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Dutch para-alpine skier (born 1977) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Kees-Jan van der Klooster (born 3 July 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 Falco Teitsma.
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Nationality | Dutch | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Vlissingen | 3 July 1977||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Website | www.sjeesonline.nl | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Netherlands | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | alpine skiing sitting | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | Downhill Giant slalom Super G Monoski Cross | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coached by | Falco Teitsma | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.
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.
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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