Jaap van Dorp (born 25 February 1990 in

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) is a Dutch curler from

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. He currently plays second on the Dutch men's curling team skipped by

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Career

Juniors

Van Dorp represented the Netherlands in five

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s (2007 to 2011 inclusive), skipping the Dutch team in four (all but 2010). The team's best performance during this time was a 5th-place finish in 2010, when van Dorp threw

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rocks for the team, which was skipped by

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. This was not enough to qualify the team for the

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.WCF profile

Men's

Van Dorp has skipped the Netherlands team in the last seven (since 2011)

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. At the

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and

to a 23rd-place finish, or 7th in group A of the B Tournament. At the

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, van Dorp, Glasbergen and new teammates Miles Maclure and

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finished in 13th place, and 2nd in their group. At the

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, van Dorp, Glasbergen, Bruinsma and new second

placed 14th, but remained in 2nd in the group. The

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would be the best to date for van Dorp. The team finish 12th overall, narrowly losing to Finland in the B Tournament final. However, it was a good enough record to promote the Netherlands into group A for the

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. Van Dorp would get to skip the Dutch team (consisting of Gösgens,

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and Glasbergen) at the 2015 Euros, but the team was not ready for the A level, finishing in last (10th) place, but did manage two wins. The team was relegated to the B event at the

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, which they would win. This put them in a playoff against Austria for the right to go to the

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. They beat the Austrians two games to one in the best of three playoff, and would earn the Dutch their first spot at the Worlds since 1994. At the 2017 Worlds, van Dorp would lead the team to a 1-10 record, in 11th place. The team returned to the main A event at the

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, and would finish with a 4-5 record, finishing in 7th place. The team then played in the Qualification event for the 2018 Winter Olympics, but did not qualify, winning just one game and losing six in the tournament. Their 7th place showing at the Euros qualified the team for the

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, where the team improved by going 4-8 and finishing 10th. They continued in the A-group of the

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, where they would finish with a 2-7 record, finishing in 8th place overall, which meant no direct qualification for the

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. However, they did qualify for the

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, where they finished the round robin with a 5-2 record. They won the 2-3 game against England, which meant they qualified for the

for the third consecutive year. At the Worlds, he led his team to another 4-8 record, finishing 10th again. Later that year, van Dorp skipped the team at the

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, finishing with a 3–6 record, in 8th place. The eighth place finish at the 2019 Euros was good enough to qualify the Dutch a spot at the

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. The event was cancelled however, due to the

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. The

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did occur in a fan-less bubble. There, van Dorp led his team to a 2–11 record, in 12th place. Van Dorp has been playing in the

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since 2012. He made his first final at the 2015

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. He won his first event at the 2016

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Tier 2 event. They won the 2018 WCT Moscow Classic, followed up by winning the

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in the same year. He has also won the 2019

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Teammates

Personal life

Van Dorp is employed as an

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References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Dorp, Jaap van Living people 1990 births Dutch male curlers Sportspeople from Alphen aan den Rijn People from Veldhoven People from Boskoop People from Waddinxveen 21st-century Dutch people