Mieke Jaapies

Mieke Jaapies

Mieke Jaapies in 1972
Personal information
Born	(1943-08-07) 7 August 1943 (age 81) Wormerveer, the Netherlands
Height	1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight	70 kg (154 lb)
Sport
Sport	Canoe racing
Medal record Representing the  Netherlands Olympic Games 1972 Munich K-1 500 m World Championships 1970 Copenhagen K-1 500 m 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

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)