Netherlands at the 2004 Summer Paralympics

Netherlands at the
2004 Summer Paralympics
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)
	1960; 1964; 1968; 1972; 1976; 1980; 1984; 1988; 1992; 1996; 2000; 2004; 2008; 2012; 2016; 2020; 2024;

IPC codeNED

NPCNederlands Olympisch Comité *
Nederlandse Sport Federatie

Websiteparalympisch.nl (in Dutch)

Competitors95 in 11 sports

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]

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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

Athlete	Class	Event	Heats		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Class	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Micha Janse	T37	800m	2:15.13	5 Q	N/A		2:15.41	5
Micha Janse	T37	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

Athlete	Class	Event	Final
Athlete	Class	Event	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
	F58	Shot put	11.80	-	9
Albert van der Mee	F12	Discus	37.51	-	8
	F12	Javelin	45.89	-	9
	F13	Shot put	12.58	-	10
	P13	Pentathlon	DNS
Willem Noorduin	F36	Discus	33.33	-
Willem Noorduin	F36	Shot put	11.88	-

Athlete	Class	Event	Final
Athlete	Class	Event	Result	Points	Rank
Annette Roozen	F42	Long jump	3.33	-	5
Marije Smits	F42	Long jump	3.19	-	8

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Cefas Bouman	Men's handcycle road race HC div B/C	1:17:30	4
Cefas Bouman	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
Johan Reekers	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

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)
1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024

Athlete	Event	Total
Athlete	Event	Score	Rank
Gert Bolmer	Mixed individual championship test grade II	68.727
Gert Bolmer	Mixed individual freestyle test grade II	73.389	5
Joop Stokkel	Mixed individual championship test grade II	70.545
Joop Stokkel	Mixed individual championship test grade II	74.333	4
Sjerstin Vermeulen	Mixed individual championship test grade IV	66.452	8
Sjerstin Vermeulen	Mixed individual championship test grade IV	73.091	5

Athlete	Event	Total
Athlete	Event	Total	Rank
Gert Bolmer Joop Stokkel Sjerstin Vermeulen	Team	413.082

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

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries				Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	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	Men's singles 6	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	Men's singles 9	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

v t e Nations at the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, Greece
Africa	Algeria Angola Benin Botswana Cape Verde Central African Republic Ivory Coast Egypt Ethiopia Ghana Guinea Kenya Lesotho Libya Mauritania Mauritius Morocco Namibia Niger Nigeria Rwanda Senegal South Africa Sudan Tanzania Tunisia Uganda Zimbabwe
America	Argentina Barbados Bermuda Brazil Canada Chile Colombia Costa Rica Cuba Dominican Republic Ecuador El Salvador Guatemala Honduras Jamaica Mexico Nicaragua Panama Peru Puerto Rico Suriname United States Uruguay Venezuela
Asia	Afghanistan Bahrain Bangladesh Cambodia China Chinese Taipei Hong Kong India Indonesia Iran Iraq Japan Jordan Kazakhstan South Korea Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Macau Malaysia Mongolia Nepal Oman Pakistan Palestine Philippines Qatar Saudi Arabia Singapore Sri Lanka Syria Tajikistan Thailand Turkmenistan United Arab Emirates Uzbekistan Vietnam
Europe	Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia‑Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Faroe Islands Finland France Germany Great Britain Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Israel Italy Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Macedonia Moldova Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russia Serbia‑Montenegro Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine
Oceania	Australia Fiji New Zealand Samoa Tonga

Athlete	Event	Qualification		1st round		Final
Athlete	Event	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

Athlete	Class	Event	Heats		Final
Athlete	Class	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Kasper Engel	S6	100m backstroke	1:31.09	11	did not advance
Kasper Engel	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
	S10	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

Athlete	Class	Event	Heats		Final
Athlete	Class	Event	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

Athlete	Class	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
Athlete	Class	Event	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		Men's singles	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

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Football 7-a-side

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Goalball

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Tournament

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Table tennis

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Volleyball

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Tournament

Wheelchair basketball

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Men's tournament

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Women's tournament

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