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Dutch sailor
Jaap de Zeeuw
Full name Jacob Cornelis de Zeeuw Nationality Dutch Born (1954-12-19 ) 19 December 1954 (age 69)
Numansdorp Height 1.70 m (5.6 ft)
Class(es)
470 ;
Yngling ;
Soling Club Watersport Vereniging Binnenmaas Formerly Watersport Vereniging Eeuwes
Updated on 2014-01-28
Jacob Cornelis de Zeeuw (19 December 1954,
Numansdorp ) is a
sailor from the
Netherlands , who represented his country at the
1976 Summer Olympics in
Kingston, Ontario ,
Canada as substitute for the Dutch
470 team of
Joop van Werkhoven and
Robert van Werkhoven .
Sailing career
De Zeeuw started in the
420 with Bas de Koning as helmsman. In this class De Zeeuw took the Dutch Championship 1971. De Zeeuw made the stap into the 470 but did not made the selection. However De Zeeuw with his brother worked as sparrings partners for the Van Werkhoven bros. This resulted in De Zeeuw's selection for the 1976 Olympics. After the Olympics De Zeeuw took the European Championship in the Prindle 16
catamaran .
Later De Zeeuw specialized in National and International keelboat classes like Centaur and
Yngling . De Zeeuw took the 1995 Dutch Championship in the Olympic
Soling with
Leo Determan and helmsman
Rudy den Outer .
Professional life
De Zeeuw studied
Physical therapy on the IHBO,
Vlissingen . As
Physiotherapist De Zeeuw supported the
Swedish Speed Skating Team of coach
Kees Verkerk .
Nowadays De Zeeuw teaches
Dutch as a
second language .
Fleet racing
1971:
Klein ,
S. Bakker & J. Schäfer
1972:
G. Bakker , Lucas & F. Bakker
1973:
East Germany
Below ,
Engelhardt &
Zachries
1974:
Blok ,
Vandenberg &
Kurpershoek
1975 - 77 Not held
1978:
G. Bakker
1979:
United Kingdom
Simonds
1980:
Denmark
Kantman
1981:
G. Bakker ,
Coster & Behrend
1982:
Denmark
Bandolowski ,
Palm &
Hansen
1983:
West Germany
Kuhweide
1984 - 85 Not held
1986:
West Germany
Jungblut
1987:
West Germany
Jungblut
1988:
Italy
Lamaro ,
Della Vecchia ,
Romano
1989:
Heiner
1990:
Heiner
1991: Kimman, Keijser & Unger
1992:
den Outer ,
Samdahl
Norway &
Ruys
1993:
W. Potma ,
G. Potma ,
Hettinga
1994:
W. Potma ,
G. Potma ,
Hettinga
1995:
den Outer ,
de Zeeuw &
Determan
1996 - 97 Not held
1998:
den Outer ,
Offermans &
den Arend
1999:
den Outer ,
Determan &
den Arend
2000:
den Outer ,
de Lange &
Determan
2001: Not held
2002:
Offermans ,
Schoof &
Copper
2003:
United States
Walker ,
Zijlstra &
Brown
2004 - 07 Not held
2008:
den Outer ,
Determan ,
den Arend
2009 - 10 Not held
2011:
den Outer ,
Determan ,
Lidlow
2012:
den Outer ,
Lidlow ,
D. Bakker
2013:
Offermans ,
Hillige &
van Braam
2014:
den Outer ,
lidlow ,
Souli
2015:
den Outer ,
lidlow ,
Souli
2016:
den Outer ,
de Lange &
Souli
2017:
Heinonen
Finland ,
Helmhout &
Werf
2018:
Heinonen
Finland ,
Helmhout &
Palmu
Finland
2019:
den Outer ,
de Lange &
Bosch
2020: NOT held because of
COVID-19
2021:
den Outer ,
de Lange &
Souli
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