Els van Noorduyn

In this Dutch name, the surname is van Noorduyn, not Noorduyn.

Els van Noorduyn

Els van Noorduyn in 1968
Personal information
Nationality	Dutch
Born	(1946-05-25) 25 May 1946 (age 78) Amsterdam, Netherlands
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	82 kg (181 lb)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	Shot put
Club	Sagitta, Amsterdam

Elsemia Marianne Helene "Els" van Noorduyn (born 25 May 1946) is a retired Dutch shot putter who competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics. ^[1]

Biography

Van Noorduyn finished second behind Brenda Bedford in the shot put event at the British 1967 WAAA Championships ^{[2] [3]} and finished second behind Margitta Gummel at the 1968 WAAA Championships. ^{[4] [5]}

At the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City, she represented the Netherlands and finished in eighth place in the shot out event, with a throw of 16.23 m. ^[1]

She runs her sports-related company Els van Noorduyn B.V. ^[6]

References

1. Els van Noorduyn. sports-reference.com
2. "Board may forgive Anne" . Sunday Express. 2 July 1967. 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. "World-Beater Vera" . Sunday Post. 21 July 1968. Retrieved 2 March 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
5. "AAA Championships (women)". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 1 March 2025.
6. "eLS van Noorduyn".

External links

• Elsemia Marianne H. VAN NOORDUYN at Olympics.com
• Els Van Noorduijn Van Noorduyn's LinkedIn profile

Awards
Preceded by Ilja Keizer-Laman	KNAU Cup 1971	Succeeded by Ilja Keizer-Laman