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sport">At the 2016 Games, TeamNL took nineteen medals. The counter is now at twenty and there will be a medal from boxer Nouchka Fontijn, who is already certain of bronze in the class up to 75 kilograms. In the final days of the Games, it must become clear whether that will possibly be gold or silver.
sport">In Rio, the Netherlands took eight gold, seven silver and four bronze medals. In Tokyo, the pick-up on day 11 of the Games consists of six golds, seven silvers and seven bronzes.
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This is what the medals of these Games look like.
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sport">In the medal table, which is ranked on the basis of the number of gold medals achieved, the Netherlands occupies ninth place. China still leads the medal table with 32 times gold, 21 times silver and 16 times bronze. The American team (24-28-21) remains second, but still holds the lead in the ranking of the total number of medals.
sport">Host nation Japan (19-6-11) takes third place in the medal table, followed by Australia (14-4-15) and Russia (13-21-18). Number 6 Great Britain (13-17-13) is close to finishing in the top five.
sport">With 25 medals, the 2000 Sydney Games are the most successful ever for the Netherlands, which won twelve golds at the time. Four years later in Athens, TeamNL won 22 medals (four gold). After Beijing 2008, the sports team came home with sixteen medals (seven gold) and in London 2012, the Orange took twenty medals (six gold).
sport">Click here to see the full medal tally.
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