Netherlands at the 2022 Winter Paralympics

Netherlands competed at the 2022 Winter Paralympics in Beijing, China which took place between 4–13 March 2022.^[1][2] In total, eight competitors competed in two sports.^[3]

Netherlands at the 2022 Winter Paralympics
Flag of the Netherlands
IPC code	NED
NPC	Nederlands Olympisch Comité * Nederlandse Sport Federatie
Website	paralympisch.nl (in Dutch)
in Beijing, China 4 March 2022 (2022-03-04) – 13 March 2022 (2022-03-13)
Competitors	8 (5 men and 3 women) in 2 sports
Flag bearers (opening)	Lisa Bunschoten Chris Vos
Flag bearer (closing)	Niels de Langen
Medals Ranked 16th	Gold 0 Silver 3 Bronze 1 Total 4
Winter Paralympics appearances (overview)
1984 1988 1992 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022

Administration

Retired wheelchair tennis player Esther Vergeer served as Chef de Mission.^[1][4]

Para-snowboarders Lisa Bunschoten and Chris Vos were the flagbearers for the Netherlands during the opening ceremony.^[2][4] Para-alpine skier Niels de Langen was the flagbearer during the closing ceremony.^[5]

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Silver	Chris Vos	Snowboarding	Men's banked slalom (SB-LL1)	11 March
Silver	Jeroen Kampschreur	Alpine skiing	Men's super combined (sitting)	7 March
Silver	Niels de Langen	Alpine skiing	Men's slalom (sitting)	13 March
Bronze	Niels de Langen	Alpine skiing	Men's super combined (sitting)	7 March

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Games per sport/discipline.

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Alpine skiing	4	1	5
Snowboarding	1	2	3
Total	5	3	8

Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 2022 Winter Paralympics

Barbara van Bergen, Floris Meijer, Jeroen Kampschreur, Niels de Langen and Jeffrey Stuut competed in alpine skiing.^[3][6] The sit skis used by the sitting alpine skiers were enhanced based on research by the Delft University of Technology.^[7]

Men

Athlete	Event	Class	Run 1		Run 2		Final/Total
			Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Jeroen Kampschreur	Downhill	Sitting	—				1:19.08	5
Niels de Langen							1:20.29	6
Floris Meijer							DNF
Jeffrey Stuut		Standing					1:20.89	17
Jeroen Kampschreur	Super-G	Sitting	—				1:12.25	5
Niels de Langen							1:12.66	6
Floris Meijer							1:15.67	7
Jeffrey Stuut		Standing					1:20.89	17
Jeroen Kampschreur	Super combined	Sitting	1:11.99	3	38.52	1	1:50.51
Niels de Langen			1:13.04	4	40.36	4	1:53.40
Floris Meijer			1:14.25	5	Did not finish
Jeffrey Stuut		Standing	Did not finish
Jeroen Kampschreur	Giant slalom	Sitting	59.00	2	38.52	Did not finish
Niels de Langen			1:06.92	15	59.58	4	2:06.50	7
Floris Meijer			1:07.01	17	1:02.18	8	2:09.19	10
Jeffrey Stuut		Standing	1:04.85	20	1:02.25	19	2:07.10	20
Jeroen Kampschreur	Slalom	Sitting	41.58	2	Did not finish
Niels de Langen			44.89	5	52.29	2	1:37.18
Floris Meijer			Did not finish
Jeffrey Stuut		Standing	51.32	28	1:00.72	21	1:52.04	22

Women

Athlete	Event	Class	Run 1		Run 2		Final/Total
			Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Barbara van Bergen	Downhill	Sitting	—				DNF
	Super-G		—				1:28.42	4
	Super combined		1:23.76	3	Did not finish
	Giant slalom		1:02.15	3	1:09.65	5	2:11.80	5
	Slalom		DSQ		—

Snowboarding

Main article: Snowboarding at the 2022 Winter Paralympics

Renske van Beek, Lisa Bunschoten and Chris Vos competed in snowboarding.^[3][8][9]

Banked slalom

Athlete	Event	Run 1	Run 2	Best	Rank
Chris Vos	Men's SB-LL1	1:12.08	1:12.06	1:12.06
Renske van Beek	Women's SB-LL2	1:23.26	1:23.35	1:23.26	11
Lisa Bunschoten		1:19.02	1:19.00	1:19.00	7

Snowboard cross

Athlete	Event	Qualification			Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Rank	Position	Position	Position
Chris Vos	Men's SB-LL1	1:25.48	1:09.02	8 Q	2 Q	2 FA	4
Renske van Beek	Women's SB-LL2	DNF	1:25.99	12 Q	4	Did not advance
Lisa Bunschoten		1:12.09	1:12.63	3 Q	2 Q	1 FA	DNF

Qualification legend: Q - Qualify to next round; FA - Qualify to medal final; FB - Qualify to consolation final

See also

• Netherlands at the Paralympics
• Netherlands at the 2022 Winter Olympics