6–3, 6–2 		 Siegers (GER)
W 7–6, 6–3 		 Di Toro (AUS)
W 7–5, 4–6, 6–3 		 Vergeer (NED)
L 2–6, 0–6 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Maaike Smit  Clark (USA)
W 6–2, 6–3 		 Forshaw (GBR)
L 4–6, 6–7 		did not advance
Esther Vergeer  Blake (GBR)
W 6–0, 6–1 		 Lu (TPE)
W 6–0, 6–0 		 Khanthasit (THA)
W 6–3, 6–1 		 Gravellier (FRA)
W 6–3, 6–1 		 Peters (NED)
W 6–2, 6–0 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Jiske Griffioen
Sonja Peters 		Women's doubles N/A  Khanthasit (THA) /
 Techamaneewat (THA)
L 2–6, 3–6 		did not advance
Maaike Smit
Esther Vergeer 		N/A  Fabre (FRA) /
 Gravellier (FRA)
W 6–2, 6–3 		 Ohmae (JPN) /
 Yaosa (JPN)
W 6–2, 6–0 		 Khanthasit (THA) /
 Techamaneewat (THA)
W 6–0, 6–4 1st place, gold medalist(s)

Quads

Athlete Class Event Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result
Monique de Beer Open Quads' singles  McPhate (CAN)
W 6–1, 6–2 		 Taylor (USA)
L 2–6, 2–6 		did not advance
Bas van Erp  Araya (CHI)
W 6–1, 6–0 		 Eccleston (GBR)
W 6–1, 3–6, 7–5 		 Norfolk (GBR)
L 2–6, 3–6 		 Taylor (USA)
W 6–4, 7–6 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Monique de Beer
Bas van Erp 		Quads' doubles N/A  Polidori (ITA) /
 Raffaele (ITA)
W 6–3, 6–1 		 Eccleston (GBR) /
 Norfolk (GBR)
L 6–2, 5–7, 1–6 		 Hunter (CAN) /
 McPhate (CAN)
W 6–3, 6–1 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

See also

References

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