| Bas van de Goor | |||
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 Bas van de Goor | |||
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Sebastiaan Jacques Henri van de Goor | ||
| Nickname | Bas | ||
| Born | (1971-09-04)4 September 1971 (age 53) Oss, Netherlands | ||
| Height | 209 cm (6 ft 10 in) | ||
| Volleyball information | |||
| Position | Middle blocker | ||
| Number | 9 (national team) 14 (Sisley Treviso) | ||
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Sebastiaan Jacques Henri "Bas" van de Goor (born 4 September 1971) is a retiredvolleyball player from theNetherlands who represented his native country at two consecutiveSummer Olympics, starting in1996 inAtlanta. Van de Goor was elected twice as the most valuable player of the Olympics (1996 and 2000).[1] He was a middle blocker.[1]
At van de Goor's Olympic debut, he won the gold medal, alongside his younger brother and three-time Olympian,Mike, by defeating arch rivalsItaly (3–2) in the final.[1][2] Four years later, he ended up in fifth place at the2000 Summer Olympics inSydney.[1]
While representing the Netherlands, van de Goor won a silver medal at the1994 FIVB World Championship in Greece.[3] He also won silver medals at the1993 and1995 European Championship, and a gold medal at the1997 European Championship.[3]
Van de Goor's national volleyball coachJoop Alberda referred to him as the "Michael Jordan of volleyball".[4] In 2018, van de Goor was inducted into theInternational Volleyball Hall of Fame.[1]
In 2003, van de Goor was diagnosed withtype 1 diabetes. He has founded the Bas van de Goor Foundation, aimed at "improving the quality of life for people with diabetes through sports".[5]
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