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Netherlands At The 1996 Summer Olympics
The Netherlands competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. Medalists Archery The Dutch archery team included former Soviet Union archer Lyudmila Arzhannikova. She placed 15th for the Netherlands in Atlanta. Athletics ;Men ;Track & road events ;Field events ;Combined events – Decathlon ;Women ;Track & road events ;Field events Badminton Baseball The Netherlands made its first Olympic baseball appearance in 1996. They defeated Australia and Italy but lost their other five games in the preliminary round. When this result put the Dutch team in a three-way tie for fifth through seventh place with Australia and Italy, the head-to-head victories gave the Netherlands fifth place. ;Team roster :* Johnny Balentina :* Giel ten Bosch :* Eric de Bruin :* Peter Callenbach :* Rob Cordemans :* Jeffrey Cranston :* Eddie Dix :* Marlon Fluonia :* Evert-Jan 't Hoen :* Eelco Jansen :* Marcel Joost :* Adonis Kemp :* Geoffrey Kohl :* Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NOC*NSF
The Dutch Olympic Committee*Dutch Sports Federation, ( nl, Nederlands Olympisch Comité*Nederlandse Sport Federatie) generally abbreviated NOC*NSF, is the overall coordinating Dutch sports organization that also functions as the Dutch National Olympic Committee and National Paralympic Committee. Based at the National Sports Centre Papendal in Arnhem, it is a federation of 90 sports organizations, representing about 2700 individual sports clubs. IOC members Team NL Team NL is the sports team project with the goal of closer association of athletes and fans. It was created joined forces 29 sports associations and NOC*NSF that represents the Dutch athletes 365 days a year at an international top level at European Championships, World Championships and Olympic and Paralympic Games. See also * Netherlands at the Olympics * Netherlands at the Paralympics References External links NOC*NSF websiteTeam NL website Netherlands ) , anthem = ( en, "William of Nassau") , ima ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olof Van Der Meulen
Roelof ("Olof") Antonius van der Meulen (born 8 November 1968 in Sneek, Friesland) is a retired volleyball player from the Netherlands, who represented his native country in two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1992 in Barcelona, Spain. After having won the silver medal in 1992, Van der Meulen's finest hour came in 1996, when he won the gold medal in Atlanta, United States with the Dutch Men's Volleyball National Team by defeating Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical re ... in the final (3-2). References *Dutch Olympic Committee 1968 births Living people Dutch men's volleyball players Volleyball players at the 1992 Summer Olympics Volleyball players at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic volleyball players of the Netherlands Olympic gold medalists for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taco Van Den Honert
Taco Hajo van den Honert (born 14 February 1966 in Leiden) is a former field hockey player from the Netherlands, who represented his native country in three consecutive Summer Olympics (1988, 1992 and 1996). At his last appearance in Atlanta, Georgia, the skilled striker won the golden medal with the Dutch national team. A drag flick specialist playing for Amsterdam Amsterdam ( , , , lit. ''The Dam on the River Amstel'') is the Capital of the Netherlands, capital and Municipalities of the Netherlands, most populous city of the Netherlands, with The Hague being the seat of government. It has a population ... for most of his career, he retired from international field hockey after that event. He earned a total number of 215 caps, scoring 118 goals. References *Dutch Olympic Committee External links * 1966 births Living people Dutch male field hockey players Dutch field hockey coaches Olympic field hockey players of the Netherlands Field hockey players ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeroen Delmee
Jeroen Petrus Maria Delmee (born March 8, 1973 in Boxtel) is a field hockey player from the Netherlands. Delmee was an Olympic champion for the Netherlands in the 1996 and 2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 (Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium, was an international multi-sport event held from 1 .... After working as head coach of Dutch field hockey club Tilburg and head coach of the France men's national team (2017-2021), he started as the head coach of the Netherlands men's national team in september 2021. References External links * 1973 births Living people Dutch male field hockey players Dutch field hockey coaches Field hockey players at the 1996 Summer Olympics 1998 Men's Hockey World Cup players Field hockey players at the 2000 Summer Olympics 2002 Men's Hockey World Cup players Field ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marc Delissen
Marcus Johannes Elisabeth Leopold "Marc" Delissen (born 14 January 1965) is a former field hockey player for the Netherlands. Delissen was born in Amsterdam, North Holland. He played 261 international matches for the Netherlands, scored 98 goals and participated in three Olympics. He made his debut when he was nineteen years old, on 21 October 1984, in a friendly match against Ireland men's national field hockey team, Ireland in London. With his club HGC from Wassenaar, Delissen became Dutch champion twice, in 1990 and 1996. He retired after the Atlanta Olympics, but returned for the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, where he assisted head coach Maurits Hendriks and Holland once again became Olympic champions. Delissen later on coached his former club HGC for three years (2002–2005) in the Dutch Premier League, called ''Hoofdklasse''. He is a practising lawyer in The Hague. External links Dutch Hockey Federation External links * 1965 births Living people Dutch male fie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maurits Crucq
Maurits Bourgon Crucq (born 10 February 1968 in Voorburg, South Holland) is a former field hockey defender from the Netherlands, who played 132 international matches for the Dutch national team, in which he scored eleven goals. A player from HC Klein Zwitserland, Crucq twice won an Olympic medal: bronze in 1988 and gold in 1996 File:1996 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: A Centennial Olympic Park bombing, bomb explodes at Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta, set off by a radical Anti-abortion violence, anti-abortionist; The center fuel tank explodes on TWA Flight 8 .... References Dutch Hockey Federation External links * 1968 births Living people Dutch male field hockey players Field hockey players at the 1988 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 1992 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic field hockey players of the Netherlands Olympic gold medalists for the Netherlands Olympic bronze medalists for the Netherl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Floris Jan Bovelander
