Kees Douze

Kees Douze

Cees Douze during the 1972 European Finn Championship on the IJsselmeer. (Nationaal Archief, Den Haag)
Personal information
Full name	Jan Cornelis Douze
Nationality	Dutch
Born	(1939-03-30)March 30, 1939 Utrecht
Died	February 24, 2011(2011-02-24) (aged 71) Bilthoven
Height	1.86 m (6.1 ft)
Sailing career
Class(es)	12 foot dinghy Finn Star
Club	Watersport Vereniging Het Witte Huis
Medal record sailing Representing Netherlands
Updated on 2014-01-19

Jan Cornelis "Kees" Douze" (March 30, 1939, Utrecht - February 24, 2011, Bilthoven) was a sailor from the Netherlands, who represented his native country at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Kiel, Germany. Kees took the 23rd place in the Finn. Later he specialized in the Star, Dutch national classes as well at the 12 foot dinghy. In 1980 Douze returned to the Olympics as substitute helmsman for the Dutch Star.

Controversy

Several countries did boycott the 1980 Summer Olympics, others like France did not go since they found the competition devaluated. As result only half of the expected fleet was present during the Olympic regattas.

Sources

• "Kees Douze Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympic Sports. Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 2014-01-09.
• "OS-zeilers" (in Dutch). Het vrije volk : democratisch-socialistisch dagblad. 1972-06-22. Retrieved 2014-01-28.
• "GOED WERK VAN ZEILERS IN KIEL" (in Dutch). Leeuwarder courant : hoofdblad van Friesland. 1972-08-31. Retrieved 2014-01-21.
• "Topzeilers vallen tegen" (in Dutch). De tijd : dagblad voor Nederland. 1972-09-13. Retrieved 2014-01-21.
• "The official report of the Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXth Olympiad Munich 1972, Volume 1 The organization" (PDF). Munich: proSport. 1974. Retrieved 2014-01-28.
• "The official report of the Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXth Olympiad Munich 1972, Volume 2 The constructions" (PDF). Munich: proSport. 1974. Retrieved 2014-01-28.
• "The official report of the Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXth Olympiad Munich 1972, Volume 3 The competitions" (PDF). Munich: proSport. 1974. Retrieved 2014-01-28.
• "Zeilers: ,We gaan'" (in Dutch). De Telegraaf. 1980-05-16. Retrieved 2014-01-29.
• "Zeilploeg bleef buiten de medailles" (in Dutch). De Telegraaf. 1980-07-30. Retrieved 2014-01-29.
• "Staartjes: „Het heeft niet meegezeten" Geen medailles voor Nederlandse zeilers" (in Dutch). De waarheid. 1980-07-31. Retrieved 2014-01-29.
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• "Games of the XXII Olympiad,Volume I: Moscow, Tallinn, Leningrad, Kiev and Minsk" (PDF). Fizkultura i Sport Publishers. 1981. Retrieved 2014-01-29.
• "Games of the XXII Olympiad,Volume II: Organisation" (PDF). Fizkultura i Sport Publishers. 1981. Retrieved 2014-01-29.
• "Games of the XXII Olympiad,Volume III: Participants and Results" (PDF). Fizkultura i Sport Publishers. 1981. Retrieved 2014-01-29.