Jord van Weeren
Jord van Weeren (born 1994) is a Dutch bowler and bowling coach from Leiden. He represents the Netherlands at international competitions since 2008. He became 2022 European team champion.[1]
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| Nickname(s) | Jordinho | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National team | Netherlands | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 1994[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Residence | Leiden, Netherlands | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Bowling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Now coaching | TeamNL Bowling under 18 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Biography
changeVan Weeren started with playing football when he was a child. In the same period he went often to the bowling hall because his mother played bowling.[2] His sister also played bowling. As a junior he competed as an exceptional case at a senior competition, and won. The junior head coach who was present advised him to started playing more competitions.[1]
Van Weeren competes at around seven international tournaments per year.[1] He participated at the 2018 WTBA World Tenpin Bowling Championships. [3] In 2019 he became twice national champion (Singles and Doubles).[4] He became in European team champion in Helsinki in 2022, together with Michell Stinissen, Nick de Gelder, Mike Bergmann and Kenneth Ramos.[1][5]
As an amateur bowler he has to pay all the costs for the tournaments, training facilities and bowling balls.[1]
Van Weeren is bowling coach of the Dutch national team (under-18). In 2022 he was selected to become Leiden sport coach of the year.[2]
Van Weeren has an IT job at Rabobank. He uses all his holiday days for playing bowling tournaments.[1]
References
change- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 "Betalen voor trainingen, alle vakantiedagen op; maar winst EK bowlen maakt alles goed". NOS (in Dutch). 11 June 2022. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Bowler Van Weeren genomineerd als coach van het jaar: 'Fantastisch voor de sport'". sleutelstad.nl (in Dutch). 23 February 2022. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
- ↑ "Jord van Weerden". the-sports.org. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
- ↑ "Jord van Weeren tweemaal Nederlands bowlingkampioen". Topsport Leiden (in Dutch). 8 April 2019. Archived from the original on 17 May 2022. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
- ↑ "Bowling team met Leidenaar Jordy van Weerden wint Europees kampioenschap". sleutelstad.nl (in Dutch). 11 June 2022. Retrieved 11 June 2022.