Jacob "Jaap" Kraaier (November 28, 1913 – January 7, 2004) was a Dutch flatwater canoeist who competed in the 1930s. At the

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, he won the bronze medal in K-1 1000 m event. Following his career in sports, Kraaier established himself as a businessman and naval architect. One of his most famous designs is the Pirate dinghy (Dutch:
Piraatje
) for children, thousands of which have been built since its inception in the 1950s. Kraaier was born in

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and died in

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1913 births 2004 deaths Dutch male canoeists Olympic canoeists of the Netherlands Canoeists at the 1936 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1936 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for the Netherlands Olympic medalists in canoeing Sportspeople from Zaanstad 20th-century Dutch people 21st-century Dutch people {{Netherlands-Olympic-medalist-stub