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Please either enable it in your browser options, or visit your preferences to switch to the old MediaWiki editor <h3>Sport</h3> <p data-rte-fromparser="true"><img data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22image%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BFile%3ARobin%20Van%20Persie%20vs%20Swansea%202011%20%28cropped%29.jpg%7Cthumb%7CDutch%20star%20football%20player%20%5B%5BRobin%20van%20Persie%5D%5D%20in%20a%20match%20in%202011%5D%5D%22%2C%22title%22%3A%22Robin_Van_Persie_vs_Swansea_2011_%28cropped%29.jpg%22%2C%22params%22%3A%7B%22alt%22%3A%22Robin%20Van%20Persie%20vs%20Swansea%202011%20%28cropped%29%22%2C%22thumbnail%22%3Atrue%2C%22caption%22%3A%22Dutch%20star%20football%20player%20%5B%5BRobin%20van%20Persie%5D%5D%20in%20a%20match%20in%202011%22%2C%22captionParsed%22%3A%22Dutch%20star%20football%20player%20%3Ca%20_rte_dataidx%3D%5C%220003%5C%22%20class%3D%5C%22new%5C%22%20title%3D%5C%22Robin%20van%20Persie%20%28page%20does%20not%20exist%29%5C%22%20rel%3D%5C%22nofollow%5C%22%20data-uncrawlable-url%3D%5C%22L3dpa2kvUm9iaW5fdmFuX1BlcnNpZT9hY3Rpb249ZWRpdCZyZWRsaW5rPTE%3D%5C%22%3ERobin%20van%20Persie%3C%5C%2Fa%3E%20in%20a%20match%20in%202011%22%7D%7D" data-rte-instance="40-9729403506009bfdf9f6d7" alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Robin_Van_Persie_vs_Swansea_2011_%28cropped%29.jpg/180px-Robin_Van_Persie_vs_Swansea_2011_%28cropped%29.jpg" width="180" height="186" class="image thumb withCaption" data-image-name="Robin Van Persie vs Swansea 2011 (cropped).jpg" data-image-key="Robin_Van_Persie_vs_Swansea_2011_%28cropped%29.jpg" type="image" /> <!-- RTE::{"spaces":0,"type":"LINE_BREAK"} --><img data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22image%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BFile%3ASimple%20Dutch%20meal.JPG%7Cthumb%7CExample%20of%20traditional%20Dutch%20dinner%3A%20%5B%5BBrussels%20sprout%5D%5Ds%2C%20boiled%20potatoes%20and%20sausage%2C%20including%20its%20gravy%5D%5D%22%2C%22title%22%3A%22Simple_Dutch_meal.JPG%22%2C%22params%22%3A%7B%22alt%22%3A%22Simple%20Dutch%20meal%22%2C%22thumbnail%22%3Atrue%2C%22caption%22%3A%22Example%20of%20traditional%20Dutch%20dinner%3A%20%5B%5BBrussels%20sprout%5D%5Ds%2C%20boiled%20potatoes%20and%20sausage%2C%20including%20its%20gravy%22%2C%22captionParsed%22%3A%22Example%20of%20traditional%20Dutch%20dinner%3A%20%3Ca%20_rte_dataidx%3D%5C%220005%5C%22%20class%3D%5C%22new%5C%22%20title%3D%5C%22Brussels%20sprout%20%28page%20does%20not%20exist%29%5C%22%20rel%3D%5C%22nofollow%5C%22%20data-uncrawlable-url%3D%5C%22L3dpa2kvQnJ1c3NlbHNfc3Byb3V0P2FjdGlvbj1lZGl0JnJlZGxpbms9MQ%3D%3D%5C%22%3EBrussels%20sprouts%3C%5C%2Fa%3E%2C%20boiled%20potatoes%20and%20sausage%2C%20including%20its%20gravy%22%7D%7D" data-rte-instance="40-9729403506009bfdf9f6d7" alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Simple_Dutch_meal.JPG/180px-Simple_Dutch_meal.JPG" width="180" height="180" class="image thumb withCaption" data-image-name="Simple Dutch meal.JPG" data-image-key="Simple_Dutch_meal.JPG" type="image" /> </p> <div class="placeholder placeholder-double-brackets" data-rte-instance="40-9729403506009bfdf9f6d7" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22double-brackets%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%7B%7Bmain%7CSport%20in%20the%20Netherlands%7D%7D%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%221%22%2C%22title%22%3A%22main%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%7D" contenteditable="false">​​</div> <p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">Approximately 4.5 million of the 16.8 million people in the Netherlands are registered to one of the 35,000 sports clubs in the country. About two-thirds of the population older than 15 years participates in sports weekly.<span data-rte-instance="40-9729403506009bfdf9f6d7" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cref%3E%7B%7Bnl%7D%7D%20%7B%7BWayback%20%7Cdate%3D20080925042514%20%7Curl%3Dhttp%3A%5C%2F%5C%2Fs2.ned.univie.ac.at%5C%2FNoN%5C%2Flandeskunde%5C%2Fnl%5C%2Fh11%5C%2Findex.htm%20%7Ctitle%3DSport%20in%20Nederland%20%7D%7D.