Typically Dutch: How many medals will Holland win during the Olympic Games in Vancouver?
05 Mar 2010
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How many medals will Holland win during the Olympic Games in Vancouver?
Athletes from the Netherlands enjoyed two very exciting weeks at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.
The Netherlands secured 11th place in the medal count thanks to four Gold, one Silver and three Bronze medals.
These are the winners and their achievements:
Gold Medallists
- Nicolien Sauerbreij – Snowboard, Ladies' Parallel Giant Slalom
- Ireen Wust - Speed Skating, Ladies' 1500 m
- Mark Tuitert - Speed Skating, Men's 1500 m
- Sven Kramer – Speed Skating, Men's 5000 m
Silver Medallists
- Annette Gerritsen - Speed Skating, Ladies' 1000 m
Bronze Medallists
- Sven Kramer, Mark Tuitert, Simon Kuipers, Jan Blokhuijsen - Speed Skating, Men's Team Pursuit
- Bob de Jong - Speed Skating, Men's 10000 m
- Laurine van Riessen, Speed Skating, Ladies' 1000 m
As you can see, Speed Skating is something the Dutch are quite good at!
The Holland Heineken House is a special Dutch feature at every Olympics. It is the Dutch Olympic ‘home away from home’ where all the successes of the athletes are celebrated. In Vancouver, over 120.000 people visited the Holland Heineken House to celebrate together with the Dutch.
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