Netherlands at the
2020 Summer Paralympics
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IPC codeNED
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in Tokyo
Competitors72 in 12 sports
Flag bearers Fleur Jong and Jetze Plat
Medals
Gold
25
Silver
17
Bronze
17
Total
59
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)

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

Main article: 2020 Summer Paralympics medal table

Competitors

Sport Men Women Total
Athletics 6 11 17
Badminton 0 1 1
Boccia 1 0 1
Cycling 6 5 11
Equestrian 1 3 4
Rowing 1 1 2
Swimming 7 3 10
Table Tennis 0 2 2
Triathlon 2 1 3
Wheelchair Basketball 0 12 12
Wheelchair Tennis 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

Main article: Athletics at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Seventeen athletes have qualified to compete at the 2020 Summer Paralympics.[2]

Key
Track & road events
Men
Athlete Event Heats Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Joël de Jong 100m T63 13.00 4 q 12.90 8
Olivier Hendriks 100m T64 11.29 5 did not advance
400m T62 — 47.95 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
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
Kimberly Alkemade 100m T64 13.06 1 Q 13.12 5
200m T64 26.65 2 Q 26.80 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Cheyenne Bouthoorn 100m T36 14.84 4 q 14.90 5
200m T36 31.62 4 q 31.30 5
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 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
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
Nienke Timmer 100m T35 15.68 5 q 15.49 7
200m T35 — 32.87 6
Marlene van Gansewinkel 100m T64 12.82 PR 1 Q 12.78 PR 1st place, gold medalist(s)
200m T64 26.56 1 Q 26.22 PR 1st place, gold medalist(s)
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 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Noëlle Roorda Javelin throw F46 40.06 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Salima Rozema Long jump T20 4.69 10
Fleur Schouten Long jump T63 3.97 7
Marlene van Gansewinkel Long jump T64 5.78 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

Badminton

Main article: Badminton at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Megan Hollander has qualified to compete.

Athlete Event Group stage Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Megan Hollander Women's singles SU5  Monteiro (POR)
L (12–21, 19–21) 		 Asiimwe (UGA)
W (21–6, 21–7) 		 Yang (CHN)
L (8–21, 9–21) 		3 did not advance

Boccia

Main article: Boccia at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
Athlete Event Group stage Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Daniel Perez Individual BC1  Moreas (BRA)
W 13-1 		 Dolgova (RUS)
W 6-5 		 Tipmanee (THA)
W 11-0 		 Gutnik (RUS)
L 4-7 		2 Q  de Oliveira (BRA)
L 2-6 		did not advance

Cycling

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 		Road time trial B 42:00.77 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Tristan Bangma
Pilot: Patrick Bos 		47:20.91 6
Jetze Plat Road time trial H4 37:28.92 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Mitch Valize Road time trial H5 38:12.94 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Tim de Vries 41:33.46 5
Daniel Abraham Road time trial C5 42:46.45 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Vincent ter Schure
Pilot: Timo Fransen 		Road race B 2:59:13 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Tristan Bangma
Pilot: Patrick Bos 		3:05:01 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Jetze Plat Road race H4 2:15:13 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Mitch Valize Road race H5 2:24:30 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Tim de Vries 2:24:40 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Daniel Abraham Road race C4-5 2:15:20 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Women
Athlete Event Result Rank
Chantal Haenen Road race H5 2:47:25 5
Road time trial H4-5 49:15.28 4
Jennette Jansen 48:45.69 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Road race H1–4 56:15 1st place, gold medalist(s)

Track

Men
Athlete Event Heats Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Tristan Bangma
Pilot: Patrick Bos 		Individual pursuit B 3:59.470 1 Q, WR  Bate
(Pilot: Duggleby) (GBR)
W 		1st place, gold medalist(s)
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
Alyda Norbruis Individual pursuit C1-3 4:13.727 12 did not advance
Time trial C1-3 — 36.057 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Larissa Klaassen
Pilot: Imke Brommer 		Individual pursuit B 3:32.620 7 did not advance
Time trial B — 1:05.291 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Caroline Groot Time trial C4-5 — 35.599 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

