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Jacob Dirk "Jaap" Zielhuis (born 2 July 1966 in
Heerde Heerde () is a municipality and a town in the eastern Netherlands. Compared to the rest of the Netherlands, Heerde is fairly religious, as are many of the towns and cities in the Veluwe region. Population centres Politics The municipal counci ...
) is a
sailor A sailor, seaman, mariner, or seafarer is a person who works aboard a watercraft as part of its crew, and may work in any one of a number of different fields that are related to the operation and maintenance of a ship. The profession of the ...
from the
Netherlands ) , anthem = ( en, "William of Nassau") , image_map = , map_caption = , subdivision_type = Sovereign state , subdivision_name = Kingdom of the Netherlands , established_title = Before independence , established_date = Spanish Netherl ...
. Zielhuis represented his country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in
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. Zielhuis took 19th place in the
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. During the
Sydney Olympics 2000 The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 (Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium, was an international multi-sport event held from ...
Zielhuis was coach of the Dutch Olympic Sailing Team. Nowadays Zielhuis is coach of the Dutch Olympic Sailing Team.


Further reading


2000 Olympics (Sydney)

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2004 Olympics (Athens)

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References

Living people 1966 births People from Heerde Dutch male sailors (sport) Sailors at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Finn Olympic sailors of the Netherlands Sportspeople from Gelderland {{Netherlands-yachtracing-bio-stub