Dutch gymnast Hendricus Thijsen competed at the inaugural World Championships in 1903. While there he co-won gold on the pommel horse.[1] At the 1905 World Championships the Dutch men won the silver medal in the team competition.[2] It would be another 96 years before another gymnast won a medal at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, with Renske Endel earning a silver medal in 2001.[3]
| Netherlands at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships | |
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| IOC code | NED |
| Medals |
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Medalists edit
| Medal | Name | Year | Event |
|---|---|---|---|
 Gold |
Hendricus Thijsen |  1903 Antwerp |
Men's pommel horse |
 Silver |
D. de Boer, G.J. Douw, B. Florijn, Dirk Janssen, Jan Janssen, Jan Jacob Kieft, Ferdinand Lambert, J.H. Reder, Johan Schmitt |  1905 Bordeaux |
Men's team |
| Silver |
Renske Endel | 2001 Ghent |
Women's uneven bars |
| Silver |
Verona van de Leur |  2002 Debrecen |
Women's floor exercise |
| Gold |
Yuri van Gelder |  2005 Melbourne |
Men's rings |
 Bronze |
Suzanne Harmes | Women's floor exercise | |
| Bronze |
Yuri van Gelder |  2006 Aarhus |
Men's rings |
| Silver |
Yuri van Gelder |  2007 Stuttgart |
Men's rings |
| Silver |
Epke Zonderland |  2009 London |
Men's horizontal bar |
| Silver |
Epke Zonderland |  2010 Rotterdam |
Men's horizontal bar |
| Gold |
Epke Zonderland | 2013 Antwerp |
Men's horizontal bar |
| Gold |
Epke Zonderland |  2014 Nanning |
Men's horizontal bar |
| Silver |
Sanne Wevers | 2015 Glasgow |
Women's balance beam |
| Silver |
Epke Zonderland |  2017 Montreal |
Men's horizontal bar |
| Bronze |
Bart Deurloo | ||
| Gold |
Epke Zonderland |  2018 Doha |
Men's horizontal bar |
Medal tables edit
By gender edit
| Gender | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men | 5 | 5 | 2 | 12 |
| Women | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
References edit
- ^ "Historical Medalists - Individual". Archived from the original on October 9, 2016. Retrieved May 8, 2016.
- ^ "1905: The World Championships That Almost Didn't Happen". Gymnastics History. April 26, 2022.
- ^ "Het Zwarte Gat met oud-topturnster Renske Endel: "De wereld opende zich"" [The Black Hole with former top gymnast Renske Endel: "The world opened up"]. NH (media company) (in Dutch). November 5, 2019.