Jeroen van Dijk (born 26 August 1971) is a Dutch

badminton Badminton is a racquet sport played using racket (sports equipment), racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net (device), net. Although it may be played with larger teams, the most common forms of the game are "singles" (with one player per s ...

player. He competed in the men's singles tournament at the

1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...

. van Dijk won the Dutch men's championship in 1922 and 1993, defeating Pierre Pelupessy both times. In April 1996 van Dijk defeated Daniel Ericsson in the European Championships to secure at least a bronze. In his later career, van Dijk became a coach, serving as Head Coach at the Badminton Europe Centre of Excellence.

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* 1971 births Living people Dutch male badminton players Olympic badminton players for the Netherlands Badminton players at the 1996 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Rotterdam 20th-century Dutch sportsmen {{Netherlands-badminton-bio-stub