Bas van de Goor

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Medal record
Bas van de Goor
Men's Volleyball
Competitor for the Netherlands
Olympic Games
Gold	Atlanta 1996	Team Competition
European Championships
Gold	Netherlands 1997	Team Competition

Sebastiaan ("Bas") Jacques Henri van de Goor (born September 4, 1971 in Oss, Noord-Brabant) is a retired volleyball player from the Netherlands, who represented his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1996.

At his Olympic debut he won the gold medal, alongside his younger brother and three-time Olympian Mike, by defeating archrivals Italy (3-2) in the final. Four years later Van de Goor ended up in fifth place at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.

His national volleyball coach Joop Alberda referred to him as the 'Michael Jordan of volleyball'.^[1]

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^ Afscheid van de Michael Jordan van volleybal (Dutch)

(Dutch) Dutch Olympic Committee

v • d • e Netherlands - 1996 Summer Olympics (Gold Medal)

Peter Blangé \| Bas van de Goor \| Mike van de Goor \| Rob Grabert \| Henk-Jan Held \| Guido Görtzen \| Misha Latuhihin \| Olof van der Meulen \| Jan Posthuma \| Brecht Rodenburg \| Richard Schuil \| Ron Zwerver \| Coach: Joop Alberda

v • d • e Netherlands - 2000 Summer Olympics (Fifth place)

Peter Blangé \| Albert Cristina \| Martijn Dieleman \| Bas van de Goor \| Mike van de Goor \| Guido Görtzen \| Martin van der Horst \| Joost Kooistra \| Misha Latuhihin \| Reinder Nummerdor \| Erik Schuil \| Richard Schuil \| Coach: Toon Gerbrands