Cees van Bladel

In this Dutch name, the surname is van Bladel, not Bladel.

Cees van Bladel

Personal information
Full name	Cornelis Wilhelmus Nicolaas van Bladel
Nationality	Dutch
Born	(1962-05-02) 2 May 1962 Eindhoven, Netherlands
Height	1.89 m (6.2 ft)
Sport
Sailing career
Class	Tornado
Updated on 2014-01-10

Cornelis Wilhelmus Nicolaas "Cees" van Bladel (born 2 May 1962 in Eindhoven) is a sailor from the Netherlands, who represented his country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Pusan. With his older brother Willy van Bladel as crew, Van Bladel took the 9th place in the Tornado. Earlier during the 1984 Olympics Van Bladel vas a substitute for the Dutch Olympic Sailing Team.

Sailing career

After sailing Vaurien and 470 with his brother Willy van Bladel he made the move to the Tornado.

Professional life

Van Bladel holds a bachelor's degree at the Fontys Hogescholen (1980–1984) and a Master's degree at the Vrije Universiteit (1984–1988) in Human Movement Science. Van Bladel held the following positions:

• Taakveldcoordinator sector welzijn, Eindhoven (1991–2005)
• Projectmanager, Sports and Technology (2005 – present)
• Owner Planeer b.v. (2005 – present)
• Director InnoSportLab Sailing (2009 – present)
• Owner, Director Volans Solutions b.v (2010 – present)