Equestrian

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
Rixt van der Horst Findsley Individual test grade III 75.765 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Q
Individual freestyle test grade III did not start
Frank Hosmar Alphaville Individual test grade V 73.405 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Q
Individual freestyle test grade V 80.240 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Maud de Reu Webron Individual test grade III 69.941 10
Sanne Voets Demantur Individual test grade IV 76.585 1st place, gold medalist(s) Q
Individual freestyle test grade IV 82.085 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Rixt van der Horst (GIII)
Frank Hosmar (GV)
Sanne Voets (GIV) 		See above Team test 229.249 2nd place, silver medalist(s)

Qualification Legend: Q= Qualified for freestyle test

Paratriathlon

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 Men's PTWC 12:39 1:11 30:31 0:47 12:43 57:51 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Geert Schipper 14:03 1:18 34:04 0:49 12:47 1:03:01 4
Margret IJdema Women's PTWC 13:29 2:04 42:24 1:11 17:47 1:16:55 7

Rowing

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]

Athlete Event Heats Repechage Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Annika van der Meer
Corné de Koning 		Mixed double sculls 8:55.16 2 R 8:10.35 1 FA 8:43.85 2nd place, silver medalist(s)

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

Swimming

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
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 1st place, gold medalist(s)
100 m breaststroke SB11 1:11.91 1 Q 1:11.22 1st place, gold medalist(s)
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 1st place, gold medalist(s)
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
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
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
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 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
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 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
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 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
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
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 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
400 m freestyle S11 5:10.33 2 Q 5:05.34 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
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
Lisa Kruger 100 m freestyle S10 1:01.75 5 Q 1:00.68 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
100 m breaststroke SB9 1:13.83 2 Q 1:13.91 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
100 m backstroke S10 1:10.81 4 Q 1:09.44 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
200 m individual medley SM10 2:30.73 2 Q 2:27.86 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Chantalle Zijderveld 50 m freestyle S10 28.07 3 Q 27.42 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
100 m freestyle S10 1:01.51 3 Q 1:00.23 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
100 m breaststroke SB9 1:11.23 WR 1 Q 1:10.99 WR 1st place, gold medalist(s)
100 m butterfly SB10 — 1:07.91 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
200 m individual medley SM10 2:28.40 1 Q 2:24.85 WR 1st place, gold medalist(s)

Table tennis

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  Perez Villalba (MEX)
W 3-0 		 Barneoud (FRA)
L 2-3 		2 Q  Kim (KOR)
W 3-1 		 Korkut (TUR)
W 3-1 		 Safonova (RPC)
W 3-2 		1st place, gold medalist(s)
Frederique van Hoof Individual C8  Kamkasomphou (FRA)
L 1-3 		 Arloy (HUN)
L 0-3 		3 did not advance
Frederique van Hoof
Kelly van Zon 		Team C6-8 —  Norway (NOR)
W 2-0 		 RPC (RPC)
W 2-1 		 China (CHN)
L 0-2 		2nd place, silver medalist(s)

Wheelchair basketball

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.

The following is the Netherlands roster in the women's wheelchair basketball tournament of the 2020 Summer Paralympics. [8]

Netherlands women's national wheelchair basketball team - 2020 Summer Paralympics roster
Players Coaches
No. Name Age – Date of birth Pts.


1 Anouk Taggenbrock 27 – (1994-08-13)13 August 1994 2.5
2 Ilse Arts 31 – (1990-06-07)7 June 1990 1.5
4 Sylvana van Hees 28 – (1993-04-04)4 April 1993 1.5
5 Lindsay Frelink 22 – (1999-08-06)6 August 1999 2.0
6 Jitske Visser 28 – (1992-10-29)29 October 1992 1.0
8 Julia van der Sprong 21 – (1999-09-27)27 September 1999 3.5
9 Bo Kramer 22 – (1998-09-15)15 September 1998 4.5
10 Xena Wimmenhoeve 21 – (2000-05-14)14 May 2000 4.0
11 Cher Korver 45 – (1976-08-11)11 August 1976 2.5
12 Saskia Pronk 38 – (1983-08-06)6 August 1983 1.0
14 Carina de Rooij 41 – (1980-05-10)10 May 1980 3.0
15 Mariska Beijer 30 – (1991-06-29)29 June 1991 4.0
Head coach

