2012 Holland Heineken House

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The front of the 2012 Holland Heinken House in Alexandra Palace

The 2012 Holland Heineken House was the Dutch meeting place for supporters, athletes and other followers during the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, organized by Heineken and NOC*NSF. It was the 11th edition of the Holland Heineken House since 1982. The 2012 House opened its doors on the day of the opening ceremony on 27 July 2012 and closed on the day of the closing ceremony, 12 August 2012. Due to the expected numbers of visitors, tickets were sold in advance. [1] With about six thousand visitors per day, over hundred thousand visitors the venue during the Games. [2]

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The layout

People watching an Olympic event at the Holland Heineken House Holland Heineken Huis 11.jpg
People watching an Olympic event at the Holland Heineken House
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Party in the big hall

The 2012 Holland Heineken House had various shops, restaurants, reception rooms for sponsors and athletes, media facilities and a NOC*NSF information desk. During the day visitors could watch Olympic events on big screens and play different sports. There was a big hall for medal celebrations and performances of different artists during the night. The overall design and executions was created by Gielissen Interiors & Exhibitions.

Medal celebrations

Medal celebration of Lobke Berkhout and Lisa Westerhof Holland Heineken Huis 2.jpg
Medal celebration of Lobke Berkhout and Lisa Westerhof

Dutch medalist together with their coaches were honoured on the day they won on medal or later when they had to participate in other events. Because Marianne Vos won her gold medal in the road cycling women's road race due to the team performance of the Dutch team, her teammates Ellen van Dijk, Annemiek van Vleuten, Loes Gunnewijk were honoured as well.

DateMedalName(s)CoachSportEventRef
1 AugustGold medal icon.svg Gold Marianne Vos
Ellen van Dijk
Annemiek van Vleuten
Loes Gunnewijk 		Johan Lammerts Cycling Women's road race [3]
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Edith Bosch Chris de Korte Judo Women's 70 kg
2 AugustBronze medal icon.svg Bronze Chantal Achterberg
Claudia Belderbos
Carline Bouw
Sytske de Groot
Annemiek de Haan
Nienke Kingma
Anne Schellekens (cox)
Roline Repelaer van Driel
Jacobine Veenhoven 		Rowing Women's eight [4]
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Henk Grol Maarten Arens Judo Men's 100 kg [4]
4 AugustGold medal icon.svg Gold Ranomi Kromowidjojo Jacco Verhaeren Swimming Women's 100 m freestyle [5]
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Women's 50 m freestyle
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Inge Dekker
Femke Heemskerk
Ranomi Kromowidjojo
Marleen Veldhuis
Hinkelien Schreuder 		Women's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Marleen Veldhuis Women's 50 m freestyle
6 AugustSilver medal icon.svg Silver Marit Bouwmeester Sailing Women's Laser Radial class [6]
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Marc Houtzager
Gerco Schröder
Maikel van der Vleuten
Jur Vrieling 		Rob Ehrens Equestrian Team jumping [7]
7 AugustGold medal icon.svg Gold Epke Zonderland Daniel Knibbeler Gymnastics Men's horizontal bar [6]
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Teun Mulder Cycling Men's keirin [6]
8 AugustGold medal icon.svg Gold Dorian van Rijsselberghe Sailing Men's sailboard [8]
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Gerco Schröder Rob Ehrens Equestrian Individual jumping [8]
9 AugustSilver medal icon.svg Silver Adelinde Cornelissen Johan Hamminga Equestrian Individual dressage [9]
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Adelinde Cornelissen
Edward Gal
Anky van Grunsven 		Team dressage
10 AugustGold medal icon.svg Gold Netherlands women's national field hockey team
Max Caldas Field hockey Women's tournament [10]
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Laura Smulders Cycling Women's BMX [11]
11 AugustSilver medal icon.svg Silver Netherlands men's national field hockey team
Paul van Ass Field hockey Men's tournament [12]
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Lobke Berkhout
Lisa Westerhof 		Jacco Koops Sailing Women's 470 class [13]

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  2. ↑ "Meer dan honderdduizend bezoekers Holland Heineken House". nusport.nl. 12 August 2012. Archived from the original on 26 April 2013. Retrieved 3 May 2013.
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  4. 1 2 "BRONZEN VROUWEN ACHT EN HENK GROL GEHULDIGD IN HOLLAND HEINEKEN HOUSE". perspagina.nl. 3 August 2012. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 3 May 2013.
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  8. 1 2 "Van Rijsselberghe crowdsurfend door HHH". nusport.nl. 9 August 2012. Archived from the original on 11 September 2012. Retrieved 3 May 2013.
  9. ↑ "Holland House huldigt dressuurruiters". nusport.nl. 10 August 2012. Archived from the original on 22 July 2013. Retrieved 3 May 2013.
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