%20ned.univie.ac.at%3C%5C%2Fref%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22ref%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false"><sup data-rte-washtml="1" id="cite_ref-0" class="reference" data-rte-attribs=" id=cite_ref-0 class=reference"><a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22%3Cspan%20data-rte-instance%3D%5C%2240-9729403506009bfdf9f6d7%5C%22%20data-rte-meta%3D%5C%22%257B%2522type%2522%253A%2522ext%2522%252C%2522wikitext%2522%253A%2522%253Cnowiki%253E%255B%253C%255C%252Fnowiki%253E%2522%252C%2522lineStart%2522%253A%2522%2522%252C%2522placeholder%2522%253A1%252C%2522extName%2522%253A%2522nowiki%2522%257D%5C%22%20class%3D%5C%22placeholder%20placeholder-ext%5C%22%20contenteditable%3D%5C%22false%5C%22%3E%7F%27%5C%22%60UNIQ1990303157a60bf7-nowiki-00000002-QINU%60%5C%22%27%7F%26%23x0200B%3B%3C%5C%2Fspan%3E1%3Cspan%20data-rte-instance%3D%5C%2240-9729403506009bfdf9f6d7%5C%22%20data-rte-meta%3D%5C%22%257B%2522type%2522%253A%2522ext%2522%252C%2522wikitext%2522%253A%2522%253Cnowiki%253E%255D%253C%255C%252Fnowiki%253E%2522%252C%2522lineStart%2522%253A%2522%2522%252C%2522placeholder%2522%253A1%252C%2522extName%2522%253A%2522nowiki%2522%257D%5C%22%20class%3D%5C%22placeholder%20placeholder-ext%5C%22%20contenteditable%3D%5C%22false%5C%22%3E%7F%27%5C%22%60UNIQ1990303157a60bf7-nowiki-00000003-QINU%60%5C%22%27%7F%26%23x0200B%3B%3C%5C%2Fspan%3E%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22%23cite_note-0%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5B%23cite_note-0%7C%3Cext%20_rte_wikitextidx%3D%5C%2214%5C%22%3E%3Cname%3Enowiki%3C%5C%2Fname%3E%3Cattr%3E%3C%5C%2Fattr%3E%3Cinner%3E%5B%3C%5C%2Finner%3E%3Cclose%3E%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%3C%5C%2Fclose%3E%3C%5C%2Fext%3E1%3Cext%20_rte_wikitextidx%3D%5C%2215%5C%22%3E%3Cname%3Enowiki%3C%5C%2Fname%3E%3Cattr%3E%3C%5C%2Fattr%3E%3Cinner%3E%5D%3C%5C%2Finner%3E%3Cclose%3E%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%3C%5C%2Fclose%3E%3C%5C%2Fext%3E%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="40-9729403506009bfdf9f6d7" href="#cite_note-0"><span data-rte-instance="40-9729403506009bfdf9f6d7" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cnowiki%3E%5B%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22nowiki%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false">[​</span>1<span data-rte-instance="40-9729403506009bfdf9f6d7" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cnowiki%3E%5D%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22nowiki%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false">]​</span></a></sup>​</span> <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Football%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Association%20football%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BAssociation%20football%7CFootball%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="40-9729403506009bfdf9f6d7" class="new" title="Association football (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvQXNzb2NpYXRpb25fZm9vdGJhbGw/YWN0aW9uPWVkaXQmcmVkbGluaz0x">Football</a> is the most popular participant sport in the Netherlands, before <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22field%20hockey%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22field%20hockey%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5Bfield%20hockey%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="40-9729403506009bfdf9f6d7" class="new" title="Field hockey (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvRmllbGRfaG9ja2V5P2FjdGlvbj1lZGl0JnJlZGxpbms9MQ==">field hockey</a> and <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22volleyball%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22volleyball%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5Bvolleyball%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="40-9729403506009bfdf9f6d7" class="new" title="Volleyball (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvVm9sbGV5YmFsbD9hY3Rpb249ZWRpdCZyZWRsaW5rPTE=">volleyball</a> as the second and third most popular team sports. Tennis, gymnastics and golf are the three most widely engaged individual sports.<span data-rte-instance="40-9729403506009bfdf9f6d7" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cref%20name%3D%5C%22sport%5C%22%3E%7B%7Bnl%7D%7D%20%7B%7BWayback%20%7Cdate%3D20070812034648%20%7Curl%3Dhttp%3A%5C%2F%5C%2Fwww.sport.nl%5C%2Fcontent%5C%2Fnieuwsartikelen%5C%2Fnocnsf%5C%2F223198%3Fchannel%3Dnocnsf%20%7Ctitle%3DLedental%20sportbonden%20opnieuw%20gestegen%20%7D%7D%7B%7Bdead%20link%7Cdate%3DApril%202014%7D%7D.%20sport.nl.