Gertjan van der Linden

Assistant coach(es)
Irene Sloof
Legend
  • Age - describes age on 24 August 2021
Group B
Pos Team
 Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  China 4 4 0 207 133 +74 8 Quarter-finals
2  Netherlands 4 3 1 278 145 +133 7
3  United States 4 2 2 229 165 +64 6
4  Spain 4 1 3 167 185 −18 5
5  Algeria 4 0 4 72 325 −253 4 9th/10th place playoff
Source: TOCOG
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
25 August 2021 (2021-08-25)
11:15
Netherlands  68–58  United States
Scoring by quarter: 14–16, 20–20, 16–16, 18–6
Pts: Beijer 28
Rebs: Beijer 12
Asts: Visser 12		 Pts: Zurbrugg 20
Rebs: Hollermann, Schneider 9
Asts: Ryan 12
Musashino Forest Sport Plaza
Referees: Juan Urunuela
26 August 2021 (2021-08-26)
20:30
China  45–38  Netherlands
Scoring by quarter: 10–9, 8–15, 8–0, 19–14
Pts: Lin 17
Rebs: Zhang X. 15
Asts: Lin, Zhang X. 4		 Pts: Korver 12
Rebs: Beijer 7
Asts: Korver 4
Ariake Arena
Referees: Helen Rosenberg
27 August 2021 (2021-08-27)
11:15
Netherlands  109–18  Algeria
Scoring by quarter: 23–0, 34–12, 22–6, 30–0
Pts: Beijer 33
Rebs: Beijer 11
Asts: Kramer 11		 Pts: Khemgani 7
Rebs: Khemgani 6
Asts: Khedir, Khemgani 2
Ariake Arena
Referees: Hiroki Ono
29 August 2021 (2021-08-29)
9:00
Spain  24–63  Netherlands
Scoring by quarter: 7–23, 4–10, 11–18, 2–12
Pts: Perez 5
Rebs: Lopez 7
Asts: six players 1		 Pts: Beijer 22
Rebs: Beijer, Kramer 9
Asts: Beijer 5
Ariake Arena
Referees: Yap Poh Boon
Quarter-final
31 August 2021 (2021-08-31)
20:45
Netherlands  82–24  Japan
Scoring by quarter: 28–6, 18–6, 20–8, 16–4
Pts: Beijer 38
Rebs: Kramer 17
Asts: Kramer 9		 Pts: four players 4
Rebs: Kitada 6
Asts: Amimoto 4
Ariake Arena
Referees: Sebastien Gauthier
Semi-final
2 September 2021 (2021-09-02)
18:15
Germany  42–52  Netherlands
Scoring by quarter: 12–16, 13–10, 11–9, 6–17
Pts: Lang 18
Rebs: Lang 8
Asts: Lang 5		 Pts: Beijer 30
Rebs: Beijer 19
Asts: Visser 6
Ariake Arena
Attendance: 279
Referees: Sebastien Gauthier
Final
4 September 2021 (2021-09-04)
20:30
1st place, gold medalist(s) Netherlands  50–31  China 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Scoring by quarter: 9–12, 12–2, 12–6, 17–11
Pts: Kramer 15
Rebs: Kramer 9
Asts: Kramer, Visser 5		 Pts: Lin 9
Rebs: Zhang X. 11
Asts: Zhang T. 5
Ariake Arena
Attendance: 30
Referees: Linas Radykas

