Netherlands at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

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The Netherlands competed at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing.

Netherlands at the
2008 Summer Paralympics
Flag of the Netherlands
IPC codeNED
NPCNederlands Olympisch Comité *
Nederlandse Sport Federatie
Websiteparalympisch.nl (in Dutch)
in Beijing
Competitors83 in 13 sports
Flag bearers Esther Vergeer (opening)
Mirjam de Koning (closing)
Medals
Ranked 19th
Gold
5
Silver
10
Bronze
7
Total
22
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)

A total of 83 Dutch competitors took part in 13 sports. The athletes that qualified for the 2008 Summer Paralympics are listed below.

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event
 Gold Mirjam de Koning Swimming Women's 100m backstroke S6
 Gold Pieter Gruijters Athletics Men's Javelin Throw F55/56
 Gold Esther Vergeer Wheelchair tennis Women's singles
 Gold Korie Homan
Sharon Walraven		 Wheelchair tennis Women's doubles
 Gold Mirjam de Koning Swimming Women's 50m freestyle S6
 Silver Mirjam de Koning Swimming Women's 100m freestyle S6
 Silver Annette Roozen Athletics Women's Long Jump F42
 Silver Monique van der Vorst Cycling Women's Time Trial HC-A/HC-B/HC-C
 Silver Alfred Stelleman
Jacco Tettelaar		 Cycling Men's Time Trial B&VI
 Silver Monique van der Vorst Cycling Women's Road Race HC-A/HC-B/HC-C
 Silver Annette Roozen Athletics Women's 100m T42
 Silver Korie Homan Wheelchair tennis Women's singles
 Silver Mirjam de Koning Swimming Women's 400m freestyle S6
 Silver Esther Vergeer
Jiske Griffioen		 Wheelchair tennis Women's doubles
 Silver Robin Ammerlaan Wheelchair tennis Men's singles
 Bronze Mike van der Zanden Swimming Men's 100m butterfly S10
 Bronze Sanneke Vermeulen Judo Women's -70 kg B3
 Bronze Chantal Boonacker Swimming Women's 100m backstroke S7
 Bronze Kelly van Zon Table tennis Women's singles S6/7
 Bronze Nico Blok Table tennis Men's singles S6/7
 Bronze Maikel Scheffers Wheelchair tennis Men's singles
 Bronze Netherlands women's sitting volleyball team
  • Sanne Bakker
  • Karin van der Haar-Kramp
  • Karin Harmsen-Roosen
  • Paula List
  • Djoke van Marum
  • Jolanda Slenter-Weijts
  • Elvira Stinissen
  • Josien ten Thije-Voortman
  • Rika de Vries
  • Petra Westerhof
 Sitting volleyball Women's team

Archery

1 competitor:

Women
Athlete Class Event Ranking Round 1/16 Finals 1/8 Finals Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Score Seed Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Eliane Salden St Individual Recurve 560 9 Bye  Yamakawa (JPN)
W 93-90 		 Lee (KOR)
L 96-107 		did not advance

Athletics

8 competitors:

Men
Athlete Class Event Heats Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Points Rank
Jos van der Donk F42/44
(F42) 		Javelin throw N/A 43.41 876 12
Pieter Gruijters F55-56
(F56) 		Shot put N/A 11.33 976 7
Javelin throw N/A 42.27 WR 1159
Ronald Hertog F42/44
(F44) 		Javelin throw N/A 51.69 949 4
Willem Noorduin F35-36
(F36) 		Shot put N/A 11.27 903 7
Discus throw N/A 32.60 934 7
Kenny van Weeghel F54 100 m 14.36 1 Q N/A 14.47 - 5
200 m 25.00 2 Q N/A 25.28 - 4
400 m 48.69 3 Q 48.72 2 Q 48.52 - 7
Women
Athlete Class Event Heats Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Points Rank
Marijke Mettes T46 100 m 13.30 7 did not advance
200 m 27.17 5 did not advance
Marije Smits T42 100 m N/A 18.27 - 5
F42 Long jump N/A 3.39 - 6
Annette Roozen T42 100 m N/A 17.13 -
F42 Long jump N/A 3.63 -