Floris Jan Bovelander (born 19 January 1966) is a former field hockey player from the Netherlands, who was a member of the Dutch national squad that won the gold medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. Six years earlier, at the Hockey World Cup in Lahore, where he scored nine times, he won the world title with the Dutch side at the expense of host nation Pakistan. Professional athlete Bovelander was born in Haarlem, and made his debut for the Netherlands national team on Wednesday, 2 October 1985, in a friendly match against New Zealand resulting in a 3–1 win, and went on to play 241 international games, scored 215 goals, and participated in three Olympics. He was famous for his devastating penalty corners, and was nicknamed ''Flop'', ''Floppie'' and ''Boem Boem Bovelander''. He played his last game for the Netherlands in the 1996 Olympic Hockey Final in Alanta. Thanks in particular to two penalty corners from 'the cannon with the angel's face', the Netherlands ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacques Brinkman
Jacques Brinkman (born 26 August 1966 in Utrecht (city), Utrecht) is a former Netherlands, Dutch field hockey player, who twice won the golden medal with the national squad: at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta and four years later, at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. There he played his last international tournament for the Dutch, after a career spanning more than thirteen years. Brinkman made his debut on 1 May 1987 in a friendly match against West-Germany. As a midfielder, he played 337 international matches for Holland, in which he scored 84 goals, making him Holland's most capped player. Brinkman surpassed the previous record holder, Cees Jan Diepeveen, in 1998. He won the Hockey World Cup in 1990 and 1998, and also the annual Hockey Champions Trophy, Champions Trophy (1996, 1998 and 2000). In the Dutch League he played for Kampong (field hockey club), Kampong, Amsterdamsche Hockey & Bandy Club, Amsterdam H&BC and Stichtse Cricket en Hockey Club. Since the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Netherlands Men's National Field Hockey Team
The Netherlands national men's field hockey team represents the Netherlands in international men's field hockey and is controlled by the Koninklijke Nederlandse Hockey Bond, the governing body for field hockey in the Netherlands. The Netherlands are one of the most successful teams in the world, having won the Summer Olympics twice, the Hockey World Cup three times, the Champions Trophy eight times, the EuroHockey Nations Championship six times and the Hockey World League once. At the 2020 Summer Olympics they reached their worst performance in 37 years at the Olympics as they failed to qualify for the semi-finals. Tournament record Sultan Azlan Shah Cup Hockey World League FIH Pro League :''*Draws include knockout matches decided on a penalty shoot-out.'' Team Current squad The following 18 players were named on 9 November 2022 for the 2023 World Cup from 13 to 29 January 2023 in Bhubaneswar and Rourkela, India. ''Caps updated as of 17 December 2022, after the matc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Volleyball At The 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's Tournament
The men's tournament in volleyball at the 1996 Summer Olympics was the 9th edition of the event at the Summer Olympics, organized by the world's governing body, the FIVB in conjunction with the IOC. It was held in Atlanta and Athens, Georgia, United States from 21 July to 4 August 1996. Qualification Pools composition Rosters Venues Preliminary round *The top four teams in each pool qualified for the quarterfinals. Pool A Pool B Final round Quarterfinals 5th–8th semifinals Semifinals 7th place match 5th place match Bronze medal match Gold medal match Final standing Medalists Awards *Most Valuable Player : Bas van de Goor *Best Spiker : Bas van de Goor *Best Server : Marcos Milinkovic Marcos Antonio Milinkovic (born December 22, 1971 in Villa Ballester, Buenos Aires) is an Argentine volleyball player. Milinković is 203 cm tall and weighs 100 kg. Mili ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Volleyball At The 1996 Summer Olympics
Volleyball at the 1996 Summer Olympics featured men's and women's Beach volleyball Beach volleyball is a team sport played by two teams of two or more players on a sand court divided by a net. Similar to indoor volleyball, the objective of the game is to send the ball over the net and to ground it on the opponent's side of the ... for the first time as an official Olympic sport. Men's and Women's indoor volleyball tournaments also took place. Medal table Medal summary References External linksVolleyball {{DEFAULTSORT:Volleyball At The 1996 Summer Olympics 1996 Summer Olympics events O O 1996 International volleyball competitions hosted by the United States Volleyball in Georgia (U.S. state) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ron Zwerver
Ronald ("Ron") Ferdinand Zwerver (born 6 June 1967) is a retired volleyball player from the Netherlands, who represented his native country in three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in Volleyball at the 1988 Summer Olympics, 1988 in Seoul, South Korea. He was one of the dominant forces in Dutch volleyball in the 1990s. Zwerver was a member of the teams which won the silver medal in the 1992 Summer Olympics and the gold medal in the 1996 Summer Olympics. He is the current coach of Nesselande, which is a team that plays in the highest Dutch league. Individual awards * ''FIVB World League 1990#Awards, 1990 FIVB World League "Best Spiker"'' * ''FIVB World League 1991#Awards, 1991 FIVB World League "Best Server"'' * ''FIVB World League 1991#Awards, 1991 FIVB World League "Best Spiker"'' * ''1994 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship#Awards, 1994 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship "Best Spiker"'' References 1967 births Living people Dutch men's volleyball playe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
