Impairment Information |
Type of Impairment |
Limb deficiency |
Classification |
SB-LL |
Further Personal Information |
Residence |
The Hague, NED |
Occupation |
Coach |
Languages |
Dutch, English, Spanish |
Sport Specific Information |
When and where did you begin this sport? |
He began snowboarding in 2005. |
Why this sport? |
He met Dutch para-snowboarder Bibian Mentel at a wakeboarding clinic, and she invited him to train with her Mentelity Foundation para-snowboarding team. |
Club / Team |
Mentelity Foundation: Netherlands |
Name of coach |
Edwin Spee [club], NED; Frank Germann [national] |
General Interest |
Hobbies |
Climbing, skateboarding, surfing. (Facebook page, 31 Jan 2015) |
Injuries |
He broke his left leg in 2013. (Facebook page, 31 Jan 2015)
He broke his left ankle while snowboarding in 2011. (Facebook page, 31 Jan 2015) |
Ambitions |
To compete at the 2018 Paralympic Winter Games in Pyeongchang. (Facebook page, 31 Jan 2015) |
Impairment |
He was born without the lower part of his right leg. (Facebook page, 31 Jan 2015) |
Other information |
COACH
He works as an outdoor instructor at Green Adventures Sports Centre in Katwijk, Netherlands. He has also taught snowboarding in Austria and surfing in Spain. (Facebook profile, 04 Feb 2015; Facebook page, 31 Jan 2015) |
