Marie ("Mieke") Jaapies (born 7 August 1943) is a Dutch

sprint canoer Canoe sprint is a water sport in which athletes race canoes or kayaks on calm water. Overview Race categories vary by the number of athletes in the boat, the length of the course, and whether the boat is a canoe or kayak. Canoe sprints are som ...

. She competed at the

1968 The year was highlighted by protests and other unrests that occurred worldwide. Events January–February * January 5 – "Prague Spring": Alexander Dubček is chosen as leader of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia. * Januar ...

and

1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and commonly known as Munich 1972 (german: München 1972), was an international multi-sport event held in Munich, West Germany, from 26 August to 11 September 1972. ...

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. Jaapies also won two silver medals in the K-1 500 m event at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships, earning them in

1970 Events January * January 1 – Unix time epoch reached at 00:00:00 UTC. * January 5 – The 7.1 Tonghai earthquake shakes Tonghai County, Yunnan province, China, with a maximum Mercalli intensity scale, Mercalli intensity of X (''Extrem ...

and

1971 * The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses ( February 25, July 22 and August 20) and two total lunar eclipses (February 10, and August 6). The world population increased by 2.1% this year, the highest increase in history. Events Ja ...

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Dutch Olympic Committee profile
1943 births Living people Dutch female canoeists Canoeists at the 1968 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 1972 Summer Olympics ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in kayak Medalists at the 1972 Summer Olympics Olympic canoeists for the Netherlands Olympic medalists in canoeing Olympic silver medalists for the Netherlands Sportspeople from Zaanstad 20th-century Dutch women 21st-century Dutch women {{Netherlands-Olympic-medalist-stub