# Netherlands at the 2022 World Games

Netherlands competed at the 2022 World Games held in Birmingham, United States from 7 to 17 July 2022. Athletes representing the Netherlands won three gold medals, three silver medals and four bronze medals. The country finished in 21st place in the medal table.

## Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
| Gold | Noa Man | Parkour | Women's freestyle | 11 July |
| Gold | Dick Jaspers | Cue sports | Men's three-cushion carom | 17 July |
| Gold | Dutch korfball team Barbara Brouwer Esther Cordus Terrenc Griemink Anouk Haars Fleur Hoek Jelmer Jonker Laurens Leeuwenhoek Jessica Lokhorst Alwin Out Daan Preuninger Harjan Visscher Sanne van der Werff Olav van Wijngaarden Brett Zuijdwegt | Korfball | Mixed tournament | 17 July |
| Silver | Jody Beckers Mike Schloesser | Archery | Mixed compound team | 9 July |
| Silver | Noa Man | Parkour | Women's speedrun | 10 July |
| Silver | Donny Donker | Ju-jitsu | Men's fighting 85 kg | 15 July |
| Bronze | Boy Vogelzang | Ju-jitsu | Men's fighting 77 kg | 15 July |
| Bronze | Ecco van der Veer | Ju-jitsu | Men's fighting 62 kg | 16 July |
| Bronze | Mixed team | Tug of war | Mixed outdoor 580 kg | 16 July |
| Bronze | Mixed team | Ju-jitsu | Mixed national team competition | 16 July |

## Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.
| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
| Acrobatic gymnastics | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Archery | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Bowling | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Canoe marathon | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Canoe polo | 8 | 8 | 16 |
| Cue sports | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dancesport | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Duathlon | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| Ju-jitsu | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| Karate | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Kickboxing | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Korfball | 7 | 7 | 14 |
| Orienteering | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Parkour | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Powerlifting | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Trampoline gymnastics | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Tug of war | 9 | 9 | 18 |
| Total | 36 | 44 | 80 |

## Acrobatic gymnastics

Netherlands competed in acrobatic gymnastics.

## Archery

Netherlands competed in archery.

### Compound

| Athlete | Event | Ranking round | Ranking round | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Score | Seed | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Mike Schloesser | Men's compound | 713 | 1 | Bye | Kim (KOR) W 150–146 | Verma (IND) L 149–149* | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Jody Beckers | Women's compound | 691 | 14 | Becerra (MEX) L 137–147 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Sanne de Laat | Women's compound | 685 | 18 | Van Kradenburg (RSA) W 143–142 | López (COL) L 145–148 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Jody Beckers Mike Schloesser | Mixed compound | 1044 | 6 | Bye | Bye | United States (USA) W 158–154 | Mexico (MEX) W 157–156 | Colombia (COL) L 154–154* | |

### Recurve

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Elimination 1 | Elimination 2 | Elimination 3 | Elimination 4 | Semifinal | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Score | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result |
| Gaby Schloesser | Women's recurve | 331 | 71 | Bye | Barankova (SVK) W 85–81 | Nugent (USA) W 85–89 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

## Bowling

Netherlands competed in bowling.
| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Denise Blankenzee | Women's singles | Hui Fen New (SIN) W 2–0 | Franco (COL) W 2–0 | Wegner (SWE) L 2–0 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Samantha Greiner | Women's singles | Ribguth (GER) L 2–0 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Denise Blankenzee Samantha Greiner | Women's doubles | n/a | France (FRA) W 2–1 | Malaysia (MAS) L 0–2 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

## Canoe marathon

Netherlands competed in canoe marathon.
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Joep van Bakel | Men's Short distance | 15:19.17 | 7 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Joep van Bakel | Men's Standard distance | n/a | n/a | 1:28:23.03 | 9 |

## Canoe polo

Netherlands competed in canoe polo.

## Cue sports

Netherlands won one gold medal in cue sports.
| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Dick Jaspers | Men's 3-cushion carom | Piedrabuena (USA) W 40–11 | Blomdahl (SWE) W 40–20 | Piedrabuena (USA) W 40–11 | Merckx (BEL) W 40–16 | Garcia (COL) W 40-18 | |

## Dancesport

Netherlands competed in dancesport (breaking).

## Duathlon

Netherlands competed in duathlon.

## Ju-jitsu

Netherlands won several medals in ju-jitsu.
| Athlete | Event | Group Stage | Group Stage | Group Stage | Semifinal | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Boy Vogelzang | Men's fighting 77 kg | Andersen (DEN) L 0 - 14 | Kunsa (FRA) W 0* - 0 | 2 | Attenberger (GER) L 6 - 9 | Ochoa (MEX) W 14 - 0 | |
| Donny Donker | Men's fighting 85 kg | Milić (MNE) W 13 - 7 | Trajković (SRB) L 4 - 11 | 2 | Zmeev (GER) L 9 - 11 | Wei (TPE) W 9 - 6 | |
| Genevieve Bogers | Women's fighting 57 kg | Singchalad (THA) W 11 - 2 | Dahl (DEN) W 14 - 7 | 1 | Koutoulaki (GRE) L 10 - 16 | Dahl (DEN) L 6 - 6* | 4 |

## Karate

Netherlands competed in karate.

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Elimination round | Elimination round | Elimination round | Semifinal | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Brian Timmermans | Men's kumite 84 kg | Ech-chaabi (MAR) L 2–3 | Badawy (EGY) L 0–1 | 3 | Did not advance | Did not advance | 5 |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Elimination round | Elimination round | Elimination round | Elimination round | Semifinal | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Lynn Snel | Women's kumite 61 kg | Ali (EGY) D 2–2 | Klinepeter (USA) W 9–0 | Serogina (UKR) L 1–3 | 3 | Did not advance | Did not advance | 5 |

## Kickboxing

Netherlands competed in kickboxing.
| Athlete | Category | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final/Bronze medal bout | Final/Bronze medal bout |
| Athlete | Category | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Dajenka Meijer | Women's 70 kg | Ginski (USA) W 2–1 | Filipová (SVK) L 1–2 | Vanhakoski (FIN) L 0–3 | 4 |

## Korfball

Netherlands won the gold medal in the korfball tournament.

## Orienteering

Netherlands competed in orienteering.

## Parkour

Netherlands won two medals in parkour.
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Noa Man | Women's speedrun | 30.60 | 2 | 29.24 | |
| Noa Man | Women's freestyle | 23.5 | 1 | 24.0 | |

## Powerlifting

Netherlands competed in powerlifting.
| Athlete | Event | Exercises | Exercises | Exercises | Total weight | Total points | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Squat | Bench press | Deadlift | Total weight | Total points | Rank |
| Ielja Strik | Women's super heavyweight | 230.0 | — | 200.0 | — | — | DSQ |
| Ankie Timmers | Women's super heavyweight | 237.5 | 185.0 | 220.0 | 642.5 | 101.65 | 4 |

## Trampoline gymnastics

Netherlands competed in trampoline gymnastics.
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Daniel Abrahams | Men's double mini-trampoline | 23.200 | 10 | did not advance | did not advance |

## Tug of war

Netherlands won one bronze medal in tug of war.