Approximately 5 million of the 17 million people in the Netherlands are registered to one of the 35,000 sports clubs in the country. About two thirds of the population older than 15 years participates in sports weekly.
The Netherlands competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.
Dutch Canadians are Canadians with full or partial Dutch ancestry. According to the Canada 2006 Census, there were 1,035,965 Canadians of Dutch descent, including those of full or partial ancestry. This increased to 1,111,655 in 2016.
Nigel de Jong is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder and current English language pundit for beIN Sports covering Premier League and Champions League football.
Bob Johannes Carolus de Jong is a Dutch former speed skater who specialized in long distances: five and ten kilometers.
The Netherlands national baseball team is the national baseball team of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, representing the country in international men's baseball. They are currently ranked as the best team in the Confederation of European Baseball, and the team is also ranked ninth in the WBSC World Rankings.
De Jong is a Dutch language surname meaning "young". It is the most common surname in the Netherlands, in 2007 represented by 86,534 people. It may also be found in the anglicized form Young or De Young.
Rob "Robbie" Cordemans is a Dutch baseball player. He bats and throws righthanded. Cordemans is best known for representing the Dutch national team at the Olympics and other international competitions.
Sharnol Leonard Adriana is a Curaçaoan-Dutch baseball player and coach. He spent several minor league seasons in the Toronto Blue Jays organization before moving to the Mexican League. As of 2020, he is a coach for the Spokane Indians.
Diegomar Raymundo "Diego" Markwell is a Dutch baseball player for Curaçao Neptunus of the Honkbal Hoofdklasse.
Alexander Roelof Smit is a Dutch baseball player, who has played with the Netherlands national baseball team.
Marjolein Elisabeth de Jong is a retired volleyball player from the Netherlands, who represented her native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1992.
Robert Franciscus EenhoornOON is a retired Dutch professional baseball player and manager. He played four seasons of Major League Baseball as a utility infielder for the New York Yankees and California/Anaheim Angels. On September 27, 1997, Eenhoorn became the first Dutch-born player to hit a home run in the Major Leagues since Jack Lelivelt in 1912. The feat was later repeated by Greg Halman and Didi Gregorius. Eenhoorn played for the Triple-A Norfolk Tides of the New York Mets organization in 1998.
Michael Steven Duursma is a Dutch professional baseball player who currently plays for Pioniers and the Dutch national team.
Percy Isenia is a Dutch former baseball player who played for SV ADO and the Dutch national team.
Danny Rombley is a Dutch baseball player for the Amsterdam Pirates. He also played six years in Minor League Baseball.
Tjerk Smeets is a Dutch baseball player who currently plays for Kinheim and the Dutch national team. He is the son of Dutch radio and television personality, writer, and columnist Mart Smeets.
Frenkie de Jong is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for La Liga club Barcelona and the Netherlands national team. A versatile midfielder, he is known for his vision, passing, dribbling, technique, along with strong defensive abilities and attacking prowess. De Jong has frequently been ranked among the best midfielders in the world of football.
Paul Sterling DeJong is an American professional baseball shortstop for the St. Louis Cardinals of Major League Baseball (MLB). He made his major league debut on May 28, 2017.
Park Jong-hun is a South Korean professional baseball pitcher for the SSG Landers of the KBO League.
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