Petrus Josephus "Piet" Raijmakers (born 29 September 1956, in Asten) is a former

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from the

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. Raijmakers won the gold medal in the

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team event at the

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. He did so alongside

Jos Lansink Jozeph Johannes Gerardus Marinus "Jos" Lansink (born 19 March 1961 in Weerselo) is an equestrian from the Netherlands, currently representing Belgium, who competes in the sport of show jumping.Jan Tops Johannes Augustinus Petrus "Jan" Tops (born 5 April 1961) is an equestrian from the Netherlands, who won the gold medal in the team jumping event at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain riding Top Gun. He did so alongside Pie ...

and Bert Romp. In the individual jumping competition Raijmakers claimed the silver medal on ''Ratina Z'', behind Germany's

Ludger Beerbaum Ludger Beerbaum (, ; born 26 August 1963 in Detmold, North Rhine-Westphalia) is an internationally successful German equestrian who competes in show jumping and has been ranked the No. 1 Show Jumper in the world by the FEI on multiple occasion ...

on ''Classic Touch''. In 2006, Raijmakers won team gold alongside

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and

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at the

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. At the World Cup-horse show "Indoor Brabant" in 's-Hertogenbosch (March 2010), he ended his sporting career."Prachtig afscheid voor Piet Raijmakers" including video clips
(dutch) His sons, Piet Raijmakers Jr. and Joep Raijmakers, are also active equestrians.

References

Dutch Olympic Committee

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* 1956 births Living people Dutch show jumping riders Olympic equestrians of the Netherlands Dutch male equestrians Equestrians at the 1992 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for the Netherlands Olympic silver medalists for the Netherlands People from Asten, Netherlands Olympic medalists in equestrian Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from North Brabant 20th-century Dutch people {{Netherlands-equestrian-bio-stub