The Most Famous
FENCERS from Netherlands
This page contains a list of the greatest Dutch Fencers. The pantheon dataset contains 349 Fencers, 1 of which were born in Netherlands. This makes Netherlands the birth place of the 30th most number of Fencers behind Argentina, and Slovenia.
Top 2
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Dutch Fencers of all time. This list of famous Dutch Fencers is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Jetze Doorman (1881 - 1931)
With an HPI of 48.90, Jetze Doorman is the most famous Dutch Fencer. His biography has been translated into 16 different languages on wikipedia.
Jetze Doorman (2 July 1881 – 28 February 1931) was a Dutch fencer. He won four Olympic bronze medals. He also competed in the modern pentathlon at the 1912 Summer Olympics. Doorman won the European Champion in Paris in 1907. This victory caused that the Netherlands had to organize the championships the next year and due to that the Dutch national fencing association, now called "Koninklijke Nederlandse Algemene Schermbond" (KNAS) was established.
2. Claudia Bokel (b. 1973)
With an HPI of 33.24, Claudia Bokel is the 2nd most famous Dutch Fencer. Her biography has been translated into 16 different languages.
Claudia Bokel (born 30 August 1973, in Ter Apel, the Netherlands) is a German épée fencer.
People
Pantheon has 2 people classified as Dutch fencers born between 1881 and 1973. Of these 2, 1 (50.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Dutch fencers include Claudia Bokel. The most famous deceased Dutch fencers include Jetze Doorman. As of April 2024, 1 new Dutch fencers have been added to Pantheon including Claudia Bokel.
