Royal Dutch League For Physical Education
The Royal Dutch League for Physical Education (''Koninklijke Nederlandse Bond voor Lichamelijke Opvoeding'' or ''KNBLO-NL'') was a Dutch sports association, focused on sporting and recreational walking. It existed from 1908 until 2015. After a merger with the Netherlands Sports-Walking Organisation (''Wandelsportorganisatie Nederland'') in 2004 it was renamed the KNBLO Wandelsportorganisatie Nederland. On 1 January 2015 it and the Dutch Sports-Walking League (''Nederlandse Wandelsport Bond'' or ''NWB'') merged to form the Royal Walking League of the Netherlands (''Koninklijke Wandel Bond Nederland'' or ''KWBN''). The resulting organisation has 100,000 members and is a major sports association within the NOC*NSF. The League was established on 3 April 1908 as the Dutch League for Physical Education (''Nederlandsche Bond voor Lichamelijke Opvoeding'' or ''NBvLO'') by baron Frits van Tuyll van Serooskerken, lieutenant-colonel W.F.K. Bischoff van Heemskerck and the sports pioneer W.J. ...
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