Netherlands competed at the

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in Tokyo,

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, from 24 August to 5 September 2021. This was their sixteenth consecutive appearance at the

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Medalists

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Competitors

Officials

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

Athletics

Seventeen athletes have qualified to compete at the 2020 Summer Paralympics. ;Track & road events ;Men ;Women ;Field events ;Men ;Women

Badminton

Megan Hollander has qualified to compete.

Boccia

Cycling

Jennette Jansen Jennette Jansen (born 17 April 1968) is a Paralympian from the Netherlands competing mainly in category TW4 wheelchair racing and later as a basketball player and cyclist. She competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics, in Women's individual class ...

, Chantal Haenen,

Caroline Groot Caroline Groot (born 4 September 1997) is a Dutch Paralympic cyclist who competes in C5 classification. She made her first Paralympic appearance during the 2020 Summer Paralympics. Career Caroline claimed gold medal in C5 scratch race at th ...

Larissa Klaassen Larissa Klaassen (born 7 May 1994) is a visually impaired Dutch Paralympic cyclist. Klaassen and sighted pilot Imke Brommer won the gold medal in the women's time trial B event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics held in Tokyo, Japan. She also set a ...

Imke Brommer Imke is a given name. Notable people with the given name include: *Imke Bartels (born 1977), Dutch equestrian *Imke Courtois (born 1988), Belgian footballer and sports analyst *Imke David (born 1967), German viol player, author, professor and ens ...

Alyda Norbruis Alyda Norbruis (born 28 March 1989, Ureterp) is a Dutch/Frisian Paralympic cyclist. She won medals at the 2012 Summer Paralympics and the 2016 Summer Paralympics ) , nations = 159 , athletes = 4,342 , opening = 7 September , clo ...

, Jetze Plat,

Mitch Valize Mitch Valize (born 7 June 1995) is a Dutch Para-cyclist who represented the Netherlands at the 2020 Summer Paralympics. Career Valize represented the Netherlands in the men's road time trial H5 event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics The , ...

, Tim de Vries, Daniel Abraham,

Vincent ter Schure Vincent ter Schure (born 24 October 1979) is a visually impaired Dutch Paralympic cyclist. Career He represented the Netherlands at the 2016 Summer Paralympics held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil together with his sighted pilot Timo Fransen and he ...

Timo Fransen Timo Fransen (born 3 June 1987) is a Dutch Paralympic cyclist competing in tandem events for the Netherlands, serving as a sighted pilot for blind cyclist Vincent ter Schure. Career Ter Schure and Fransen represented the Netherlands at the 201 ...

Tristan Bangma Tristan Bangma (born 6 October 1997) is a visually impaired Dutch Paralympic cyclist. He is a gold medalist in cycling at both the 2016 Summer Paralympics and the 2020 Summer Paralympics. At the 2016 Summer Paralympics held in Rio de Janeiro, B ...

and

Patrick Bos Patrick Bos (born 20 August 1987) is a Dutch cyclist who rides as a sighted pilot for blind or partially sighted athletes in tandem track and road events. He competed at the 2012, 2016 and 2020 Paralympic Games, having won three medals. Career ...

have all qualified to compete.

Road

;Men ;Women

Track

;Men ;Women

Equestrian

The Netherlands qualified for the 2020 Summer Paralympics after reaching 2nd place in the

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. Equestrian riders included are Rixt van der Horst, Frank Hosmar, Maud de Reu and Sanne Voets. Qualification Legend: Q= Qualified for freestyle test

Paratriathlon

Jetze Plat, Geert Schipper and Margret IJdema have all qualified to compete.

Rowing

Netherlands qualified one boat in the mixed double sculls for the games by winning the silver medal at the

2019 World Rowing Championships The 2019 World Rowing Championships were held in Ottensheim, Austria from 25 August to 1 September 2019. Apart from Ottensheim, the right to host the championships was contested by Hamburg in Germany, Račice in the Czech Republic, and Varese ...

in Ottensheim, Austria and securing the second of eight available place. Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); R=Repechage

Swimming

Five Dutch swimmers have qualified to compete in swimming at the 2020 Summer Paralympics via the

2019 World Para Swimming Championships The 2019 World Para Swimming Championships is the 2019 edition of the World Para Swimming Championships run by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC). The championships were held from February to June in seven countries across five continent ...

slot allocation method & 10 qualified via MQS. ;Men ;Women

Table tennis

Two female players have qualified to compete. ;Women

Wheelchair basketball

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 2018 Wheelchair Basketball World Championship was held at the Edel-optics.de Arena in Hamburg, Germany, from 16 to 26 August 2018. Both men's and women's tournaments were held, with 12 women's and 16 men's teams competing, representing 19 di ...

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Wheelchair tennis

Netherlands qualified eight players entries for wheelchair tennis. All of them qualified by the world rankings.

References

External links

NOC*NSF - National Paralympic Committee of the Netherlands

2020 Summer Paralympics website
{{NPCsin2020SummerParalympics Nations at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

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