Francina Elsje "Fanny" Blankers-Koen (Dutch: [frɑnˈsinaː ˈʔɛlɕə ˈfɑni ˈblɑŋkərs ˈkun]; 26 April 1918 – 25 January 2004) was a Dutch track and field athlete...
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The Fanny Blankers-Koen Games, abbreviated as FBK Games, is an annual track and field event at the Fanny Blankers-Koen Stadion in Hengelo, Netherlands...
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Fanny Blankers-Koen Stadion (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈfɑni ˈblɑŋkərs ˈkun ˌstaːdijɔn]) is a multi-use stadium in Hengelo, Netherlands. It is currently used...
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field athlete. She competed in sprinting where she was a rival of Fanny Blankers-Koen. When she refused a sex verification test at age 24, she was banned...
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games—Fanny Blankers-Koen (1948), Betty Cuthbert (1956), Wilma Rudolph (1960), Florence Griffith Joyner (1988) and Elaine Thompson-Herah (2021). Fanny Blankers-Koen...
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Cleverman Charles Koen (1945–2018), American civil rights activist Erwin Koen (born 1978), Dutch footballer Fanny Koen, later Fanny Blankers-Koen (1918–2004)...
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political hostess Fanny Blankers-Koen (1918–2004), Dutch track and field athlete, Olympic and world champion and world record holder Fanny Brice (1891–1951)...
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medal at the 2015 World Championships, following in the footsteps of Fanny Blankers-Koen who had dominated the sprint events at the 1948 Summer Olympic Games...
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m relay with Xenia Stad-de Jong, Gerda van der Kade-Koudijs, and Fanny Blankers-Koen. The 1948 Dutch relay team was remarkable (for that era) in that...
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in London, with both Germany and Japan excluded. Dutch sprinter Fanny Blankers-Koen won four gold medals on the track, emulating Owens' achievement in...
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2016. The double has been accomplished by women eight times: by Fanny Blankers-Koen in 1948, Marjorie Jackson in 1952, Betty Cuthbert in 1956, Wilma...
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separately; junior female athletes gained recognition through the Fanny Blankers-Koen Plaquette, while the award for junior male athletes continued as...
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Stanisława Walasiewicz (POL) 1946: Yevgeniya Sechenova (URS) 1950: Fanny Blankers-Koen (NED) 1954: Irina Turova (URS) 1958: Heather Armitage (GBR) 1962:...
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and 1950 European Athletics Championships, both times losing to Fanny Blankers-Koen. She was coached by Geoff Dyson, whom she married one month after...
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took place July 31 and August 2. The final was won by Dutchwoman Fanny Blankers-Koen. Prior to the competition, the existing World and Olympic records...
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type designer and graphic designer Marlayne (born 1971), singer Fanny Blankers-Koen (1918 in Lage Vuursche – 2004) a Dutch track and field athlete, won...
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Coe Carl Lewis Emil Zátopek Al Oerter Adhemar da Silva Edwin Moses Fanny Blankers-Koen Betty Cuthbert Jackie Joyner-Kersee Wang Junxia Irena Szewińska1...
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Olympic moments No10: Fanny Blankers-Koen wins four golds. The Guardian. 10 May 2004 Anthony Th. Bijkerk (May 2004). "Fanny Blankers-Koen" (PDF). Journal of...
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Europeans since 1986. Bol became only the second Dutch athlete after Fanny Blankers-Koen in 1950 to win three gold medals at the event. In her return to the...
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One of the star performers at the 1948 Games was Dutch sprinter Fanny Blankers-Koen. Dubbed the "Flying Housewife", the thirty-year-old mother of two...
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100 m relay with Xenia Stad-de Jong, Netti Witziers-Timmer, and Fanny Blankers-Koen, she finished fourth in the long jump and was eliminated in a heat...
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correct: she was put on the "shortlist", but the award was given to Fanny Blankers-Koen. 1983: 7.14 m (23 ft 5 in) in Bratislava / (Juniors) 1985: 7.44 m...
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Meeting DN Galan Drake Relays European Athletics Festival Bydgoszcz Fanny Blankers-Koen Games Golden Gala Golden Grand Prix Golden Spike Ostrava Grande Premio...
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van Foreest (1863 in Haarlemmermeer – 1954) a Dutch chess master Fanny Blankers-Koen (1918 in Lage Vuursche – 2004) a Dutch track and field athlete, won...
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place on August 5 and August 6. The final was won by Dutch athlete Fanny Blankers-Koen. It was the first time this event was included in the Summer Olympics...
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Coe Carl Lewis Emil Zátopek Al Oerter Adhemar da Silva Edwin Moses Fanny Blankers-Koen Betty Cuthbert Jackie Joyner-Kersee Wang Junxia Irena Szewińska1...
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11.5 Rowena Harrison 11.5 Fanny Blankers-Koen Netherlands Amsterdam, Netherlands September 5, 1943 11.5 Fanny Blankers-Koen Netherlands Amsterdam, Netherlands...
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finished fifth nearly two seconds behind the winner of her heat Fanny Blankers-Koen. "Nilima Ghose". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from...
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Stanisława Walasiewicz (POL) 1946: Yevgeniya Sechenova (URS) 1950: Fanny Blankers-Koen (NED) 1954: Irina Turova (URS) 1958: Heather Armitage (GBR) 1962:...
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org. 8 March 2012. Retrieved 7 June 2012. "Hall of Fame Profile - Fanny Blankers-Koen (The Netherlands)". iaaf.org. 8 March 2012. Retrieved 7 June 2012...
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