Corrie Bakker

Corrie Bakker

Corrie Bakker in 1966
Personal information
Born	(1945-06-15) 15 June 1945 (age 79) Utrecht, Netherlands
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	63 kg (139 lb)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	Sprint, pentathlon, long jump
Club	Sagitta, Amsterdam

Cornelia Johanna Marretje "Corrie" Bakker (later Stigter, born 15 June 1945) is a retired track and field athlete from the Netherlands who competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics. ^[1]

Biography

Bakker finished third behind Berit Berthelsen in the long jump event at the British 1966 WAAA Championships. ^{[2] [3] [4]}

At the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City, Bakker was part of the Dutch 4 × 100 m relay team that finished fourth. Her personal best in the 100 m was 11.7 seconds (1965). ^{[1] [5]}

After retiring from competition, in 1972 she married John Stigter, ^[6] and in 1975 gave birth to a son.

References

1. Corrie Bakker. sports-reference.com
2. "Fleet-footed Anne has that gold-medal look" . Sunday Express. 3 July 1966. Retrieved 1 March 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
3. "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 1 March 2025.
4. "AAA Championships (women)". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 1 March 2025.
5. "Biographical Information". Olympedia. Retrieved 1 March 2025.

Awards
Preceded by Ilja Laman Hilde Slaman-van Doorn	KNAU Cup 1966	Succeeded by Mia Gommers