Ted Troost

Ted Troost (1936 – November 2024) was a Dutch physician and physiotherapist specialized as a haptonomist [nl].

Ted Troost
Ted Troost tijdens een lezing in Haarlem in 1989.jpg
Troost in 1989
Born
19360s births: 19360-19361-19362-19363-19364-19365-19366-19367-19368-19369
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Rotterdam, Netherlands
Died (aged 88)
NationalityDutch
OccupationHaptonomist [nl]

Troost worked at among others at football clubs XerxesDZB, AZ'67, Chelsea F.C. and AC Milan. During the early 1980s he treated the at the time famous speed skater Hein Vergeer. After Vergeer had praised the effects of his treatment, more and more top athletes came to Troost. One of the highlights in his career was the UEFA Euro 1988, where he treated a most of the Dutch players of the team that became European champion. In the same year he published his book Het lichaam liegt nooit (translated: The body never lies), which has been reprinted several times.[1]

Troost died in November 2024, at the age of 88.[2][3][4]

References

  1. "Studio Sport archief: Ted Troost begeleidt tennisser Krajicek op US Open 1993". NOS (in Nederlands). 26 November 2024. Retrieved 27 November 2024.
  2. "Ted Troost (88), veelbesproken haptonoom van Gullit en Van Basten, overleden". NOS (in Nederlands). 26 November 2024. Retrieved 27 November 2024.
  3. "Haptonoom Ted Troost (88), die met Gullit en Van Basten werkte, overleden". NU.nl (in Nederlands). 26 November 2024. Retrieved 27 November 2024.
  4. "Veelbesproken haptonoom Ted Troost, die werkte met Gullit, Van Basten en Cruijff, op 88-jarige leeftijd overleden". Algemeen Dagblad (in Nederlands). 26 November 2024. Retrieved 27 November 2024.