Yvonne van Dorp
Personal information | |
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Born | Leiden, the Netherlands | 6 January 1966
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) |
Weight | 60 kg (130 lb) |
Sport | |
Sport | Sprint; Long jump |
Yvonne van Dorp (born 6 January 1966)[1] is a retired Dutch sprinter and long jumper. She won several national titles in sprinting and one in the long jump. At the 1988 Summer Olympics, she reached the quarter finals in the women's 400 m. As of 2018[update] she is the last Dutch woman to have qualified in the 400 m event at the Summer Olympics.
Career
Sprinting
As a sprinter, van Dorp reached the semifinals of the European Athletics Junior Championships in the 200 m in 1983,[2] and as an adult won multiple Netherlands Championships, both Outdoor[3] and Indoor.[4]
Outdoor
Distance | Year |
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200 m | 1987 |
400 m | 1987, 1988, 1989 |
Indoor
Distance | Year |
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200 m | 1989 |
400 m | 1988, 1989 |
At the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, she qualified for the quarter final with a personal best time of 52.84 but did not progress.[1] She was not selected for the 1992 Summer Olympics.[5]
Long jump
In 1993, van Dorp won the national indoor championship in the long jump.[4]
References
- ^ a b "Yvonne van Dorp", Sports Reference: Olympic Sports. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
- ^ "European Athletics U20 Championships - Schwechat 1983", European Athletics Association, archived from the original on 5 November 2020.
- ^ "Dutch Championships", GBRAthletics. Retrieved 9 February 2021.
- ^ a b "Dutch Indoor Championships", GBRAthletics. Retrieved 9 February 2023.
- ^ Tessa de Wekker, "'De bondscoach durfde destijds niet voor mij te kiezen', blikt atlete Yvonne van Dorp terug op de Spelen van Seoul", Leidsch Dagblad, 1 December 2020 (in Dutch).
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