Netherlands at the 1960 Summer Paralympics

Netherlands competed at the 1960 Summer Paralympics in Rome, Italy. The team included 18 athletes.[2][3] Competitors from Netherlands won 9 medals, including 3 gold and 6 silver to finish 8th in the medal table.[4]

Netherlands at the
1960 Summer Paralympics
IPC codeNED
NPCNederlands Olympisch Comité *
Nederlandse Sport Federatie
Websiteparalympisch.nl (in Dutch)
in Rome
Competitors18[1]
Medals
Ranked 8th
Gold
3
Silver
6
Bronze
0
Total
9
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)
Netherlands at Rome 1960

Medalists edit

Medal Name Sport Event
  Gold Delphine Ariens Kappers Swimming Women's 25 m Backstroke incomplete class 1
  Gold Delphine Ariens Kappers Swimming Women's 25 m Breaststroke complete class 1
  Gold Delphine Ariens Kappers Swimming Women's 25 m Crawl complete class 1
  Silver Dik Kruidenier Athletics Men's Club Throw C
  Silver Dik Kruidenier Athletics Men's Pentathlon open
  Silver Netherlands swimming team
names missing
Swimming Men's 3x50 m Medley Relay open
  Silver Elka Gaarlandt Swimming Women's 50 m Breaststroke complete class 3
  Silver Gerard Jacobs
Piet van Aart
Table tennis Men's Doubles A
  Silver Netherlands men's wheelchair basketball team
Dik Kruidenier
T. Hogewoning
Meinema
Simons
Van Ommen
Wheelchair basketball Men's class B

Source: www.paralympic.org[5] & www.olympischstadion.nl[6]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Gevonden in Delpher - Trouw".
  2. ^ "Gevonden in Delpher - Trouw".
  3. ^ "Participation Numbers Stoke Rome 1960 Paralympic Games". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 13 October 2012.
  4. ^ "Medal Standings Stoke Rome 1960 Paralympic Games". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 13 October 2012.
  5. ^ "Dutch Medal winners 1960 Paralympic Games". www.paralympic.org. Retrieved 12 October 2012.
  6. ^ "Paralympische wall of fame" (PDF). www.olympischstadion.nl. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 December 2013. Retrieved 14 October 2012.