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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in Kingston,

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. With helmsman

Geert Bakker Geert Alle Bakker (15 January 1921 in Appingedam – 7 August 1993 in Warmond) was a sailor from the Netherlands, who represented his country at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. With crew Pieter Keijzer and Harald de Vla ...

and fellow crew member

Harald de Vlaming Harald de Vlaming (28 June 1954 – 23 January 2023) was a sailor from the Netherlands, who represented his native country at the 1976 Summer Olympics Kingston, Ontario, Canada. With helmsman Geert Bakker and fellow crew member Pieter Keijzer ...

Keijzer took the 5th place in the

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. 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

. 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.

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