Veendam is a town and municipality with a population of 27,752 in the province of Groningen in the northeast of the Netherlands. Veendam was established in 1648 as a peat colony by Adriaan Geerts Wildervanck.
Wormerland is a municipality in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland.
The Netherlands competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, from 13 to 29 August 2004. Dutch athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games since its official debut in 1908. Netherlands, however, boycotted the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, because of the Soviet invasion of Hungary. The Netherlands National Olympic Committee sent a total of 210 athletes to the Games, 134 men and 76 women, to compete in 21 sports. Baseball, field hockey, and men's volleyball were the only team-based sports in which the Netherlands had its representation at these Games. There was only a single competitor in women's fencing.
The Netherlands competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. 201 competitors, 117 men and 84 women, took part in 105 events in 20 sports.
Marrit Leenstra is a Dutch professional beach volleyball and indoor volleyball player born in Emmen, Drenthe.
Reinder Aart Nummerdor is a Dutch volleyball player who represented his native country at five consecutive Summer Olympics. Two times as a member of the indoor volleyball team in 2000 and 2004, and three more times after switching to beach volleyball.
Edwin Johannes Benne is a retired volleyball player from the Netherlands who represented his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1988. He ended up in fifth place at the 1988 Summer Olympics, followed by the silver medal four years later in Barcelona.
Ronald Zoodsma is a retired volleyball player from the Netherlands who represented his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1988. Under the guidance of head coach Arie Selinger, he ended up in fifth place in Seoul, South Korea, followed by the silver medal four years later in Barcelona, Spain.
Ronald "Ron" Hermannes Boudrie is a retired volleyball player from the Netherlands who represented his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics starting in 1988. He ended up in fifth place at the 1988 Summer Olympics, and received a silver medal four years later in Barcelona.
Peter Blangé is a retired volleyball player from the Netherlands who represented his native country in four consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1988 in Seoul, South Korea. Four years later, he helped the Dutch national team win the silver medal in the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. Blangé then won the gold medal with the national team in the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta by defeating Italy in the final. His final Olympic appearance as an athlete was in the 2000 Olympics in Sydney, Australia. He was a setter.
Robert "Rob" Karl Baldwin Grabert is a retired volleyball player from the Netherlands who represented his home country at the 1988 and 1996 Summer Olympics. His finest hour came in 1996, when he won the gold medal in Atlanta, Georgia with the Dutch men's national team by defeating archrivals Italy in the final (3–2).
Jan Marcus Posthuma is a retired volleyball player from the Netherlands, who represented his native country in three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1988 in Seoul, South Korea.
Ronald ("Ron") Ferdinand Zwerver is a retired volleyball player from the Netherlands who represented his native country in three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1988 in Seoul, South Korea. He was one of the dominant forces in Dutch volleyball in the 1990s. He was selected as the Best Attacker at both the 1990 and 1994 FIVB World Championships.
Johan Martin van der Horst is a retired volleyball player from the Netherlands who represented his native country at two Summer Olympics. He was a member of the Dutch national team that won the silver medal in Barcelona, Spain (1992).
Yuri Cherednik is a Russian former volleyball player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1988 Summer Olympics and for the Unified Team in the 1992 Summer Olympics. He is 203 cm tall. Later he was part of the Russia men's national volleyball team. He played for Lube Treia Italy.
Antônio Carlos Aguilar Gouveia, known as Carlão, is a Brazilian former volleyball player who competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics and in the 1992 Summer Olympics.
Sachiko Fujita is a Japanese former volleyball and beach volleyball player who competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics and in the 1996 Summer Olympics.
Robert Meeuwsen is a Dutch male beach volleyball player. He is the 2013 World Champion alongside his teammate Alexander Brouwer. He is also a beach volleyball bronze medalist from the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
The following teams and players took part in the men's volleyball tournament at the 1988 Summer Olympics, in Seoul.
The following teams and players took part in the men's volleyball tournament at the 1992 Summer Olympics, in Barcelona.
