Bas van de Goor
Sebastiaan Jacques Henri "Bas" van de Goor (born 4 September 1971, in Oss) is a retired volleyball player from the Netherlands who represented his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1996. He was elected twice as the most valuable player of the Olympics (1996 and 2000). At van de Goor's Olympic debut, he won the gold medal, alongside his younger brother and three-time Olympian, Mike, by defeating arch rivals Italy (3-2) in the final. Four years later, he ended up in fifth place at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. Van de Goor's national volleyball coach Joop Alberda referred to him as the "Michael Jordan of volleyball". In 2018, van de Goor was inducted into the International Volleyball Hall of Fame. Personal life

In 2003, van de Goor was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. He has founded the Bas van de Goor Foundation, aimed at "improving the quality of life for people with diabetes through sports". References

External links
 Bas van de Goor at Olympics.com
 Olympedia Profile: Bas van de Goor
 International Volleyball Hall of Fame Profile
 Volleybox.net Profile
 Lega Pallavolo Serie A Profile: Bas van de Goor

1971 births
Living people
Dutch men's volleyball players
Volleyball players at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Volleyball players at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Olympic gold medalists for the Netherlands
Olympic volleyball players for the Netherlands
Sportspeople from Oss
Olympic medalists in volleyball
Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Middle blockers
20th-century Dutch people
21st-century Dutch people
Expatriate volleyball players in Italy
Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Italy
Dutch expatriate volleyball players