... Olympics activity was in 1900 when they sent 35 athletes to the Paris Olympics. After missing the 1904 St. Louis Olympics, the Netherlands has never missed an- other Olympic Games, although in 1956 it competed only at the Equestrian ...
... Olympic designs. Chief among them were designs featuring horizontal, flat-roofed buildings with large ... Netherlands. Wils's first brush with “matters Olympic” occurred in 1923. His ... olympics: the olympics before world war ii.
... Netherlands Olympic Committee, nevertheless proposed Amsterdam as the ... Olympics, Pierre de Coubertin sought to ensure that the right to host the ... Olympics of many 'firsts'. For instance, they were the first to be called the ...
The inclusion of skateboarding as an official discipline in the 2020 Olympic Games marks the pinnacle of a decades-long process of commercialization and sportification. Is the tightly-knit subculture in danger of losing its very identity?
... Netherlands Olympic Committee . 1928. Official Report of the Olympic Games of 1928. Ed . G. Van Rossem . Available at http://olympic-museum.de/o-re ports / report1928.htm ( accessed November 12 , 2006 ) . Norton , Frank . 2007. Lenovo ...
... Olympics. For instance, the Netherlands won in four speed skating events in Sochi all of the available gold, silver, and bronze medals. The country leads the all- time Winter Olympics speed skating ranking, having won one- fifth (105 ...