Kees-Jan van der Klooster

In this Dutch name, the surname is van der Klooster, not Klooster.

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.

Kees-Jan van der Klooster

Personal information
Nationality	Dutch
Born	(1977-07-03) 3 July 1977 (age 48) Vlissingen
Website	www.sjeesonline.nl
Sport
Country	Netherlands
Sport	alpine skiing sitting
Event(s)	Downhill Giant slalom Super G Monoski Cross
Coached by	Falco Teitsma
Medal record Men's Alpine skiing Representing the  Netherlands Winter X Games 2008 Aspen Monoski Cross 2007 Aspen Monoski Cross 2009 Aspen Monoski Cross Extremity Games 2008 Michigan Sit wakeboarding EuroCup 2008 La Molina Super-G IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships 2011 Sestriere Downhill

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.