Koninklijk Nederlands Watersport Verbond

Royal Netherlands Watersport Association
IOC nation	Netherlands (NED)
National flag
Sport	Sailing
Other Sports	Surfing Canoeing
Official website	www.watersportverbond.nl
HISTORY
Preceding organisations	Royal Netherlands Yachting Union
Year of formation	1890
AFFILIATIONS
International federation	World Sailing (WS)
WS members page	www.sailing.org/about/members/mnas/netherlands.php
WS member since	1907 Founding Member
National Olympic Committee	Dutch Olympic Committee
National Paralympic Committee	Dutch Paralympic Committee
ELECTED
President	Jan Berent Heukensfeldt Jansen
SECRETARIAT
Country	Netherlands
Secretary General	Maurice Leeser
FINANCE
Company status	Association

The Koninklijk Nederlands Watersport Verbond or Royal Netherlands Watersport Association is the national governing body for the sports of sailing, surfing, and canoeing in the Netherlands, recognised by the World Sailing.^[1]

History

Founded in 1890 as Koninlijk Verbond Nederlandsche Watersport Verenigingen.

Notable sailors

See Category:Dutch sailors

Olympic sailing

See Dutch Olympic Sailing Team

Offshore sailing

See Category:Dutch sailors (sport)

Yacht Clubs

See Category:Yacht clubs in the Netherlands

References

External links

• Official website

Template:National Members of World Sailing

Sports governing bodies in the Netherlands (NED)
Summer Olympic Sports	Aquatics Diving Swimming Synchronized Swimming Water polo Archery Athletics Badminton Basketball Boxing Canoeing Cycling Equestrian Fencing Field hockey Football Golf Gymnastics Handball Judo Modern pentathlon Rugby 7's Rowing Sailing Shooting Table tennis Taekwondo Tennis Triathlon Volleyball inc. Beach Volleyball Weightlifting Wrestling
Winter Olympic Sports	Biathlon Bobsleigh Curling Ice hockey Luge Skating Figure Speed Short Track Skeleton Skiing Alpine Cross Country Nordic Combined Freestyle Jumping Snowboarding
Other IOC Recognised Sports	Air sports Auto racing Bandy Baseball Billiard sports Boules Bowling Bridge Chess Cricket Dance sport Floorball Karate Korfball Lifesaving Motorcycle racing Mountaineering and Climbing Netball Orienteering Pelota Vasca Polo Powerboating Racquetball Roller sports Rugby Softball Sport climbing Squash Sumo Surfing Tug of war Underwater sports Water ski Wushu
Paralympic Sports
Others Sports	American Football Lacrosse Quidditch Rugby League Rugby Union
Dutch Olympic Committee