The Most Famous
VOLLEYBALL PLAYERS from Netherlands
This page contains a list of the greatest Dutch Volleyball Players. The pantheon dataset contains 199 Volleyball Players, 4 of which were born in Netherlands. This makes Netherlands the birth place of the 10th most number of Volleyball Players behind Poland, and Japan.
Top 6
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Dutch Volleyball Players of all time. This list of famous Dutch Volleyball Players is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Peter Blangé (b. 1964)
With an HPI of 40.26, Peter Blangé is the most famous Dutch Volleyball Player. His biography has been translated into 15 different languages on wikipedia.
Peter Blangé (born 9 December 1964, in Voorburg, South Holland) is a retired volleyball player from the Netherlands who represented his native country in four consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1988 in Seoul, South Korea. Four years later, he helped the Dutch national team win the silver medal in the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. Blangé then won the gold medal with the national team in the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta by defeating Italy in the final. His final Olympic appearance as an athlete was in the 2000 Olympics in Sydney, Australia. He was a setter. In 2012, Blangé was inducted into the International Volleyball Hall of Fame.
2. Bas van de Goor (b. 1971)
With an HPI of 38.52, Bas van de Goor is the 2nd most famous Dutch Volleyball Player. His biography has been translated into 16 different languages.
Sebastiaan Jacques Henri "Bas" van de Goor (born 4 September 1971, in Oss) is a retired volleyball player from the Netherlands who represented his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1996. He was elected twice as the most valuable player of the Olympics (1996 and 2000). At van de Goor's Olympic debut, he won the gold medal, alongside his younger brother and three-time Olympian, Mike, by defeating arch rivals Italy (3–2) in the final. Four years later, he ended up in fifth place at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. Van de Goor's national volleyball coach Joop Alberda referred to him as the "Michael Jordan of volleyball". In 2018, van de Goor was inducted into the International Volleyball Hall of Fame.
3. Ingrid Visser (1977 - 2013)
With an HPI of 37.89, Ingrid Visser is the 3rd most famous Dutch Volleyball Player. Her biography has been translated into 19 different languages.
Ingrid Louise Visser (4 June 1977 – 14 May 2013) was a Dutch female volleyball player, a member of the Netherlands women's national volleyball team in 1994–2011, a participant of the 1996 Olympic Games and 1995 European Champion.
4. Manon Nummerdor-Flier (b. 1984)
With an HPI of 32.65, Manon Nummerdor-Flier is the 4th most famous Dutch Volleyball Player. Her biography has been translated into 15 different languages.
Manon Nummerdor-Flier (born 8 February 1984, in Nieuwleusen, Overijssel) is a retired volleyball player from the Netherlands who played as an opposite.
5. Anne Buijs (b. 1991)
With an HPI of 31.23, Anne Buijs is the 5th most famous Dutch Volleyball Player. Her biography has been translated into 15 different languages.
Anne Elise Buijs (born December 2, 1991) is a Dutch volleyball player. She has been a member of the Women's National Team since 2008. She is the daughter of Internacional coach and ex-volleyball player Teun Buijs, who trained her for several clubs in her career. Her mother and older brother were also volleyball players. She currently plays for Italian club Igor Gorgonzola Novara. In 2 March 2023, Buijs married Ana Carolina Da Silva, her long-time partner who plays as a middle blocker of Brazil Women's Volleyball National Team.
6. Robin de Kruijf (b. 1991)
With an HPI of 30.73, Robin de Kruijf is the 6th most famous Dutch Volleyball Player. Her biography has been translated into 16 different languages.
Robin de Kruijf (born 5 May 1991) is a Dutch volleyball player for Imoco Volley and Netherlands national team. Robin de Kruijf made her debut in the Dutch national team in the Dutch opening match of the Montreux Volley Masters against Cuba in June 2008 at the age of 22. In 2016 De Kruijf and her team won bronze in the World Grand Prix and ended on a historical fourth place in the Rio Olympics.
People
Pantheon has 6 people classified as Dutch volleyball players born between 1964 and 1991. Of these 6, 5 (83.33%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Dutch volleyball players include Peter Blangé, Bas van de Goor, and Manon Nummerdor-Flier. The most famous deceased Dutch volleyball players include Ingrid Visser. As of April 2024, 2 new Dutch volleyball players have been added to Pantheon including Anne Buijs, and Robin de Kruijf.
Living Dutch Volleyball Players
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Peter Blangé
1964 - Present
HPI: 40.26
Bas van de Goor
1971 - Present
HPI: 38.52
Manon Nummerdor-Flier
1984 - Present
HPI: 32.65
Anne Buijs
1991 - Present
HPI: 31.23
Robin de Kruijf
1991 - Present
HPI: 30.73
