Mieke Jaapies

Dutch sprint canoer (born 1943)
Mieke Jaapies
Mieke Jaapies in 1972
Personal information
Born (1943-08-07) 7 August 1943 (age 80)
Wormerveer, the Netherlands
Height1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight70 kg (154 lb)
Sport
SportCanoe racing
Medal record
Representing the  Netherlands
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1972 Munich K-1 500 m
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 1970 Copenhagen K-1 500 m
Silver medal – second place 1971 Belgrade K-1 500 m

Marie ("Mieke") Jaapies (born 7 August 1943) is a Dutch sprint canoer. She competed at the 1968 and 1972 Summer Olympics in 500 m singles and 500 m doubles. She won a silver medal in the singles in 1972 and finished in 6th-8th place in other three events.[1]

Jaapies also won two silver medals in the K-1 500 m event at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships, earning them in 1970 and 1971.

References

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  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Mieke Jaapies". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.
  • ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 1: flatwater (now sprint): 1936–2007 at the Wayback Machine (archived 2010-01-05)
  • ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines: 1936–2007 at WebCite (archived 2009-11-09)
  • Dutch Olympic Committee profile (in Dutch)


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