Kees-Jan van der Klooster was born in 1977, and broke his back in 2001, leaving him a paraplegic. He had previously represented the Netherlands in the 2010 Vancouver Paralympics. He competes in a sitting position, where he is classified as LW11. He competed in three events, however, he failed to complete any of them, falling in both the downhill and the super-G, recording three DNF's over his Paralympics.