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Why Dutch Sportswomen Triumph Worldwide
5 August 2024
It is one of the most striking trends in the international sports world: at major sporting events, Dutch women are winning one medal after the other. This is not only due to luck; the reasons behind this success can be found outside the sport and the sports experience itself.
Rie Mastenbroek, the Swimmer Who Won Gold in the Wrong Place
28 June 2021
An important name is missing from the collective Dutch sports memory. Rie Mastenbroek (1919-2003) was, in the 1930s, a lauded swimmer of whom the entire country was proud. But after the war, her name fell into oblivion. Mastenbroek won four medals at the 1936 Olympics, which went down in history as
Headwind, Tailwind. How the Bicycle Became a Dutch Symbol
2 July 2020
What country do people associate the bicycle with? More or less everyone will spontaneously say the Netherlands. But the Dutch haven’t always been so mad about bikes. That close bond with cycling crept in quietly. A surprising look into the history of the bicycle land that is the Netherlands.