NOC*NSF

{{Short description|Dutch sports organisation}} {{Infobox National Olympic Committee | title = NOC*NSF | logo = Logo NOCNSF.svg | size = 150px | country = Netherlands | code = NED | created = 1912 (Olympic committee) | recognized = 1912 | association = EOC | headquarters = [[National Sports Centre Papendal]], near [[Arnhem]], [[Netherlands]] | president = [[Anneke van Zaken-Nieberg]] | secretary general = {{ill|Marc van den Tweel|nl}} | website = [http://www.nocnsf.nl www.nocnsf.nl] | notes = Also includes the following constituent countries: {{flag|Curaçao|name=Curaçao}} {{flag|Sint Maarten}} }}

{{Infobox National Paralympic Committee | title = NPC*NEDERLAND | logo = Logo NPCNEDERLAND.svg | size = 150px | country = Netherlands | code = NED | created = 2007 | recognized = 2007 | association = EPC | headquarters = [[National Sports Centre Papendal]], near [[Arnhem]], [[Netherlands]] | president = [[Raymon Blondel]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.paralympic.org/netherlands|title=Netherlands|publisher=International Paralympic Committee|accessdate=13 March 2022}}</ref> | secretary general = {{ill|Marc van den Tweel|nl}} | website = [http://www.paralympisch.nl/ www.paralympisch.nl] | notes = Also includes the following constituent countries: {{flag|Curaçao|name=Curaçao}} {{flag|Sint Maarten}} }}

The '''Dutch Olympic Committee*Dutch Sports Federation''' ({{langx|nl|Nederlands Olympisch Comité*Nederlandse Sport Federatie}}; IOC Code: '''NED'''), generally abbreviated '''NOC*NSF''', is the overall coordinating [[Netherlands|Dutch]] sports organisation that also functions as the Dutch [[National Olympic Committee]] and [[National Paralympic Committee]]. NOC*NSF, based at the [[National Sports Centre Papendal]] in [[Arnhem]],<ref>[https://www.nocnsf.nl/over-nocnsf/ About NOC*NSF on official site (Dutch)]</ref> is the umbrella organisation for sports in the Netherlands, representing more than 23,000 sports clubs and 5.2 million Dutch people involved in sports.

==IOC members== {| class="wikitable" ! Member !! Term |- | Baron {{ill|Frits van Tuyll van Serooskerken|nl}} | 1898–1924 |- | Baron {{ill|Alphert Schimmelpenninck van der Oye|nl}} | 1925–1943 |- |[[P. W. Scharroo]] | 1924–1957 |- |[[Charles Pahud de Mortanges]] | 1946–1964 |- | {{ill|Herman Adriaan van Karnebeek (1903-1989)|nl}} | 1964–1977 |- | {{ill|Kees Kerdel|nl}} | 1977–1986 |- | [[Els van Breda Vriesman]] | 2001–2008 |- |[[Anton Geesink]] | 1987–2010 |- |[[Hein Verbruggen]] | 1998–2008 |- |[[Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands]] | 1998–2013 |- |[[Camiel Eurlings]] | 2013–2018 |}

==Team NL== '''Team NL'''<ref>[https://teamnl.org/over-team-nl About Team NL on official site (Dutch)]</ref> is the sports team project with the goal of closer association of athletes and fans. It was created joined forces 29 sports associations and NOC*NSF that represents the Dutch athletes 365 days a year at an international top level at European Championships, World Championships and Olympic and Paralympic Games.

==Controversy== In 2024, the Committee nominated [[beach volleyball]] player [[Steven van de Velde]] for its [[Netherlands at the 2024 Summer Olympics|2024 Olympic team]], disregarding the fact that he is a convicted [[child rapist]] and has been placed on the [[sex offender registry]] in the [[United Kingdom]] for life since 2016.<ref name=":0">{{cite news |last1=Brown |first1=Oliver |title=Dutch volleyball player who raped 12-year-old British girl qualifies for Paris Olympics |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/volleyball/2024/06/25/volleyball-steven-van-der-velde-raped-british-12-olympics/ |access-date=26 June 2024 |work=The Telegraph |date=25 June 2024}}</ref> The Committee stood by their nomination despite his criminal record for [[sex crimes]] and even after the outcry from the British and American public, asserting that van de Velde has "served his sentence".<ref>{{cite news |title=Volleyball player convicted of rape set for Olympics |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/articles/c511yz5ze18o |access-date=26 June 2024 |work=BBC News |date=26 June 2024 |archive-date=26 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240626195544/https://www.bbc.com/sport/articles/c511yz5ze18o |url-status=live }}</ref>

==See also== * [[Netherlands at the Olympics]] * [[Netherlands at the Paralympics]]

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * [http://www.nocnsf.nl NOC*NSF website] * [https://teamnl.org/ Team NL website]

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