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Netherlands Sports Trivia ExpatINFO Holland

Netherlands sports trivia and fun facts about Dutch athletes… world records, Olympic medals, best team sports, speed skating, hockey, swimming, football and more.

NETHERLANDS SPORTS TRIVIA & FUN FACTS

Dutchman Olivier Richeters is the world’s tallest competitive bodybuilder at 7′ 6″ (2.18 meters) [Source]

The youngest ever winner of a Formula One World Championship race event is Dutchman Max Verstappen at 18 years 228 days old (Spanish Grand Prix) [Source]

Korfball was invented by Dutch physical education school teacher Nico Broekhuysen in 1901.

The Netherlands has won Korfball World Championship titles than any other country (10). [Source]

The team sport Netherlands has had the most success in at the Olympics is Hockey. The women’s and men’s teams have accumulated 18 total medals (9 each).

The Dutch athlete who has competed at the most Olympic Games (7) is Anky van Grunsven (Equestrian) 1988-2012.

The Netherlands has won more Olympic gold medals in women’s field hockey than other country (4) [Source]

The Netherlands has won more World Cup titles in women’s field hockey than any other country (8) [Source]

The oldest football club in the Netherlands is Sparta Rotterdam (founded in 1888 as a cricket club). [Source]

Amsterdam football club Ajax has won more Eredivisie (Dutch premier league) titles than any other football club: 36 [Source]

The largest sports stadium in the Netherlands is Johan Cruijff Arena (Amsterdam) with 55,000 seats.

The Netherlands has appeared in the most men’s football World Cup finals without a win: 3 [Source]

The Netherlands men’s volleyball team won the gold medal at the 1996 Summer Olympic Games (Atlanta) [Source]

The Netherlands men’s volleyball team has won the CEV European League twice: 2006, 2012 [Source]

The Netherlands national ladies volleyball team has won the European Championships once (1995) and been runnersup on 4 occasions (1991, 2009, 2015, 2017) [Source]

Dutchman Sven Kramer holds the record for the most Olympic medals won in men’s speed skating: 9 [Source]

Dutchwoman Ireen Wurst holds the record for most Olympic medals won in ladies speed skating (13). She is also the most decorated Dutch Olympic athlete. [Source]

Dutchman Kjeld Nuis holds the world record in men’s speed skating 1500 meters: 1:40:17 (achieved 10 Mar 2019)

Team Netherlands holds the world record time in ladies speed skating Team Sprint: 1:28:40 (achieved by Femke Beuling, Jutta Leerdam and Joy Beune on 25 Nov 2017)

133 of the 147 medals won by the Netherlands at Winter Olympic Games have been in the sport of speed skating.

Dutch runner Femke Bol broke the longest-standing (41 years) world record for 400 meters indoor: 49.26 seconds (achieved 19 Feb 2023) [Source]

Dutch tennis player Tallon Griekspoor holds the record for the most ATP Challenger Tour titles won in a single: 8 (2021) as well as the record for longest winning streak in a single season: 25 (2021)

The Dutch tennis player to achieve the highest ranking on the men’s ATP Tour was Tom Okker (#3 in 1974)

The Dutch tennis player to achieve the highest ranking on the women’s WTA Tour was Kiki Bertens (#4 in 2019)

Only one Dutch tennis player has ever won a Grand Slam singles title: Richard Krajicek (Wimbledon 1996)

Dutchwoman Ellen van Dijk holds the ‘UCI Unified Hour’ cycling world record: 49.254km (achieved 23 May 2022).

Amsterdam was the host of the 1928 Summer Olympic Games.

Only since 1992 has country been referred to as Netherlands (NED) at the Olympics. Prior to that it was referred to as Holland with the abbreviation HOL.

The Netherlands most successful Summer Olympic Games was Tokyo 2020 (played in 2021 due to the Coronavirus pandemic), winning 36 medals (10 Gold, 12 Silver, 14 Bronze), and ranking #7 in medal count.


Related information…

HELP GUIDE: SPORTS IN NETHERLANDS

NETHERLANDS SPORTS EVENTS

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