Wheelchair tennis

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 / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Carlos Anker Men's singles  Sanada (JPN)
L 1–6, 1–6 		did not advance
Tom Egberink Bye  Borhan (MAS)
W 6–0, 6–1 		 Olsson (SWE)
W 1–6, 6–7, 6–3 		 Caverzaschi (ESP)
W 6–4, 6–3 		 Hewett (GBR)
W 6–4, 7–6 		 Kunieda (JPN)
L 1-6, 2-6 		2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Maikel Scheffers  Stroud (USA)
W 6–4, 6–3 		 Ji (CHN)
L 4–6, 4–6 		did not advance
Ruben Spaargaren  Riegler (AUT)
W 6–0, 6–1 		 Cataldo (CHI)
W 6–2, 6–3 		 Hewett (GBR)
L 1–6, 6–2, 3–6 		did not advance
Carlos Anker
Ruben Spaargaren 		Men's doubles — Bye  Cataldo /
Sepulveda (CHI)
W 6–1, 7-5 		 Kunieda /
Sanada (JPN)
L 6–7, 3–6 		did not advance
Tom Egberink
Maikel Scheffers 		— Bye  Berdichevsky /
Sasson (ISR)
W 6–1, 6–1 		 Fernández /
Ledesma (ARG)
W 6–1, 3–6, 7-5 		 Houdet /
Peifer (FRA)
L 2–6, 4–6 		 Kunieda /
Sanada (JPN)
W 6-3, 6-2 		3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Diede de Groot Women's singles —  Cabrillana (CHI)
W 6–0, 6–1 		 Huang (CHN)
W 6–0, 6–2 		 Ohtani (JPN)
W 6–3, 6–2 		 Whiley (GBR)
W 6–4, 6–2 		 Kamiji (JPN)
W 6–3, 7-6 		1st place, gold medalist(s)
Aniek van Koot —  Kruger (GER)
W 6–3, 6–1 		 Mörch (FRA)
W 6–3, 6–0 		 Wang (CHN)
W 7–6, 2–6, 6–2 		 Kamiji (JPN)
L 2-6, 2-6 		 Whiley (GBR)
L 4-6, 7-6, 4-6 		4
Diede de Groot
Aniek van Koot 		Women's doubles — Bye  Bubnova /
Lvova (RPC)
W 6–1, 6–2 		 Kamiji /
Ohtani (JPN)
W 6–2, 6–4 		 Shuker /
Whiley (GBR)
W 6–0, 6–1 		1st place, gold medalist(s)
Sam Schröder Quad singles —  Saadon (ISR)
W 6–1, 6–2 		 Davidson (AUS)
W 6–2, 6–1 		 Sugeno (JPN)
W 6–2, 6–3 		 Alcott (AUS)
L 6-7 1-6 		2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Niels Vink —  Weinberg (ISR)
W 6–0, 6–3 		 Lapthorne (GBR)
W 6–4, 6–1 		 Alcott (AUS)
L 4–6, 6–3, 4–6 		 Sugeno (JPN)
W 6–1, 6–4 		3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Sam Schröder
Niels Vink 		Quad doubles —  Barten /
Wagner (USA)
W 6–2, 6–1 		 Cotterill /
Lapthorne (GBR)
W 6–0, 6–2 		 Alcott /
Davidson (AUS)
W 6–4, 6–3 		1st place, gold medalist(s)

See also

References

  1. ^ "2020 Paralympic TeamNL Tokyo (in Dutch)". TeamNL. 11 August 2021.
  2. ^ "17 Dutch athletes to the Paralympics (in Dutch)". atletiek.nl. 26 July 2021.
  3. ^ "Tokyo 2020: The path to Para equestrian". paralympic.org. March 1, 2019. Archived from the original on July 1, 2019. Retrieved July 1, 2019.
  4. ^ "Gekwalificeerden PS Tokyo 2020" (in Dutch). paralympisch.nl. Retrieved July 1, 2019.
  5. ^ "2019 World Rowing Championships". www.worldrowing.com. 15 October 2018. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
  6. ^ "2019 World Para Swimming Championships – Medallists by Event" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 15 September 2019. Archived (PDF) from the original on 30 July 2020.
  7. ^ "World Championships Slot Allocation Method" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 14 October 2019.
  8. ^ "Netherlands women's national wheelchair basketball team". Tokyo Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games. Retrieved 30 August 2021.

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