page_title: Leiden
section_title: Sport
hierarchical_section_title: Leiden / Notable inhabitants / Sport
caption_attribution_description: Nederlands: Alfons Groenendijk
context_page_description: Leiden is a city and municipality in the province of South Holland, Netherlands. The municipality of Leiden had a population of 123,856 in August 2017, but the city forms one densely connected agglomeration with its suburbs Oegstgeest, Leiderdorp, Voorschoten and Zoeterwoude with 206,647 inhabitants. The Netherlands Central Bureau of Statistics further includes Katwijk in the agglomeration which makes the total population of the Leiden urban agglomeration 270,879, and in the larger Leiden urban area also Teylingen, Noordwijk, and Noordwijkerhout are included with in total 348,868 inhabitants. Leiden is located on the Oude Rijn, at a distance of some 20 kilometres from The Hague to its south and some 40 km from Amsterdam to its north. The recreational area of the Kaag Lakes lies just to the northeast of Leiden.
  A university city since 1575, Leiden has been one of Europe's most prominent scientific centres for more than four centuries. Leiden is a typical university city, university buildings are scattered throughout the city and the many students from all over the world give the city a bustling, vivid and international atmosphere.
context_section_description: Willem Slijkhuis (1923–2003) a Dutch middle distance runner, won two bronze medals in the 1948 Summer Olympics
  Sandra Le Poole (born 1959) a retired field hockey player, team gold medallist at the 1984 Summer Olympics
  Ronald Florijn (born 1961) a former rower, twice team gold medallist, at the 1988 and 1996 Summer Olympics
  Carina Benninga (born 1962) & Taco van den Honert (born 1966) former Dutch field hockey players, team gold medallist at the 1984 Summer Olympics and team bronze medallist at the 1988 Summer Olympics
  Alfons Groenendijk (born 1964) a former footballer with 413 club caps and current manager
  Gerritjan Eggenkamp (born 1975) a Dutch rower, team silver medallist at the 2004 Summer Olympics
  Rodney Glunder (born 1975) a retired kickboxer, mixed martial artist, professional wrestler and boxer
  Tim de Cler (born 1978) a Dutch former footballer with 361 club caps
  Erik van den Doel (born 1979) a Dutch chess Grandmaster
  Merel Witteveen (born 1985) a sailor, team silver medallist at the 2008 Summer Olympics
  Biurakn Hakhverdian (born 1985) & Iefke van Belkum (born 1986) Dutch water polo players, team gold medallist at the 2008 Summer Olympics
  Gegard Mousasi (born 1985) a Dutch mixed martial artist and former kickboxer
  Laurine van Riessen (born 1987) a long track speed skater and track cyclist, bronze medallist at the 2010 Winter Olympics
  Kjeld Nuis (born 1989) a Dutch speed skater, world record holder and gold medallist at the 2018 Winter Olympics over 1000 metre and 1500 metre
  Chantal de Ridder (born 1989) a Dutch football striker, 46 caps with the Netherlands women's national football team
  Esmee Visser (born 1996) a long distance speed skater, gold medallist in the 2018 Winter Olympics in the women's 5000 metres
  and
  Maria Swanenburg (1839–1915) a Dutch serial killer, murdered at least 27 people and suspected of killing more than 90
  Marinus van der Lubbe (1909–1934) executed for the Reichstag fire in Berlin in 1933
  Buurtpoes Bledder (2011–2013) a male domestic cat, media star for his exploits in the city
caption: Alfons Groenendijk, 2017
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