2012 Holland Heineken House

The front of the 2012 Holland Heinken House in Alexandra Palace

The 2012 Holland Heineken House was the Dutch meeting place for supporters, athletes and other followers during the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, organized by Heineken and NOC*NSF. It was the 11th edition of the Holland Heineken House since 1982. The 2012 Holland Heineken House opened their doors at the day of the opening ceremony on 27 July 2012 and closed on the day of the closing ceremony, 12 August 2012. Due to the expected numbers of visitors, tickets had to be bought in advance online for 12.50 Euro.[1] With about six thousand visitors per day, over hundred thousand visitors visited the Dutch national home during the Games.[2]

The layout

People are watching an Olympic event
Party in the big hall

The 2012 Holland Heineken House had various shops, restaurants, reception rooms for sponsors and athletes, media facilities and a NOC*NSF information desk. During the day visitors could watch Olympic events on big screens and play different sports. There was a big hall for medal celebrations and performances of different artists during the night.

Medal celebrations

Medal celebration of Lobke Berkhout and Lisa Westerhof

Dutch medalist together with their coaches were honoured on the day they won on medal or later when they had to participate in other events. Because Marianne Vos won her gold medal in the road cycling women's road race due to the team performance of the Dutch team, her teammates Ellen van Dijk, Annemiek van Vleuten, Loes Gunnewijk were honoured as well.

Date Medal Name(s) Coach Sport Event Ref
1 August  Gold Vos, MarianneMarianne Vos
Ellen van Dijk
Annemiek van Vleuten
Loes Gunnewijk
Johan Lammerts Cycling Women's road race [3]
 Bronze Bosch, EdithEdith Bosch Chris de Korte Judo Women's 70 kg
2 August  Bronze Achterberg, ChantalChantal Achterberg
Claudia Belderbos
Carline Bouw
Sytske de Groot
Annemiek de Haan
Nienke Kingma
Anne Schellekens (cox)
Roline Repelaer van Driel
Jacobine Veenhoven
Rowing Women's eight [4]
 Bronze Grol, HenkHenk Grol Maarten Arens Judo Men's 100 kg [4]
4 August  Gold Kromowidjojo, RanomiRanomi Kromowidjojo Jacco Verhaeren Swimming Women's 100 m freestyle [5]
 Gold Women's 50 m freestyle
 Silver Dekker, IngeInge Dekker
Femke Heemskerk
Ranomi Kromowidjojo
Marleen Veldhuis
Hinkelien Schreuder
Women's 4×100 m freestyle relay
 Bronze Veldhuis, MarleenMarleen Veldhuis Women's 50 m freestyle
6 August  Silver Bouwmeester, MaritMarit Bouwmeester Sailing Women's Laser Radial class [6]
 Silver Houtzager, MarcMarc Houtzager
Gerco Schröder
Maikel van der Vleuten
Jur Vrieling
Rob Ehrens Equestrian Team jumping [7]
7 August  Gold Zonderland, EpkeEpke Zonderland Daniel Knibbeler Gymnastics Men's horizontal bar [6]
 Bronze Mulder, TeunTeun Mulder Cycling Men's keirin [6]
8 August  Gold van Rijsselberghe, DorianDorian van Rijsselberghe Sailing Men's sailboard [8]
 Silver Schröder, GercoGerco Schröder Rob Ehrens Equestrian Individual jumping [8]
9 August  Silver Cornelissen, AdelindeAdelinde Cornelissen Johan Hamminga Equestrian Individual dressage [9]
 Bronze Cornelissen, AdelindeAdelinde Cornelissen
Edward Gal
Anky van Grunsven
Team dressage
10 August  Gold Netherlands women's national field hockey team
Marilyn Agliotti Kelly Jonker
Naomi van As Kim Lammers
Merel de Blaeij Caia van Maasakker
Carlien Dirkse van den Heuvel Kitty van Male
Margot van Geffen Maartje Paumen
Maartje Goderie Sophie Polkamp
Eva de Goede Joyce Sombroek
Ellen Hoog Lidewij Welten
Max Caldas Field hockey Women's tournament [10]
 Bronze Smulders, LauraLaura Smulders Cycling Women's BMX [11]
11 August  Silver Netherlands men's national field hockey team
Sander Baart Teun de Nooijer
Billy Bakker Jaap Stockmann
Marcel Balkestein Valentin Verga
Floris Evers Klaas Vermeulen
Rogier Hofman Bob de Voogd
Robert van der Horst Mink van der Weerden
Tim Jenniskens Roderick Weusthof
Wouter Jolie Sander de Wijn
Robbert Kempermann
Paul van Ass Field hockey Men's tournament [12]
 Bronze Berkhout, LobkeLobke Berkhout
Lisa Westerhof
Jacco Koops Sailing Women's 470 class [13]

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References

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