Kees-Jan van der Klooster
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Nationality | Dutch | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Vlissingen | July 3, 1977|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Website | www.sjeesonline.nl | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Netherlands | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | alpine skiing sitting | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | Downhill Giant slalom Super G Monoski Cross | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Kees-Jan van der Klooster (born July 3, 1977) is a Paralympian athlete from Netherlands competing in alpine skiing events. In March 2001 he had a snowboard accident and broke his back.[1] Since then he is paralysed from his waist down. His coach is .
He studied Marketing and Communication and is runnings his own business K-J Projects Unlimited Abilities,[2] a company working on a better lifestyle for disabled people. His nicknames are Sjees or Sjace.
Winter X Games[]
He is participating in the Winter X Games in the Monoski Cross. In 2007 and 2009 he won the bronze medal and in 2008 he won the Gold medal.
2010 Winter Paralympics[]
He competed in the 2010 Winter Paralympics[3] in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. He participated in the Men's Downhill – Sitting where he did not finish, the Men's Giant Slalom – Sitting where he became 17th and the Men's Super-G – Sitting where he became 23rd.
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References[]
- ^ http://www.sjeesonline.com/bio.html Biography
- ^ http://www.kjprojects.com K-J Projects Unlimited Abilities
- ^ "Kees-Jan van der Klooster, Alpine Skiing". www.vancouver2010.com. Archived from the original on 2010-04-09. Retrieved 2010-03-21.
- 1977 births
- Living people
- Dutch male alpine skiers
- Paralympic alpine skiers of the Netherlands
- Alpine skiers at the 2010 Winter Paralympics
- Sportspeople from Vlissingen
- X Games athletes
- European alpine skiing biography stubs
- Dutch winter sports biography stubs