Eindhoven, North Brabant, Netherlands
Three-time Olympic Champion in swimming Founder and manager of the Topsport Community Chef de Mission TeamNL Tokyo 2021 & Paris 2024 Consultant in sports and health/vitality for companies and organisations Ambassador of great organisations such as Metakids, Spieren voor Spieren, Amsterdam City Swim, KLABU and Nederlandse Loterij For inquiries and contact: www.pietervandenhoogenband.nl
The Topsport Community is an extended network of professionals in Sports, Business, Science and Culture. Our main goal is to bring together this network on a regular basis and share knowledge and objectives about common themes and issues for third parties to benefit. More info: www.topsportcommunity.nl
With my background and network in elite sports and my experience in performing at the highest level for over 15 years, both physically and mentally, I work with organisations and companies to help them reach their goals through high performance, vitality in business and talent development.
De Lotto was founded in order to generate funds to support sports in the Netherlands. Ever since then de Lotto has contributed over 1,4 billion euros to sports in general, which has made and is still making a huge difference in Dutch sports and society. More info: www.lotto.nl
As the Chef de Mission it is my responsibility to guide the athletes through their Olympic experience and help them the best I can. More info: https://www.paris2024.org/en/
Fifty-six years after having organised the Olympic Games, the Japanese capital will be hosting a Summer edition for the second time, from 24 July to 9 August 2020. The Games in 1964 radically transformed the country. According to the organisers of the event in 2020, the Games of the XXXII Olympiad of the modern era will be “the most innovative ever organised, and will rest on three fundamental principles to transform the world: striving for your personal best (achieving your personal best); accepting one another (unity in diversity); and passing on a legacy for the future (connecting to tomorrow)”. As the Chef de Mission it is my responsibility to guide the athletes through their Olympic experience and help them the best I can. More info: https://tokyo2020.org/en/
From June 21 to June 30, 2019, the Republic of Belarus hosted the 2nd European Games – international multi-sport competitions among athletes of the European continent, which are held every four years under the direction of the European Olympic Committees. Within the 2nd European Games, competitions will be held in 15 sports, 8 of which will become qualifying to the Olympic Games 2020 in Tokyo. Competitions in Boxing and Judo were held in the European Championships status. During the Games, 4,000 athletes arrived to the Belarusian capital and competed in 200 medal events, about 2,000 trainers and attendants representing official delegations from 50 European national Olympic committees were present. There were more than 1,000 foreign media representatives present in Minsk and approximately 8,000 volunteers involved in the event. As the Chef de Mission it was my responsibility to guide the athletes through their Games experience and help them whenever needed. More info: https://minsk2019.by/en