Cycling

5 competitors (+ 1 pilot):

Men

Time trials & Road races

Athlete Class Event Time Class
Factor 		Factorized
Time 		Rank
Mark Homan CP1-2
(CP1) 		Mixed road time trial 31:17.43 0.76768 24:01.26 4
Mixed road race 1:03:27 (+ 18:22) - - 10
Don van der Linden HC C Road time trial 22:31.28 (+ 2:14.76) - - 8
Road race 1:31:48 (+ 10:08) - - 7
Alfred Stelleman
Tandem pilot:
Jacco Tettelaar 		B&VI 1-3 Track time trial 1:09.077 - - 12
Road time trial 32:28.15 (+ 0:27.03) - -
Road race did not finish

Pursuits

Athlete(s) Class Event Qualifying Final/
Bronze medal race
Time
Speed (km/h) 		Rank Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h) 		Rank
Alfred Stelleman
Tandem pilot:
Jacco Tettelaar 		B&VI 1-3 Track pursuit 4:40.432
51.349 		9 did not advance
Women
Athlete Class Event Time Class
Factor 		Factorized
Time 		Rank
Laura de Vaan HC A-C
(HC C) 		Road time trial 25:15.15 1.00000 25:15.15 7
Road race 1:17:12 (+ 4:12) - - 5
Monique van der Vorst HC A-C
(HC C) 		Road time trial 23:40.64 1.00000 23:40.64
Road race 1:13:00 (+ 0:00) - -

Equestrian

4 competitors:

Individual
Athlete Class Horse Event Result Rank
Ineke de Groot Grade IV Indo Championship Test 63.161 7
Freestyle Test 58.955 13
Sabine Peters Grade IV Donna D.M. Championship Test 62.516 8
Freestyle Test 65.863 9
Petra van der Sande Grade II Toscane Championship Test 66.909 4
Freestyle Test Withdrawn
Sjerstin Vermeulen Grade IV Sultano Championship Test 66.452 4
Freestyle Test 67.908 7
Team
Athletes Class Horses Event Team Test Championship Test Total Rank
Result Team Total Rank Result Team Total Rank
Ineke de Groot
Sabine Peters
Petra van der Sande
Sjerstin Vermeulen 		Grade IV
Grade IV
Grade II
Grade IV 		Indo
Donna D.M.
Toscane
Sultano 		Team 66.428
64.500
60.381#
67.500 		198.428 5 63.161
62.516#
66.909
66.452 		196.522 6 394.950 5

'#' denotes scores that did not count toward the team total.

Football (7-a-side)

12 competitors:

  • Bart Adelaars
  • Rudy van Breemen
  • Jeffrey Bruinier
  • Patrick van Kempen
  • Stephan Lokhoff
  • Joey Mense
  • Thieu van Son
  • Pawel Statema
  • Dennis Straatman
  • John Swinkels
  • Martijn van de Ven
  • Jeroen Voogd
Preliminary round - Group A
Brazil 1 – 0 Netherlands
Silva 25' Report
Olympic Green Hockey Field
Attendance: 8,266
Referee: Guido Gonzalez Torres (Ecuador)
Russia 12 – 1 Netherlands
Borisov 12', 20', 51', 57'
Kuvaev 15', 32', 44'
Dzimistarishvili 7', 24'
Chesmin 38'
Potekhin 42'
Nadzharyan 56'		 Report van de Ven 27'
Olympic Green Hockey Field
Attendance: 9,072
Referee: Liu Zhao (China)
Netherlands 8 – 1 China
van Kempen 1', 20', 28', 37'
Swinkels 33', 53'
van de Ven 9'
van Son 22'		 Report Liu 27'
Olympic Green Hockey Field
Attendance: 5,283
Referee: Jorge Eduardo Barbisan (Argentina)
Group table
Team P W D L G GA GD Score
 Russia (RUS) 3 3 0 0 21 1 +20 9
 Brazil (BRA) 3 2 0 1 9 3 +6 6
 Netherlands (NED) 3 1 0 2 9 14 -5 3
 China (CHN) 3 0 0 3 1 22 -21 0
Classification round
 Netherlands4 – 2 Great Britain
Straatman 30', 54'
Lokhoff 33'
Mense 40'		 Report Dimbylow 18'
Ellis 34'
Olympic Green Hockey Field
Attendance: 6,312
Referee: Liu Zhao (China)
5th place match
 Netherlands4 – 2 Ireland
Lokhoff 30'+1, 38'
Voogd 5'
van de Ven 24'		 Report O'Riordan 7'
Messett 11'
Olympic Green Hockey Field
Attendance: 7,142
Referee: Kou Yadong (China)