%2024%20July%202006%3C%5C%2Fref%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22ref%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false"><sup data-rte-washtml="1" id="cite_ref-sport_1-0" class="reference" data-rte-attribs=" id=cite_ref-sport_1-0 class=reference"><a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22%3Cspan%20data-rte-instance%3D%5C%2240-9729403506009bfdf9f6d7%5C%22%20data-rte-meta%3D%5C%22%257B%2522type%2522%253A%2522ext%2522%252C%2522wikitext%2522%253A%2522%253Cnowiki%253E%255B%253C%255C%252Fnowiki%253E%2522%252C%2522lineStart%2522%253A%2522%2522%252C%2522placeholder%2522%253A1%252C%2522extName%2522%253A%2522nowiki%2522%257D%5C%22%20class%3D%5C%22placeholder%20placeholder-ext%5C%22%20contenteditable%3D%5C%22false%5C%22%3E%7F%27%5C%22%60UNIQ1990303157a60bf7-nowiki-00000005-QINU%60%5C%22%27%7F%26%23x0200B%3B%3C%5C%2Fspan%3E2%3Cspan%20data-rte-instance%3D%5C%2240-9729403506009bfdf9f6d7%5C%22%20data-rte-meta%3D%5C%22%257B%2522type%2522%253A%2522ext%2522%252C%2522wikitext%2522%253A%2522%253Cnowiki%253E%255D%253C%255C%252Fnowiki%253E%2522%252C%2522lineStart%2522%253A%2522%2522%252C%2522placeholder%2522%253A1%252C%2522extName%2522%253A%2522nowiki%2522%257D%5C%22%20class%3D%5C%22placeholder%20placeholder-ext%5C%22%20contenteditable%3D%5C%22false%5C%22%3E%7F%27%5C%22%60UNIQ1990303157a60bf7-nowiki-00000006-QINU%60%5C%22%27%7F%26%23x0200B%3B%3C%5C%2Fspan%3E%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22%23cite_note-sport-1%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5B%23cite_note-sport-1%7C%3Cext%20_rte_wikitextidx%3D%5C%2220%5C%22%3E%3Cname%3Enowiki%3C%5C%2Fname%3E%3Cattr%3E%3C%5C%2Fattr%3E%3Cinner%3E%5B%3C%5C%2Finner%3E%3Cclose%3E%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%3C%5C%2Fclose%3E%3C%5C%2Fext%3E2%3Cext%20_rte_wikitextidx%3D%5C%2221%5C%22%3E%3Cname%3Enowiki%3C%5C%2Fname%3E%3Cattr%3E%3C%5C%2Fattr%3E%3Cinner%3E%5D%3C%5C%2Finner%3E%3Cclose%3E%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%3C%5C%2Fclose%3E%3C%5C%2Fext%3E%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="40-9729403506009bfdf9f6d7" href="#cite_note-sport-1"><span data-rte-instance="40-9729403506009bfdf9f6d7" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cnowiki%3E%5B%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22nowiki%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false">[​</span>2<span data-rte-instance="40-9729403506009bfdf9f6d7" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cnowiki%3E%5D%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22nowiki%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false">]​</span></a></sup>​</span> </p><p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">Organisation of sports began at the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century. Federations for sports were established (such as the speed skating federation in 1882), rules were unified and sports clubs came into existence. A Dutch National Olympic Committee was established in 1912. Thus far, the nation has won 230 medals at the <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Summer%20Olympic%20Games%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Summer%20Olympic%20Games%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BSummer%20Olympic%20Games%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="40-9729403506009bfdf9f6d7" class="new" title="Summer Olympic Games (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvU3VtbWVyX09seW1waWNfR2FtZXM/YWN0aW9uPWVkaXQmcmVkbGluaz0x">Summer Olympic Games</a> and another 78 medals at the <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Winter%20Olympic%20Games%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Winter%20Olympic%20Games%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BWinter%20Olympic%20Games%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="40-9729403506009bfdf9f6d7" class="new" title="Winter Olympic Games (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvV2ludGVyX09seW1waWNfR2FtZXM/YWN0aW9uPWVkaXQmcmVkbGluaz0x">Winter Olympic Games</a>. </p> <br /><strong data-rte-washtml="1" class="error" data-rte-attribs=" class=error">Cite error: <code data-rte-washtml="1"><ref></code> tags exist, but no <code data-rte-washtml="1"><references/></code> tag was found</strong><p /> <!-- Saved in parser cache with key genealogy:rte-parser-cache:68778 --> Loading editor Below are some commonly used wiki markup codes. 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