Epke Zonderland took a historic performance at the London Olympic Games on Tuesday 7 August 2012. This has caused a flood of reactions in the media. The images of the finals spread throughout the world, live on TV and on the front page of the major newspapers.

Sports photographer Klaas Jan van der Weij has made 713 photographs of this legendary achievement and was like no other able to show the quality of the performance. ‘Gouden Epke’ (Golden Epke) contains the most beautiful pictures of Klaas Jan in combination with comments and texts of journalists, officials, family and others.