Judo

1 competitor:

Women
Athlete Class Event Preliminary Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage
Round 		Final/
Bronze medal contest
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result
Sanneke Vermeulen B1-3
(B3) 		−70 kg N/A  Szabo (HUN)
W 0011-0001 		 Herrera (ESP)
L 0001-0011 		N/A  Pernheim (SWE)
W 0113-0001

Rowing

5 competitors (plus 1 cox):

Athletes Class Event Heats Repechage Final A/B Total Rank
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Joleen Hakker
Nienke Vlotman
Martin Lauriks
Paul de Jong
Anne van der Staak (Cox) 		LTA Mixed coxed four 3:45.11 5 3:58.63 5 QFB 3:56.06 4 10

Marleen Sanderse acted as a reserve for the coxed four.

Sailing

1 competitor:

Athlete Event Race Score Rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Thierry Schmitter 1-person keelboat
(2.4MR) 		5 3 2 10 7 1 5 12 6 3 CAN 32 5

CAN - Race cancelled

Sitting volleyball

10 competitors:

Women
  • Sanne Bakker
  • Karin van der Haar-Kramp
  • Karin Harmsen-Roosen
  • Paula List
  • Djoke van Marum
  • Jolanda Slenter-Weijts
  • Elvira Stinissen
  • Josien ten Thije-Voortman
  • Rika de Vries
  • Petra Westerhof
Preliminary round - Group A
September 7
13:30 		 Netherlands (NED) 3–0  Japan (JPN) CAU Gymnasium
Attendance: 1,500
Referees: Ronaldo Chaves (Brazil)
(25–4, 25–21, 25–18)
 
September 8
13:30 		 Netherlands (NED) 3–1  Ukraine (UKR) CAU Gymnasium
Attendance: 1,400
Referees: Senad Helać (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
(25–14, 23–25, 25–21, 25–19)
 
September 10
17:30 		 Slovenia (SLO) 2–3  Netherlands (NED) CAU Gymnasium
Attendance: 1,100
Referees: Khaled Elhelaly (Egypt)
(25–23, 17–25, 16–25, 25–22, 11–15)
 
Group table
Team P W L Sets Points
 Netherlands (NED) 3 3 0 9:3 6
 Slovenia (SLO) 3 2 1 8:5 4
 Ukraine (UKR) 3 1 2 5:6 2
 Japan (JPN) 3 0 3 1:9 0
Semifinal
September 12
10:00 		 Netherlands (NED) 2–3  United States (USA) CAU Gymnasium
Attendance: 1,300
Referees: Ivana Pavic (Croatia)
(25–19, 23–25, 26–28, 27–25, 10–15)
 
Bronze medal match
September 14
16:00 		 Netherlands (NED) 3–0  Slovenia (SLO) CAU Gymnasium
Attendance: 3,200
Referees: Ebrahim Firouzi (Iran)
(25–17, 25–16, 26–24)
 

Swimming

7 competitors:

