Charles van Commenee

Quick Facts

Full Name	Charles van Commenee
Occupation	Coach
Date Of Birth	Jun 22, 1958(1958-06-22)
Age	66
Birthplace	Amsterdam
Country	Netherlands
Birth City	North Holland
Horoscope	Cancer

Charles van Commenee Biography

Charles van Commenee is one of the most popular and richest Coach who was born on June 22, 1958 in Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands.

Van Commenee first became involved in coaching at the age of eighteen; he began teaching children while studying for a degree in physical education. After completing his military service in 1981, he dedicated himself to coaching full-time and in 1987 he was appointed as the coach for the Dutch javelin team. Building upon his coaching success, in 1992 he was promoted to technical director of combined events and throws by the Dutch athletics federation. He took on other coaching responsibilities, including a brief stay in China where he met shot put thrower Huang Zhihong. He began coaching her in 1993 and at the 1995 World Championships she took the silver medal. Though this was a significant achievement for the veteran athlete, Van Commenee said that he was as much a personal mentor for Huang as he was a coach. She had moved away from home to attend a sports institute at the age of twelve and had not experienced life outside of the centre. Van Commenee had helped her adapt to living on her own and supporting herself, at the same time as he helped her to a World Championship medal.

Van Commenee first met British heptathlon athlete Denise Lewis in 1994 at an athletics meeting in Valladolid, Spain. Her coach Darrell Bunn could not attend the meeting and Van Commenee was asked to help her through the event. Impressed with his work, Lewis moved to Amsterdam to train with Van Commenee in 1997. The pairing was fruitful for both athlete and coach; under the supervision of Van Commenee, Lewis went on become heptathlon champion at both the Commonwealth Games and European Championships in 1998 and won silver at the 1999 World Championships. At the 2000 Sydney Olympics she took the gold in the heptathlon, becoming the first of Van Commenee’s charges to win an Olympic gold medal. However, her victory was not easily forthcoming; during the Olympic events Van Commenee was critical of her performances, urging her ever more to try harder. Despite the fact that Lewis was suffering injuries, she managed to win the event. She put much of her success and drive to win down to the fact that Van Commenee had been so strict:

Charles van Commenee Net Worth

Charles van Commenee is one of the richest Coach from Netherlands. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Charles van Commenee 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Charles van Commenee, written in Dutch as van Commenée, (born 22 June 1958) is a Dutch athletics coach. He began his professional career as a technical director with the Dutch athletics federation before moving to take up a similar role for the British athletics team in 2001. After a term as Performance Director for the Dutch Olympic Committee, he served as Head Coach of British Athletics from 2008 to 2012. Additionally, he has personally coached athletes to international medals, including Denise Lewis, Kelly Sotherton and Huang Zhihong.

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Chikkanna Ranked on the list of most popular Coach. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Netherlands. Charles van Commenee celebrates birthday on June 22 of every year.