Kees Douze

Kees Douze

File:Kees Douze.jpg 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)30 March 1939 Utrecht
Died	24 February 2011(2011-02-24) (aged 71) Bilthoven
Height	1.86 m (6.1 ft)
Sport
Sailing career
Class(es)	12 foot dinghy Finn Star
Club	Watersport Vereniging Het Witte Huis
Updated on 19 January 2014

Jan Cornelis "Kees" Douze" (30 March 1939 in Utrecht – 24 February 2011 in 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.