Pieter Keijzer (born 10 April 1949 in

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) is a

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from the

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, who represented his country at the

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. With helmsman

Geert Bakker Geert Alle Bakker (15 January 1921 in Appingedam – 7 August 1993 in Warmond) was a sailing (sport), sailor from the Netherlands, who represented his country at the Sailing at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Soling, 1976 Summer Olympics in Kingsto ...

and fellow crew member Harald de Vlaming Keijzer took the 5th place in the

Soling The Soling is an Keelboat, open keelboat that holds the World Sailing "International class" status. The class was used from the Sailing at the 1972 Summer Olympics, 1972 Olympics until the Sailing at the 2000 Summer Olympics, 2000 Olympics as "Sa ...

. Pieter later specialized as helmsman in the

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, racing together with

Ab Ekels Albert Sybrandus "Ab" Ekels (born 5 December 1950, in Hilversum) is a sailor from the Netherlands, who represented his country at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Kingston, Canada. With helmsman Ben Staartjes Ekels took the 8th place in the Tempest ...

and Harald de Vlaming. Pieter Keijzer was head of the Dutch Olympic Sailing Team for the

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and is past president of the

Koninklijke Nederlandsche Zeil en Roei Vereeniging The Royal Netherlands Yacht Club (''Koninklijke Nederlandsche Zeil- en Roeivereeniging'' in the Dutch language) is a Dutch yacht club and rowing club based in Muiden. It has two marinas: in Muiden and in Enkhuizen. The organisation was founded in ...

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* * * * * * * * Living people 1949 births Sailors (sport) from Amsterdam Dutch male sailors (sport) Sailors at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Soling Dragon class sailors Olympic sailors for the Netherlands 20th-century Dutch sportsmen {{Netherlands-yachtracing-bio-stub