Personal information | |
---|---|
Nationality | South African |
Born | East London, South Africa | 7 January 1966
Sport | |
Sport | Track and field |
Event | 400 metres hurdles |
Karen van der Veen (born 7 January 1966) is a South African hurdler. She competed in the women's 400 metres hurdles at the 1996 Summer Olympics. [1]
Francina Elsje "Fanny" Blankers-Koen was a Dutch track and field athlete, best known for winning four gold medals at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London. She competed there as a 30-year-old mother of two, earning her the nickname "the Flying Housewife", and was the most successful athlete at the event.
Gerda Johanna Marie van der Kade-Koudijs was a Dutch athlete who competed at the 1948 Olympics. She won a gold medal in the 4 × 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 of the 80 m hurdles. Two years earlier she won European titles in the 4 × 100 m relay and long jump and finished sixth in the individual 100 m race.
The 1928 Summer Olympics saw the third field hockey tournament at Olympics. All games took place either in the new Olympisch Stadion or in the nearby Old Stadion. The field hockey tournament was held in the first part of this Olympic games. All matches were played between Thursday, May 17 and Saturday, May 26, 1928.
The Netherlands competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. 201 competitors, 117 men and 84 women, took part in 105 events in 20 sports.
Johanna Klier is a former East German hurdler and Olympic gold medallist.
The Netherlands was the host nation for the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam. 266 competitors, 222 men and 44 women, took part in 103 events in 17 sports.
The Netherlands women's national water polo team is the national team of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It was one of the leading teams in the world during the 1980s and 1990s. More recently they are one of the top teams again claiming the gold medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, the 2023 World Championships and the 2024 European Championships. The team is governed by the Koninklijke Nederlandse Zwembond (KNZB).
Gregory Sedoc is a Dutch retired hurdler.
Robert van der Veen was a Dutch field hockey player who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics.
Patricia Jean "Patty" Van Wolvelaere is a retired hurdler from the United States who competed at the 1968 and 1972 Summer Olympics Olympics. Her best finish was the fourth place in the 80 m event in 1968. She won the 100 m hurdles at the 1971 Pan American Games and held four national outdoor titles in this event, in 1971, 1973–74 and 1977. Van Wolvelaere also won the National Indoor Championships in the 60 yard hurdles six times between 1967 and 1974, including four in a row in 1971–74.
Belgium sent a delegation to compete at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada from 12–28 February 2010. The nation has been to every Winter Olympics except two, both in the 1960s. The Belgian delegation to Vancouver consisted of eight athletes, competing in four different sports. The delegation did not win any medals, and their best performance in any event was ninth by Pieter Gysel in the short track speed skating 1,500 meters event.
Adriaan "Attie" Jacobus van Heerden was a South African Olympian 400-metre hurdler, rugby union and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1920s. He played representative level rugby union (RU) for South Africa (Springboks), at provincial level for Western Province and Transvaal, and at university level for Stellenbosch University, as a Wing, and representative level rugby league (RL) for Other Nationalities, and at club level for Wigan and Leigh, as a wing. Attie van Heerden played for Wigan in the same era as fellow South African Afrikaner David Booysen.
Brill Academic Publishers, also known as E. J. Brill, Koninklijke Brill, or Brill, is a Dutch international academic publisher of books and journals.
Jitse van der Veen was a Dutch swimmer. He competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in the 100 m backstroke event, but failed to reach the final.
Marjan Ingrid Olyslager is a retired Dutch sprinter. She competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in the 100 m hurdles and 4 × 100 m relay, reaching the semifinals. She won a silver medal at the 1988 European Indoor Championships in the 60 m hurdles. Nationally, she set multiple records and won 12 titles in hurdles events.
Karin Van de Graaf is an Australian swimmer. She competed in five events at the 1980 Summer Olympics.
Karen van der Kooij is a Dutch sprinter. She competed in the women's 4 × 100 metres relay at the 1992 Summer Olympics.
Karen Nelson is a Canadian former hurdler. She competed in the women's 100 metres hurdles at the 1984 Summer Olympics.
The following is the list of squads that took place in the men's field hockey tournament at the 1928 Summer Olympics.