Netherlands at the 2004 Summer Paralympics

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]

Netherlands at the 2004 Summer Paralympics
Flag of the Netherlands
IPC code	NED
NPC	Nederlands Olympisch Comité * Nederlandse Sport Federatie
Website	paralympisch.nl (in Dutch)
in Athens
Competitors	95 in 11 sports
Medals Ranked 27th	Gold 5 Silver 12 Bronze 12 Total 29
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)
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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 Monique Bons Karin Harmsen Paula List Maria Poiesz Marijke Roest Jolanda Slenter Alberta Ten Thije Els Verwer Petra Westerhof Anneke den Haan Djoke van Marum	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
		200m	25.31	2 Q	N/A		25.32
		400m	N/A

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
	F56	Shot put	9.78	-	11
	P54-58	Pentathlon	5655
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	-
		Shot put	11.88	-

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
	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

Equestrian

Individual

Athlete	Event	Total
		Score	Rank
Gert Bolmer	Mixed individual championship test grade II	68.727
	Mixed individual freestyle test grade II	73.389	5
Joop Stokkel	Mixed individual championship test grade II	70.545
	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

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

• Bart Adelaars
• Patrick Beekmans
• Nico Berlee
• Rudi van Breemen
• Richard van den Born
• Ruben de Haas
• Stephan Lokhoff
• Thiệu van Son
• David Tetelepta
• Martijn van de Ven
• Jeroen Voogd
• Milo de Wit

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

• Anneke Berkhout
• Marianna Huijben
• Christa Schrooten
• Nancy Sier
• Carla van der Weide Burgmeijer
• Jolanda van Wijk Knuman

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
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
		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
Marion Nijhof	S11	50m freestyle	34.08	3 Q	33.58
		100m freestyle	1:13.61	1 Q	1:13.48
		100m backstroke	1:27.48	4 Q	1:26.17	5
	SM11	200m individual medley	N/A		3:10.32
Pernille Thomsen	S8	50m freestyle	32.98	3 Q	32.95
		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

Volleyball

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

Players

• Monique Bons
• Anneke den Haan
• Karin Harmsen
• Paula List
• Djoke van Marum
• Maria Poiesz
• Marijke Roest
• Aletta Adema Salagter
• Jolanda Slenter
• Alberta Ten Thije
• Els Verwer
• Petra Westerhof

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

Wheelchair basketball

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

Players

• Peter Brandsen
• Frans van Breugel
• Mustafa Charif Jebari
• Ruud Dettmer
• Frank de Goede
• Koen Jansens
• Wimt Lam
• Gert Jan van der Linden
• Mario Oosterbosch
• Mete Oztegel
• Anton de Rooy
• Kornelis van der Werf

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

• Petra Garnier
• Asjousja Ibrahimi
• Jennette Jansen
• Evelyn van Leeuwen
• Cher Korver
• Jozima Mosely
• Roos Oosterbaan
• Fleur Pieterse
• Ingeborg Tiggelman
• Jeanine van Veggel
• Carina Versloot
• Miranda Wevers

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
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
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
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

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
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

See also

• Netherlands at the Paralympics
• Netherlands at the 2004 Summer Olympics