Editing Sport in the Netherlands (section)

==Other notable athletes==
* [[Jan Lammers]] is a former [[Formula One]] driver, who won the [[24 Hours of Le Mans]] with [[Jaguar Cars|Jaguar]] in 1988.
* [[Jan de Rooy]] is a [[Truck racing|rally truck]] driver, with his TurboTwin [[DAF Trucks|DAF]] racing truck he won the truck category of the [[Dakar Rally]] in [[1987 Dakar Rally|1987]] and also finished 11th overall.
* [[Hans Stacey]] is a [[Rallying|rally car]] driver. Won in [[2007 Dakar Rally|2007]] the Dakar Rally for trucks with his [[MAN SE|MAN]] truck.
* [[Raymond van Barneveld]] is a professional [[darts]] player. He was ranked number one in the world from January 2008 to June 2008. He has won five world championships, four in the now-defunct [[British Darts Organisation]] and one in the [[Professional Darts Corporation]].
* [[Auto racing]] driver [[Arie Luyendyk]] is a two-time winner of the [[Indianapolis 500]], in [[1990 Indianapolis 500|1990]] and [[1997 Indianapolis 500|1997]].
* [[Rowing (sport)|Rower]] [[Nico Rienks]] was awarded the prestigious [[Thomas Keller Medal]] by the [[International Rowing Federation]] in 2004.
* [[Basketball]] player [[Rik Smits]] was selected for the [[NBA All-Star Game]] in [[1998 NBA All-Star Game|1998]], and helped the [[Indiana Pacers]] reach their only [[2000 NBA Finals|NBA final]] in 2000.
* [[Michael van Gerwen]] is a professional darts player. He was the number-one ranked darts player in the world from 2014 to 2021, and was the 2014, 2017 & 2019 PDC World Darts Champion.
* [[Ryan Ten Doeschate]] is a [[cricket]] player who has the highest batting average in [[One Day International|ODI]] Cricket. In January 2011, ten Doeschate was signed by [[Kolkata Knight Riders]] in the [[Indian Premier League]] 2011 Auction, becoming the first Associate player to win an IPL contract. In 2012, he also became the first and till date the only Dutchman to win the Indian Premier League with KKR.
* [[Max Verstappen]] is a Formula One driver. Having made his debut in [[2015 Formula One World Championship|2015]] at the age of 17, he holds the record for being the youngest driver to have entered a Formula One race. In [[2016 Formula One World Championship|2016]], he took his first win at the [[2016 Spanish Grand Prix|Spanish Grand Prix]], making him both the youngest driver and first Dutch driver to win a Formula One race. In [[2021 Formula One World Championship|2021]], he won the Formula One drivers' championship, the first Dutch driver to do so. He won the drivers' championship again in [[2022 Formula One World Championship|2022]], [[2023 Formula One World Championship|2023]] and [[2024 Formula One World Championship|2024]]. Max's father, [[Jos Verstappen]], was a Formula One driver from 1994 to 2003.
* [[Vivianne Miedema]] is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for FA WSL club Arsenal and the Netherlands women's national football team. She has scored more goals at international level for the Netherlands than any other player, across both the women's and men's teams.
* [[Rinus VeeKay]], whose full name is Rinus van Kalmthout, is a driver in the [[IndyCar Series]].