VOLLEYBALL PLAYER

Bas van de Goor

1971 - Today

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Sebastiaan Jacques Henri "Bas" van de Goor (born 4 September 1971) is a retired volleyball player from the Netherlands who represented his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1996 in Atlanta. Van de Goor was elected twice as the most valuable player of the Olympics (1996 and 2000). He was a middle blocker. At van de Goor's Olympic debut, he won the gold medal, alongside his younger brother and three-time Olympian, Mike, by defeating arch rivals Italy (3–2) in the final. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Bas van de Goor is the 66th most popular volleyball player (down from 44th in 2024), the 1,217th most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 1,124th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Dutch Volleyball Player.

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Among VOLLEYBALL PLAYERS

Among volleyball players, Bas van de Goor ranks 66 out of 199Before him are Leila Barros, Lloy Ball, Bartosz Kurek, Feng Kun, Brankica Mihajlović, and Jovana Brakočević. After him are Leonel Marshall Jr., Ana Moser, Sergey Tetyukhin, Lilia Izquierdo, Aleksandar Atanasijević, and Goran Vujević.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1971, Bas van de Goor ranks 749Before him are Viktor Khrenin, Laurent Wolf, Šárka Kašpárková, Jim Butcher, Kristi Yamaguchi, and Benito Martinez. After him are Marguerite Abouet, Amy Locane, Gregory Porter, Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset, Hirokazu Ota, and Laurel Holloman.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Bas van de Goor ranks 1,218 out of 1,646Before him are Charlotte Wessels (1987), Vincent Janssen (1994), Jeroen Duyster (1966), Ids Postma (1973), Irfan Bachdim (1988), and Jeffrey Bruma (1991). After him are Steven de Jongh (1973), Arnold Bruggink (1977), Léon van Bon (1972), Loek van Wely (1972), Raemon Sluiter (1978), and Rick Karsdorp (1995).

Among VOLLEYBALL PLAYERS In Netherlands

Among volleyball players born in Netherlands, Bas van de Goor ranks 4Before him are Peter Blangé (1964), Guido Görtzen (1970), and Ingrid Visser (1977). After him are Manon Nummerdor-Flier (1984), Laura Dijkema (1990), Robin de Kruijf (1991), Celeste Plak (1995), Anne Buijs (1991), Lonneke Slöetjes (1990), Nika Daalderop (1998), and Sanne Keizer (1985).