... 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 ...
... Netherlands. Wils's first brush with “matters Olympic” occurred in 1923. His vis- its to some of the leading cities ... olympics: the olympics before world war ii.
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