1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen – Skater Roelof Koops from Zuidlaren, who later lived in Veendam and died there, participated in the 1936 Winter Games in Germany. He does not skate for medals and finishes thirteenth in the 5,000 meters, 17th in the 1,000 meters and thirtieth in the 1,500 meters.
1960 Squaw Valley – Skater Jan Pesman from Holwierde wins bronze in the five kilometers and then has to settle for twelve place in the ten kilometers as top favorite.
1988 Calgary – Skater Gerard Kemkers from Groningen, raised in Drenthe, conquers bronze in the 5,000 meters during his only Winter Games as a skater.
1992 Albertville – Skater Carla Zijlstra from Sneek and raised in Groningen falls just short of the prizes in both the three and 5,000 meters. She finished ninth in the 1,500 meters.
1994 Lillehammer – Carla Zijlstra is participating again. She also competes in three distances here: the 1,500 (22nd), the 3,000 (ninth) and 5,000 meters (seventh).
Short track star Anke Jannie Landman from Assen and raised in Groningen makes her debut. She finished nineteenth in the 500 meters and 28th in the 1,000.
1998 Nagano – Skater Marianne Timmer from Sappemeer makes her debut at the Games. She immediately wins gold in both the 1,000 and 1,500 meters.
Carla Zijlstra is participating for the third time, this time at two distances: the 3,000 (ninth) and the 5,000 meters (sixth).
Anke Jannie Landman is also there again. She does not play a significant role in the 1,000 (twelfth) and 500 meters (26th).
2002 Salt Lake City – Skater Renate Groenewold from Musselkanaal. She makes her debut with a silver medal in the 3,000 meters. Due to a fall, she has to retire from the 1,500 meters.
Marianne Timmer cannot extend her golden medals and does not get further than eighth (500 meters), fourth (1,000 meters) and 21st (1,500 meters) place.
Bobsledder Arend Glas from Groningen makes his debut. With Marcel Welten he finished sixteenth in the two-man bobsleigh. The four-man bob finishes seventeenth.
2006 Turin – Marianne Timmer wins her third gold medal at the Winter Games. This time in the 1,000 meters. In the 1,500 meters she disappointed with a fourteenth place. Renate Groenewold also skates to a medal: silver again in the 3,000 meters. She finishes ninth in the 5,000 meters.
The team pursuit, which is on the program for the first time, is also below par. Together with Ireen Wüst, Paulien van Deudekom and Moniek Kleinsman, she remains stuck in sixth place.
Arend Glas is also participating again. In the two-man bobsleigh, this time with Sybrand Jansma (nineteenth), and in the ‘four’ with Jansma, Arno Klaassen and Vincent Kortbeek (sixteenth).
2010 Vancouver – Renate Groenewold is participating in the Games for the third time, but she does not win any medals. She has to make do with a tenth place in the 3,000 meters and sixth again in the team pursuit, this time together with Ireen Wüst, Diane Valkenburg and Jorien Voorhuis.
Bobsledder Edwin van Calker from Groningen makes his debut. He first starts in the two-man bobsled, but that race is far from smooth (fourteenth). Van Calker then does not enter the four-man bobsleigh. When a Georgian skeleton rider crashes into turn 13 of the bobsled track, which is described as risky, fear creeps into Van Calker’s head. He withdraws before the descent in the four-man bob.
Short track star Maaike Vos from Sappemeer also makes her debut. She falls just outside the podium in the team relay and finishes fourth.
2014 Sochi – Edwin van Calker is back in action. He wants revenge after Vancouver, and now competes in the four-man bobsleigh, but ends up in eleventh place. He became nineteenth in the two-man bobsled.
2022 Peking – Skater Marcel Bosker from Switzerland, partly raised in Ten Boer. His father is from Loppersum. Bosker finished ninth in the 1,500 meters and narrowly missed out on a medal in the team pursuit: fourth.
