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Opening Museum “Art of the Olympians”

admin — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 14:17:51 +0000

On the 29th of January 2010, the Museum “Art of the Olympians” was officially opened in Fort Meyers (Florida). Mr. Jan Boutmy, who is president of the Antillean Olympians Association, was one of the invitee, to give an inaugural speech.

The opening also has special meaning for other local Olympians like Liston Bochette, who is on the Board of Directors. “Our mission says we are going to improve the quality of life here locally and we’re going to do it by opening these door to the community and more so to the world,” Bochette said. Bochette visited Curacao different times, and was one of the advisors of NAOC, during the Olympic Games in Beijing (2008)

According to the U.S. Olympic Committee, once this museum is fully up and running, it’s estimated to have a annual impact of $25 million to the local economy. Lee County (Florida) has invested nearly a million tourist tax dollars in the project.

More information: http://www.artoftheolympians.com

Churandy’s Documentary

admin — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 16:32:48 +0000

NAOC, UTS and Fisheye Productions have been following Churandy Martina during his Olympic year with a camera crew, which resulted in a documentary. This production shows how Churandy Martina trained for the 2008 Olympics, his competitions, his Silver medal race, and his disqualification.

The documentary also shows our youth that anyone with talent, motivation and discipline can achieve world famous results. That’s why we aim to get as much as schoolchildren as possible to see this documentary.

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The premiere will be at the cinema’s on Curacao, on the 12th of August.

Please come back for more information on this documentary

Olympic Heroes

admin — Fri, 15 May 2009 15:16:33 +0000

In the history of the Netherlands Antilles participating at the Olympic Games, we have known one Olympic hero who is very special to our community. He has showed the world that the Netherlands Antilles are able to compete with the biggest countries in the world. The performance of this athlete have been above all expectations, and the community of the Netherlands Antilles has a lot of respect for him

J. Boersma
Mr. Jan Boersma was the first ever representative of the Netherlands Antilles, to win a silver medal at the Olympics Games of 1988, held in Seoul, Korea. He competed in the discipline windsurfing. Jan is one of many that showed nothing is impossible, and if you put your mind to it, anything is possible.

NAOC and its partners are investing in our potential athletes, in order to have more Olympic heroes in the future.

Churandy Martina

Churandy Martina is one of Antilles best known sportsman. As an athlete he managed to get his country on the world map by proving that he is among the fastest sprinters in the world, when he won the gold medal in the 100 m during the Pan American Games (Rio de Janeiro 2007) He also ranked 5th in the 100 m and 200m world championships (Osaka 2007, Japan).

Churandy was born the July 3, 1984 on the island of Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles. He won his first medal running when he was only 6 years old while participating in a youth run. He came in 3rd. Churandy always enjoyed sports. He played volleyball for several years until he broke his arm. He participated in athletics for his school and managed to do very well. It was Churandy’s dream to reach the top. He always admired athletes like Michael Johnson.

OANA
On the 18th of October 2004, in cooperation with NAOC, the Olympians Association Netherlands Antilles (OANA) has been founded. The members of OANA are athletes who have represented the Netherlands Antilles at the Olympic Games.

The Executive Committee consists out of:
Mr. Jan Boutmy has been elected as president. He has represented the Netherlands Antilles as fencer during the Olympic Games in Tokyo ’64 and Mexico ’68.

Mrs.Enith Brigitha as secretary. She was no doubt the best swimmer of the 70’s. She was the first Black female Olympic swimmer, and also the first to win two Olympic medals (in 1976), both bronze, one for the 100m and one for the 200m freestyle. She always lost against the Germans, who now are disqualified due to use of performance enhancing. So Enith Brigitha deserves the golden medal.

Mr. Cor van Aanholt as treasurer. Van Aanholt is a former world champion in Sunfish. He represented the Netherlands Antilles in the Olympic Games of 2000 as an athlete.

You can also download the list of all the Olympians that participated at the Olympic Games of the Netherlands Antilles and those who participated on behalf of the Netherlands Antilles.