Netherlands competed at the 1972 Summer Paralympics in Heidelberg, West Germany. The team included 39 athletes, 26 men and 13 women.[1] Competitors from Netherlands won 38 medals, including 14 gold, 13 silver and 11 bronze to finish 5th in the medal table.[2]

Disability classifications

Athletes at the Paralympics in 1972 were all afflicted by spinal cord injuries and required the use of a wheelchair.[3] This is in contrast to later Paralympics that include events for participants that fit into any of five different disability categories; amputation, either congenital or sustained through injury or illness; cerebral palsy; wheelchair athletes; visual impairment, including blindness; Les autres, any physical disability that does not fall strictly under one of the other categories, for example dwarfism or multiple sclerosis.[4][5] Each Paralympic sport then has its own classifications, dependent upon the specific physical demands of competition. Events are given a code, made of numbers and letters, describing the type of event and classification of the athletes competing.[6]

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event
 Gold Aria de Vries-Noordam Athletics Women's Shot Put 1A
 Gold Harry Lamberts Swimming Men's 100 m Freestyle 6
 Gold Marijke Ruiter Swimming Women's 100 m Backstroke 5
 Gold Marijke Ruiter Swimming Women's 100 m Breaststroke 5
 Gold Ingrid van der Benden Swimming Women's 100 m Breaststroke 6
 Gold Ingrid van der Benden Swimming Women's 100 m Freestyle 6
 Gold Henny Hilberink Swimming Women's 25 m Backstroke 2
 Gold Delphine van Opdorp-Ariens Kappers Swimming Women's 25 m Breaststroke 1B
 Gold Delphine van Opdorp-Ariens Kappers Swimming Women's 25 m Freestyle 1B
 Gold Mary Kuivenhoven
Ingrid van der Benden
Marijke Ruiter		 Swimming Women's 3x100 m Medley Relay 5-6
 Gold Marijke Ruiter Swimming Women's 3x50 m Medley 5
 Gold Ingrid van der Benden Swimming Women's 3x50 m Medley 6
 Gold Aria de Vries-Noordam Table tennis Women's Singles 1A
 Gold Loes Lekx
Irene Schmidt		 Table tennis Women's Teams 4
 Silver Peter Blanker
Popke Popkema
Gérard van Opdorp		 Archery Men's FITA Round Team open
 Silver Aria de Vries-Noordam Athletics Women's 60 m Wheelchair 1A
 Silver Peter Blanker
Popke Popkema		 Dartchery Men's Pairs open
 Silver Harry Lamberts Swimming Men's 100 m Breaststroke 6
 Silver Gerrit Pomp Swimming Men's 25 m Backstroke 2
 Silver Harry Lamberts Swimming Men's 3x50 m Medley 6
 Silver Mary Kuivenhoven Swimming Women's 100 m Breaststroke 5
 Silver Mary Kuivenhoven Swimming Women's 100 m Freestyle 5
 Silver Quirien Jonker Swimming Women's 25 m Backstroke 2
 Silver Netty van der Krieke Swimming Women's 3x25 m Medley 3
 Silver Quirien Jonker
Sonja Graveland
Netty van der Krieke		 Swimming Women's 3x50 m Medley Relay 2-4
 Silver Netty van der Krieke Swimming Women's 50 m Backstroke 3
 Silver Netty van der Krieke Swimming Women's 50 m Freestyle 3
 Bronze Popke Popkema Archery Men's FITA Round open
 Bronze Ebo Roek"Ebo Roek kon alles vanuit zijn rolstoel". BN DeStem (in Dutch). 2010-03-27. Retrieved 2023-11-20. Athletics Men's 100 m Wheelchair 5
 Bronze Gerrit Pomp Swimming Men's 25 m Breaststroke 2
 Bronze Gerrit Pomp Swimming Men's 25 m Freestyle 2
 Bronze Jeanne de Backer Swimming Women's 100 m Backstroke 5
 Bronze Delphine van Opdorp-Ariens Kappers Swimming Women's 25 m Backstroke 1B
 Bronze Mary Kuivenhoven Swimming Women's 3x50 m Medley 5
 Bronze Sonja Graveland Swimming Women's 50 m Breaststroke 4
 Bronze Hans Pimmelaar[7]
Paul Suijkerbuijk		 Table tennis Men's Doubles 1B
 Bronze Paul Suijkerbuijk Table tennis Men's Singles 1B
 Bronze Irene Schmidt Table tennis Women's Singles 4

Source: www.paralympic.org[8] & www.olympischstadion.nl[9][10][11][12]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Participation Numbers Stoke Heidelberg 1972 Paralympic Games". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 13 October 2012.
  2. ^ "Medal Standings Stoke Heidelberg 1972 Paralympic Games". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 13 October 2012.
  3. ^ "Paralympic Games". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 29 May 2011.
  4. ^ "Paralympics categories explained". ABC. 3 September 2008. Retrieved 27 May 2011.
  5. ^ "Making sense of the categories". BBC Sport. 6 October 2000. Retrieved 27 May 2011.
  6. ^ "A-Z of Paralympic classification". BBC Sport. 28 August 2008. Retrieved 27 May 2011.
  7. ^ "Trouw / De Rotterdammer | 30 juli 1973 | pagina 3".
  8. ^ "Dutch Medal winners 1972 Paralympic Games". www.paralympic.org. Retrieved 16 October 2012.
  9. ^ "Paralympische wall of fame" (PDF). www.olympischstadion.nl. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 December 2013. Retrieved 16 October 2012.
  10. ^ "Gevonden in Delpher - Algemeen Dagblad".
  11. ^ "Gevonden in Delpher - Algemeen Dagblad".
  12. ^ "Gevonden in Delpher - Leeuwarder courant : Hoofdblad van Friesland".
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