Other notable athletes Jan Lammers is a former Formula One driver, who won the 24 Hours of Le Mans with Jaguar in 1988. Jan de Rooy is a rally truck driver, with his TurboTwin DAF racing truck he won the truck category of the Dakar Rally in 1987 and also finished 11th overall. Hans Stacey is a rally car driver. Won in 2007 the Dakar Rally for trucks with his MAN truck. Raymond van Barneveld is a professional darts player. He was ranked number one in the world from January 2008 to June 2008. He has won five world championships, four in the now-defunct British Darts Organisation and one in the Professional Darts Corporation. Auto racing driver Arie Luyendyk is a two-time winner of the Indianapolis 500, in 1990 and 1997. Rower Nico Rienks was awarded the prestigious Thomas Keller Medal by the International Rowing Federation in 2004. Basketball player Rik Smits was selected for the NBA All-Star Game in 1998, and helped the Indiana Pacers reach their only NBA final in 2000. Michael van Gerwen is a professional darts player. He was the number-one ranked darts player in the world from 2014 to 2021, and was the 2014, 2017 & 2019 PDC World Darts Champion. Ryan Ten Doeschate is a cricket player who has the highest batting average in ODI Cricket. In January 2011, ten Doeschate was signed by Kolkata Knight Riders in the Indian Premier League 2011 Auction, becoming the first Associate player to win an IPL contract. In 2012, he also became the first and till date the only Dutchman to win the Indian Premier League with KKR. Max Verstappen is a Formula One driver. Having made his debut in 2015 at the age of 17, he holds the record for being the youngest driver to have entered a Formula One race. In 2016, he took his first win at the Spanish Grand Prix, making him both the youngest driver and first Dutch driver to win a Formula One race. In 2021, he won the Formula One drivers' championship, the first Dutch driver to do so. He won the drivers' championship again in 2022, 2023 and 2024. Max's father, Jos Verstappen, was a Formula One driver from 1994 to 2003. Vivianne Miedema is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for FA WSL club Arsenal and the Netherlands women's national football team. She has scored more goals at international level for the Netherlands than any other player, across both the women's and men's teams. Rinus VeeKay, whose full name is Rinus van Kalmthout, is a driver in the IndyCar Series.
Other notable athletes Jan Lammers is a former Formula One driver, who won the 24 Hours of Le Mans with Jaguar in 1988 Jan de Rooy is a rally truck driver, with his TurboTwin DAF racing truck he won the truck category of the Dakar Rally in 1987 and also finished 11th overall. Hans Stacey is a rally car driver. Won in 2007 the Dakar Rally for trucks with his MAN truck. Raymond van Barneveld is a professional darts player. He was ranked number one in the world from January 2008 to June 2008. He has won five world championships, four in the now-defunct British Darts Organisation and one in the Professional Darts Corporation. Auto racing driver Arie Luyendyk is a two-time winner of the Indianapolis 500, in 1990 and 1997. Rower Nico Rienks was awarded the prestigious Thomas Keller Medal by the International Rowing Federation in 2004. Basketball player Rik Smits was selected for the NBA All-Star Game in 1998, and helped the Indiana Pacers reach their only NBA final in 2000. Michael van Gerwen is a professional darts player. He was the number-one ranked darts player in the world from 2014 to 2021, and was the 2014, 2017 & 2019 PDC World Darts Champion. Ryan Ten Doeschate is a cricket player who has the highest batting average in ODI Cricket. In January 2011, ten Doeschate was signed by Kolkata Knight Riders in the Indian Premier League 2011 Auction, becoming the first Associate player to win an IPL contract. In 2012, he also became the first and till date the only Dutchman to win the Indian Premier League with KKR. Max Verstappen is a Formula One driver. Having made his debut in 2015 at the age of 17, he holds the record for being the youngest driver to have entered a Formula One race. In 2016, he took his first win at the Spanish Grand Prix, making him both the youngest driver and first Dutch driver to win a Formula One race. In 2021, he won the Formula One drivers' championship, the first Dutch driver to do so. He won the drivers' championship again in 2022, 2023 and 2024. Max's father, Jos Verstappen, was a Formula One driver from 1994 to 2003 Vivianne Miedema is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for FA WSL club Arsenal and the Netherlands women's national football team. She has scored more goals at international level for the Netherlands than any other player, across both the women's and men's teams. Rinus VeeKay, whose full name is Rinus van Kalmthout, is a driver in the IndyCar Series.