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    Francina Elsje "Fanny" Blankers-Koen (Dutch: [frɑnˈsinaː ˈʔɛlʃə ˈfɑni ˈblɑŋkərs ˈkun]; 26 April 1918 – 25 January 2004) was a Dutch track and field athlete...
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    The FBK Games is an annual track and field event at the Fanny Blankers-Koen Stadion in Hengelo, Netherlands as part of the IAAF World Challenge Meetings...
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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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  • footballer Fanny Koen, later Fanny Blankers-Koen (1918–2004), Dutch athlete J. P. Koen (born 1983), South African rugby player Karleen Koen (born 1948)...
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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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    - 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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    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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    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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    field athlete. She competed in sprinting where she was a rival of Fanny Blankers-Koen. When she refused a sex verification test, she was banned from competition...
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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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    Tilly van der Zwaard Els van Noorduyn "Jan Blankers". olympics.com. Bijkerk, Anthony Th., "Fanny Blankers-Koen: A Biography" (PDF), International Society...
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    together with Netty Witziers-Timmer, Gerda van der Kade-Koudijs and Fanny Blankers-Koen. She took part in the individual 100 metres event, where she was...
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    Tuskegee May 6, 1939 11.5 Fanny Blankers-Koen  Netherlands Amsterdam, Netherlands September 5, 1943 11.5 Fanny Blankers-Koen  Netherlands Amsterdam, Netherlands...
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    Simon Ammann  Switzerland Ski jumping 2002–2010 Winter M 4 0 0 4 Fanny Blankers-Koen  Netherlands Athletics 1948 Summer F 4 0 0 4 Tamika Catchings  United...
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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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    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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  • Sagitta [nl] and represented the Netherlands at international competitions. Fanny Blankers-Koen was a member of the same club in the same period. She became the...
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  • of 1.72 metres, beating the previous record of 1.71 metres set by Fanny Blankers-Koen of the Netherlands on 30 May 1943 in Amsterdam. The record was broken...
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  • African Games following his 13:17.47 5000 m performance at that year's Fanny Blankers-Koen Games. In his African Games final, Dida finished 10th in 13:46.40...
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  • 24 – Lou Dorfsman, American graphic designer (d. 2008) April 26 – Fanny Blankers-Koen, Dutch athlete (d. 2004) April 28 Mildred Persinger, American feminist...
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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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    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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    royal family the most famous person from Lage Vuursche is athlete Fanny Blankers-Koen, four times gold medalist in the 1948 Summer Olympics. Statistics...
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