Besides (of course) a dose of talent, perseverance and choosing the right sport, you have the best chance of becoming an Olympian in the provinces of Utrecht and Limburg. Relatively speaking, those two provide the most Olympic participants.
What does the map of the Netherlands look like if we look at the difference in summer and winter sports? As expected, many winter sports enthusiasts come from Friesland, but here too South Holland supplies the most. So no, not all skaters come from Friesland.
If we look at the successes, Friesland takes the cake; that province has brought in the most winter medals, thanks to Sven Kramer with nine medals.
But the absolute Olympic winter queen remains Ireen Wüst (born in Brabant and in April) with no less than eleven medals.
