Charles van Commenee, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Charles van Commenee

Dutch athletics coach

Date of Birth: 22-Jun-1958

Place of Birth: Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands

Profession: athletics competitor

Nationality: Kingdom of the Netherlands

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

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.