Men
Athlete Class Event Heats Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Michel Tielbeke S13 50 m freestyle 26.52 15 did not advance
100 m butterfly 1:03.94 14 did not advance
SB13 100 m breaststroke 1:14.48 10 did not advance
SM13 200 m individual medley 2:24.47 8 Q 2:25.36 8
Mike van der Zanden S10 100 m freestyle 56.20 9 did not advance
400 m freestyle 4:28.40 9 did not advance
100 m butterfly 59.97 4 Q 59.39
SM10 200 m individual medley 2:24.56 11 did not advance
Women
Athlete Class Event Heats Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Chantal Boonacker S7 50 m freestyle 34.98 3 Q 34.54 4
100 m freestyle N/A 1:14.59 4
400 m freestyle 5:35.89 3 Q 5:35.31 4
100 m backstroke 1:26.68 3 Q 1:26.30
Mirjam de Koning S6 50 m freestyle 36.38 1 Q 35.60 WR
100 m freestyle 1:18.56 1 Q 1:19.29
400 m freestyle 5:57.72 2 Q 5:43.76
100 m backstroke 1:32.65 2 Q 1:28.34
Bernadette Massar S7 50 m butterfly 45.53 11 did not advance
SB7 100 m breaststroke N/A 1:49.29 6
Mendy Meenderink S9 50 m freestyle 31.15 8 Q 31.20 8
100 m freestyle 1:06.85 13 did not advance
400 m freestyle 5:06.97 9 did not advance
Lisette Teunissen S5 50 m freestyle 45.68 9 did not advance
200 m freestyle 3:23.57 6 Q 3:22.89 5
50 m backstroke 51.49 5 Q 50.87 4

Table tennis

4 competitors:

Men
Athlete Class Event Group Match 1 Group Match 2 Group Match 3 1/8 Finals Quarterfinals Semifinals Final/
Bronze medal match
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result
Nico Blok TT6 Singles  Jensen (DEN)
W 3-2 		 Itkonen (SWE)
W 3-2 		 Thainiyom (THA)
W 3-0 		N/A  Arnold (GER)
L 1-3 		 Schmidt (GER)
W 3-1
Tonnie Heijnen TT9-10 Singles  Leibovitz (USA)
L 0-3 		 Miettinen (FIN)
L 0-3 		did not advance
Gerben Last TT9-10 Singles  Karlsson (SWE)
W 3-0 		 Gaspar (SVK)
W 3-0 		N/A  Olufemi (NGR)
W 3-0 		 Berecki (HUN)
W 3-0 		 Ge (CHN)
L 0-3 		 Andersson (SWE)
L 1-3
Tonnie Heijnen
Gerben Last 		TT9-10 Team N/A  Nigeria
W 3-1 		 Spain
L 0-3 		did not advance
Women
Athlete Class Event Group Match 1 Group Match 2 Group Match 3 1/8 Finals Quarterfinals Semifinals Final/
Bronze medal match
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result
Kelly van Zon TT6-7 Singles  Julian (AUS)
W 3-2 		 Pitry (POL)
W 3-0 		N/A  Martyasheva (RUS)
L 2-3 		 Afify (EGY)
W 3-0

Wheelchair basketball

12 competitors:

Women
  • Barbara van Bergen
  • Patries Boekhoorn
  • Sandra Braam
  • Petra Garnier
  • Inge Huitzing
  • Chèr Korver
  • Roos Oosterbaan
  • Elsbeth van Oostrom
  • Fleur Pieterse
  • Brenda Ramaekers
  • Carina Versloot
  • Jitske Visser
Preliminary round - Group B
September 7
12:15
Report
 Netherlands 59–46  Mexico
Scoring by quarter: 18-11, 11-15, 12-8, 18-12
Pts: van Oostrom 21
Rebs: Huitzing 7, Versloot 7
Asts: Versloot 4		 Pts: Vazquez 21
Rebs: Vazquez 17
Asts: Miranda 3
USTB Gymnasium, Beijing
Attendance: 2,140
Referees: Matthew Wells (Australia)
September 8
11:15
Report
 Canada 59–32  Netherlands
Scoring by quarter: 10-4, 19-12, 14-10, 16-6
Pts: Benoit 14
Rebs: Thomas 10
Asts: Thomas 6		 Pts: Korver 8, Garnier 8
Rebs: Garnier 11
Asts: Korver 4
National Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 7,660
Referees: Juan Manuel Urunuela (Spain)
September 10
10:00
Report
 Netherlands 49–65  Japan
Scoring by quarter: 12-21, 10-12, 19-12, 8-20
Pts: van Oostrom 17
Rebs: Huitzing 11
Asts: Oosterbaan 5		 Pts: Takubo 25
Rebs: Takubo 6, Amimoto 6
Asts: Takubo 6
USTB Gymnasium, Beijing
Attendance: 964
Referees: Charles Saunders (South Africa)
September 11
17:45
Report
 China 35–51  Netherlands
Scoring by quarter: 10-12, 8-17, 9-12, 8-10
Pts: Cao 8
Rebs: Fu 11
Asts: Liu 3		 Pts: van Oostrom 23
Rebs: Huitzing 11
Asts: Oosterbaan 3, Korver 3
USTB Gymnasium, Beijing
Attendance: 1,567
Referees: Rui David Marques (Brazil)
Group table
Team Pts W L PF PA PD Pts
 Japan 4 4 0 221 181 +40 8
 Canada 4 3 1 244 169 +75 7
 Netherlands 4 2 2 191 205 -14 6
 China 4 1 3 178 199 -21 5
 Mexico 4 0 4 155 235 -80 4
Quarterfinal
September 12
19:00
Report
 Germany 43–28  Netherlands
Scoring by quarter: 4-4, 17-13, 12-11, 10-0
Pts: Kahl 14
Rebs: Kahl 10
Asts: Mohnen 3, Butterbrodt 3		 Pts: Huitzing 11
Rebs: Korver 8
Asts: Korver 2
National Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 12,215
Referees: Matias Quintana (Argentina)
Classification round
September 14
11:15
Report
 Netherlands 46–39  Great Britain
Scoring by quarter: 11-8, 12-13, 6-8, 17-10
Pts: van Oostrom 17
Rebs: Garnier 8
Asts: Korver 6		 Pts: Turner 11
Rebs: MacLean 7, Turner 7, Freeman 7
Asts: MacLean 5
National Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 12,000
Referees: Adrianos Pavlopoulos (Greece)
5th place game
September 15
15:45
Report
 Canada 61–32  Netherlands
Scoring by quarter: 15-14, 16-8, 18-4, 12-6
Pts: Pettinicchi 14
Rebs: Radke 8
Asts: Harnock 2		 Pts: Huitzing 12
Rebs: Huitzing 7
Asts: Oosterbaan 1, van Oostrom 1, Versloot 1
National Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 12,000
Referees: Ziv Radomsky (Israel)

Wheelchair tennis

11 competitors:

Men
Athlete Class Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final/
Bronze medal match
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score
Robin Ammerlaan Open Singles  Reid (GBR)
W 6-3, 6-0 		 Rajakaruna (SRI)
W 6-0, 6-0 		 Welch (GBR)
W 6-2, 6-3 		 Saida (JPN)
W 6-4, 6-2 		 Vink (NED)
W 7-5, 4-6, 7-6(6) 		 Kunieda (JPN)
L 3-6, 0-6
Bas van Erp Open Mixed Quad Singles N/A  Raffaele (ITA)
W 6-1, 6-1 		 Taylor (USA)
L 6-1, 5-7, 6-7(1) 		did not advance
Maikel Scheffers Open Singles  Farkas (HUN)
W 6-3, 6-4 		 Lee (KOR)
W 6-2, 6-1 		 Fujimoto (JPN)
W 6-1, 6-1 		 Jeremiasz (FRA)
W 6-3, 6-3 		 Kunieda (JPN)
L 1-6, 1-6 		 Vink (NED)
W 6-3, 6-1
Eric Stuurman Open Singles  Shi (CHN)
W 6-4, 6-4 		 Kunieda (JPN)
L 2-6, 1-6 		did not advance
Ronald Vink Open Singles  Moran (USA)
W 6-0, 6-1 		 Tur (ESP)
W 6-1, 6-0 		 Legner (AUT)
W 6-4, 6-3 		 Houdet (FRA)
W 6-2, 6-1 		 Ammerlaan (NED)
L 5-7, 6-4, 6-7(6) 		 Scheffers (NED)
L 3-6, 1-6
Robin Ammerlaan
Eric Stuurman 		Open Doubles N/A Bye  Felix - Gergely (SVK)
W 6-2, 6-2 		 Olsson - Wikstrom (SWE)
L 6-7(5), 4-6 		did not advance
Maikel Scheffers
Ronald Vink 		Open Doubles N/A Bye  Rydberg - Welch (USA)
W 6-3, 6-1 		 Jaroszewski - Kruszelnicki (POL)
W 6-0, 6-1 		 Houdet - Jeremiasz (FRA)
L 3-6, 1-6 		 Kunieda - Saida (JPN)
L 6-3, 0-6, 2-6
Women
Athlete Class Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final/
Bronze medal match
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score
Monique de Beer Open Mixed Quad Singles N/A  Norfolk (GBR)
L 1-6, 1-6 		did not advance
Jiske Griffioen Open Singles  Okabe (JPN)
W 6-2, 6-4 		 Hwang (KOR)
W 6-1, 6-0 		 Arnoult (USA)
W 6-3, 6-0 		 Vergeer (NED)
L 0-6, 1-6 		 Gravellier (FRA)
L 3-6, 4-6
Korie Homan Open Singles  Chokyu (CAN)
W 6-1, 6-2 		 Hong (KOR)
W 6-0, 6-1 		 Hu (CHN)
W 6-1, 6-1 		 Gravellier (FRA)
W 6-4, 6-2 		 Vergeer (NED)
L 2-6, 6-4, 6-7(5)
Dorrie Timmermans-Van Hall Open Mixed Quad Singles N/A  Polidori (ITA)
W 6-1, 3-6, 6-3 		 Andersson (SWE)
L 3-6, 1-6 		did not advance
Esther Vergeer Open Singles  di Toro (AUS)
W 6-2, 6-0 		 Krüger (GER)
W 6-1, 6-0 		 Dong (CHN)
W 6-2, 6-0 		 Griffioen (NED)
W 6-0, 6-1 		 Homan (NED)
W 6-2, 4-6, 7-6(5)
Sharon Walraven Open Singles  Ochoa (ESP)
W 6-2, 6-1 		 Verfuerth (USA)
W 6-1, 7-5 		 Gravellier (FRA)
L 1-6, 4-6 		did not advance
Jiske Griffioen
Esther Vergeer 		Open Doubles N/A Bye  Okabe - Yaosa (JPN)
W 6-1, 6-2 		 Arnoult - Verfuerth (USA)
W 6-2, 6-1 		 Homan - Walraven (NED)
L 6-2, 6-7(4), 4-6
Korie Homan
Sharon Walraven 		Open Doubles N/A Bye  Dong - Hu (CHN)
W 6-0, 6-2 		 Gravellier - Racineux (FRA)
W 6-4, 6-3 		 Griffioen - Vergeer (NED)
W 2-6, 7-6(4), 6-4
Mixed Doubles
Athletes Class Event Quarterfinals Semifinals Final/
Bronze medal match
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score
Dorrie Timmermans-Van Hall
Bas van Erp 		Open Quad Doubles  Polidori - Raffaele (ITA)
W 6-0, 6-2 		 Taylor - Wagner (USA)
L 3-6, 4-6 		 Burdekin - Norfolk (GBR)
L 7-6(4), 5-7, 1-6

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