What is Jan Vlieg?
[[File:NK tafeltennis in Amsterdam herencoach Jan Vlieg, Bestanddeelnr 933-8476.jpg|thumb|Vlieg in 1986]] '''Jan Vlieg''' (born 1 February 1950) is a former Dutch [[table tennis]] player, head coach and president of the Dutch national table tennis federation <small>([[:nl:Nederlandse Tafeltennisbond|nl]])</small> (NTTB).<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.delpher.nl/nl/kranten/view?query=Anne+vlieg+tafeltennis&coll=ddd&identifier=KBNRC01:000030511:mpeg21:p015&resultsidentifier=KBNRC01:000030511:mpeg21:a0126&rowid=1 |title=Tafeltennis “de ziekte” van Jan Vlieg|work=[[NRC Handelsblad]]|via=[[Delpher]]|date=6 February 1989|access-date=16 June 2022|language=nl}}</ref> His brother [[Anne Vlieg]] is also a former table tennis player and national head coach. ==Biography== Vlieg was born in [[Workum]] on 1 February 1950. In 1962 he moved to [[Middelstum]]. Vlieg started playing table tennis in 1965. Hè became Dutch National Student Champion. Vlieg became founder, chairman and coach of “Midstars”. He was the coach Midstars became national champion.<ref name=interview>{{cite web|url= http://www.sportinstad.nl/artikel/de-sportwereld-rond-in-een-11-tal-vragen-jan-vlieg |title= DE SPORTWERELD ROND IN EEN 11-TAL VRAGEN: JAN VLIEG|work=sportinstad.nl|date=21 August 2017|access-date=16 June 2022|language=nl}}</ref> He was the head coach of the Dutch national selections of the Dutch national table tennis federation (NTTB) in the 1980s until September 1990.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.delpher.nl/nl/kranten/view?query=Jan+Vlieg+tafeltennis&coll=ddd&page=2&identifier=ddd:010646035:mpeg21:a0642&resultsidentifier=ddd:010646035:mpeg21:a0642&rowid=2 |title=Jan Vlieg onder hoogspanning |work=[[De Telegraaf]]|via=[[Delpher]]|date=5 April 1990|access-date=16 June 2022|language=nl}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.delpher.nl/nl/kranten/view?query=Jan+Vlieg+tafeltennis&coll=ddd&identifier=ABCDDD:010832688:mpeg21:a0157&resultsidentifier=ABCDDD:010832688:mpeg21:a0157&rowid=2 |title=Vlieg |work=[[Het Parool]]|via=[[Delpher]]|date=21 Ju