Dutch sprinter
Xenia Stad-de Jong
Xenia Stad-de Jong in 2004
Xenia Stad-de Jong (4 March 1922 – 3 April 2012) was a Dutch track and field athlete who competed in sprinting events.
Born in Semarang in the former Dutch East Indies (Indonesia ), her greatest success was winning the gold medal as the first runner in the 4 x 100 metres relay at the 1948 Summer Olympics , together with Netty Witziers-Timmer , Gerda van der Kade-Koudijs and Fanny Blankers-Koen .[ 1] She took part in the individual 100 metres event, where she was eliminated in the semi-finals.[ 2]
In 1950, she won another medal with the Dutch relay team when they finished second at the 1950 European Championships .[ 3] She ran in the individual 100 m at the championships as well.
Stad-de Jong died in the Dutch city of Zoetermeer in 2012, aged 90.[ 4]
1928 : Bobbie Rosenfeld , Ethel Smith , Jane Bell , Myrtle Cook (CAN ) 1932 : Mary Carew , Evelyn Furtsch , Annette Rogers , Wilhelmina von Bremen (USA ) 1936 : Harriet Bland , Annette Rogers , Betty Robinson , Helen Stephens (USA ) 1948 : Xenia Stad-de Jong , Netti Witziers-Timmer , Gerda van der Kade-Koudijs , Fanny Blankers-Koen (NED ) 1952 : Mae Faggs , Barbara Jones , Janet Moreau , Catherine Hardy (USA ) 1956 : Shirley Barbara de la Hunty , Norma Croker , Fleur Mellor , Betty Cuthbert (AUS ) 1960 : Martha Hudson , Lucinda Williams , Barbara Jones , Wilma Rudolph (USA ) 1964 : Teresa Ciepły , Irena Kirszenstein , Halina Górecka , Ewa Kłobukowska (POL ) 1968 : Barbara Ferrell , Margaret Bailes , Mildrette Netter , Wyomia Tyus (USA ) 1972 : Christiane Krause , Ingrid Mickler , Annegret Richter , Heide Rosendahl (FRG ) 1976 : Marlies Göhr , Renate Stecher , Carla Bodendorf , Bärbel Wöckel (GDR ) 1980 : Romy Müller , Bärbel Wöckel , Ingrid Auerswald , Marlies Göhr (GDR ) 1984 : Alice Brown , Jeanette Bolden , Chandra Cheeseborough , Evelyn Ashford (USA ) 1988 : Alice Brown , Sheila Echols , Florence Griffith Joyner , Evelyn Ashford , Dannette Young (USA ) 1992 : Evelyn Ashford , Esther Jones , Carlette Guidry , Gwen Torrence , Michelle Finn (USA ) 1996 : Gail Devers , Inger Miller , Chryste Gaines , Gwen Torrence , Carlette Guidry (USA ) 2000 : Savatheda Fynes , Chandra Sturrup , Pauline Davis-Thompson , Debbie Ferguson , Eldece Lewis (BAH ) 2004 : Tayna Lawrence , Sherone Simpson , Aleen Bailey , Veronica Campbell , Beverly McDonald (JAM ) 2008 : Olivia Borlée , Hanna Mariën , Élodie Ouédraogo , Kim Gevaert (BEL ) 2012 : Tianna Madison , Allyson Felix , Bianca Knight , Carmelita Jeter , Jeneba Tarmoh , Lauryn Williams (USA ) 2016 : Tianna Bartoletta , Allyson Felix , Tori Bowie , English Gardner , Morolake Akinosun (USA ) 2020 : Briana Williams , Elaine Thompson-Herah , Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce , Shericka Jackson , Natasha Morrison , Remona Burchell (JAM ) 2024 : Melissa Jefferson , Twanisha Terry , Gabrielle Thomas , Sha'Carri Richardson (USA )