Els van Breda Vriesman

Els van Breda Vriesman-Commandeur (, 18 March 1941) is a Dutch sports administrator and jurist.

Els Commandeur was born in 1941 in the Dutch city of Enschede. She studied law and was a field hockey player, achieving a position in the Dutch national youth team. She has been a sports administrator since the early 1980s, best known for her positions in field hockey. She was a board member of the Royal Dutch Hockey Association (the Dutch governing body of field hockey) for 14 years (until 1994), As such, she was also a representative in the International Olympic Committee and member of various IOC committees. After she lost her re-election in 2008 from Leandro Negre, she also resigned from those positions.

In 2010 van Breda Vriesman was appointed as Officer in the Order of Orange-Nassau for her work as volunteer for field hockey and sports.

Personal life Van Breda Vriesman is married has three children. Besides field hockey, she has also cycled and played golf.