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{{Short description|Dutch volleyball player}}
{{family name hatnote|[[van de Goor]]|Goor|lang=Dutch}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2023}}
{{infobox volleyball biography
| image          = Bas van de Goor.jpg
| caption        = Bas van de Goor
| fullname       = Sebastiaan Jacques Henri van de Goor
| nickname       = Bas
| birth_date     = {{birth date and age|1971|9|4|df=y}}
| birth_place    = [[Oss, Netherlands]]
| death_date     =
| death_place    =
| height         = 209 cm
| position       = Middle blocker
| teamnumber     = 9 (national team)<br>14 (Sisley Treviso)
| nationalyears  = 1993–2001
| nationalteam   = {{vb|NED}}
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport | Men's [[volleyball]]}}
{{MedalCountry | the {{NED}} }}
[[File:Olympic rings.svg|center|80px]]
{{MedalCompetition|[[Olympic Games]]}}
{{MedalGold | [[1996 Summer Olympics|1996 Atlanta]] | [[Volleyball at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's volleyball|Team]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship |World Championship]]}}
{{MedalSilver| [[1994 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship |1994 Greece]] | [[1994 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship squads|Team]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[FIVB Volleyball Men's World Cup|FIVB World Cup]]}}
{{MedalSilver|[[1995 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Cup|1995 Japan]]|}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[FIVB Volleyball World League|World League]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[1996 FIVB Volleyball World League|1996 Rotterdam]]|}}
{{MedalBronze|[[1998 FIVB Volleyball World League|1998 Milan]]|}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[FIVB Volleyball World Grand Champions Cup|World Grand Champions Cup]]}}
{{MedalSilver|[[1997 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Grand Champions Cup|1997 Japan]]|}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Men's European Volleyball Championship|European Championship]]}}
{{MedalGold | [[1997 Men's European Volleyball Championship|1997 Netherlands]] |}}
{{MedalSilver|[[1993 Men's European Volleyball Championship|1993 Finland]]|}}
{{MedalSilver|[[1995 Men's European Volleyball Championship|1995 Greece]]|}}
}}

'''Sebastiaan Jacques Henri "Bas" van de Goor''' (born 4 September 1971) is a retired [[volleyball]] player from the [[Netherlands]] who represented his native country at two consecutive [[Summer Olympics]], starting in [[Volleyball at the 1996 Summer Olympics|1996]] in [[Atlanta]]. Van de Goor was elected twice as the most valuable player of the Olympics (1996 and 2000).<ref name="HoF" /> He was a middle blocker.<ref name="HoF" />

At van de Goor's Olympic debut, he won the gold medal, alongside his younger brother and three-time Olympian, [[Mike van de Goor|Mike]], by defeating arch rivals [[Italy]] (3–2) in the final.<ref name="HoF" /><ref name="NYT">{{Cite newspaper |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1996/08/05/sports/the-dutch-at-last-catch-up-with-italy.html |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |title=The Dutch At Last Catch Up With Italy |last=Rhoden |first=William C. |date=5 August 1996 |page=C5 |access-date=5 September 2024 }} {{subscription required}}</ref> Four years later, he ended up in fifth place at the [[Volleyball at the 2000 Summer Olympics|2000 Summer Olympics]] in [[Sydney]].<ref name="HoF" />

While representing the Netherlands, van de Goor won a silver medal at the [[1994 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship|1994 FIVB World Championship]] in Greece.<ref name="Olympedia" /> He also won silver medals at the [[1993 Men's European Volleyball Championship|1993]] and [[1995 Men's European Volleyball Championship|1995 European Championship]], and a gold medal at the [[1997 Men's European Volleyball Championship|1997 European Championship]].<ref name="Olympedia">{{Cite web |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/52805 |website=Olympedia |title=Bas van de Goor |access-date=6 September 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240518162752/https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/52805 |archive-date=18 May 2024 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Van de Goor's national volleyball coach [[Joop Alberda]] referred to him as the "[[Michael Jordan]] of volleyball".<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://worldofvolley.com/latest_news/othercountries/108747/vintage-volleyball-michael-jordan-of-volleyball-bas-van-de-goor.html |website=WorldofVolley |date=April 4, 2020 |title=Vintage Volleyball: 'Michael Jordan of volleyball', Bas van de Goor |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220117105038/https://worldofvolley.com/latest_news/othercountries/108747/vintage-volleyball-michael-jordan-of-volleyball-bas-van-de-goor.html |archive-date=January 17, 2022 |access-date=August 28, 2023 |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2018, van de Goor was inducted into the [[International Volleyball Hall of Fame]].<ref name="HoF">{{Cite web |url=https://www.volleyhall.org/bas-van-de-goor.html |title=Bas van de Goor |website=[[International Volleyball Hall of Fame]] |access-date=August 28, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230605065955/https://www.volleyhall.org/bas-van-de-goor.html |archive-date=June 5, 2023 |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Personal life==

In 2003, van de Goor was diagnosed with [[Diabetes mellitus type 1|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".<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.bvdgf.org/ons-team |title=Maak kennis met ons team |website=Bas van de Goor Foundation |language=Dutch |access-date=August 28, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230204030731/https://www.bvdgf.org/ons-team |archive-date=February 4, 2023 |url-status=live }}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://olympics.com/en/athletes/bas-van-de-goor Bas van de Goor at Olympics.com]
* [https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/52805 Olympedia profile: Bas van de Goor]
* [https://www.volleyhall.org/bas-van-de-goor.html International Volleyball Hall of Fame profile]
* [https://volleybox.net/bas-van-de-goor-p1785 Volleybox.net profile]
* [https://www.legavolley.it/player/VAN-BAS-71 Lega Pallavolo Serie A profile: Bas van de Goor]

{{Netherlands Volleyball Squad 1996 Summer Olympics}}
{{Netherlands Volleyball Squad 2000 Summer Olympics}}
{{Volleyball Hall of Fame members|state=collapsed}}
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[[Category:Dutch men's volleyball players]]
[[Category:Volleyball players at the 1996 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Volleyball players at the 2000 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Olympic gold medalists for the Netherlands]]
[[Category:Olympic volleyball players for the Netherlands]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Oss]]
[[Category:Volleyball players from North Brabant]]
[[Category:Olympic medalists in volleyball]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Middle blockers]]
[[Category:Dutch expatriate volleyball players in Italy]]
[[Category:International Volleyball Hall of Fame inductees]]
[[Category:21st-century Dutch sportsmen]]
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