Sport in the Netherlands
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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
Men's national football team
Women's national volleyball team
Peter Aerts considered to be one of the greatest kickboxers ever.
Match of the Eredivisie ice hockey league
Fierljeppen
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Fierljeppen or polsstokverspringen is a traditional sport of the Netherlands, and of West Frisian people in the Dutch province of Fryslân. The sport is also traditionally popular in the province of Ut
Sport in the Netherlands
…Speed skating, cycling, tennis and golf are the four most widely played individual sports. A number of native Dutch sports are also practiced, such as fierljeppen (polsstokverspringen), beugelen, kaatsen, klootschieten, kolven and korfball. Organization of sports began at the end of the 19th century and the…
Fierljeppen in Linschoten