Peter Burggraaff

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Peter Burggraaff
Personal information
Full namePeter Burggraaff
NationalityDutch
Born (1971-03-16) 16 March 1971 (age 53)
's-Hertogenbosch
Height1.87 m (6.1 ft)
Sailing career
Class Soling
Competition record
Representing Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Olympic Games Olympic rings without rims.svg
1992 Barcelona Soling
Updated on 25 February 2014

Peter Burggraaff (born 16 March 1971, in 's-Hertogenbosch) is a sailor from the Netherlands, [1] who represented his country at the 1992 Summer Olympics [2] in Barcelona. Burgraaff was crew in the Dutch Soling [3] with Roy Heiner as helmsman and Han Bergsma [4] as fellow crewmember. Burggraaff took 18th place. [5]

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Professional life [6]

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References

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