Joke van Rijswijk
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Country | Netherlands |
Sport | Athletics |
Joke van Rijswijk is a Dutch Paralympic athlete. She represented the Netherlands in athletics at the 1980 Summer Paralympics, at the at the 1984 Summer Paralympics and at the 1988 Summer Paralympics.[1] In total she won three gold medals and two bronze medals at the Summer Paralympics.
At the 1980 Summer Paralympics she won the gold medal in the women's high jump A event. At the 1984 Summer Paralympics she won the gold medal in the women's long jump B1 and bronze medals in the women's high jump B1 and women's 100 metres B1 events. At the 1988 Summer Paralympics in Seoul, South Korea she won the gold medal in the women's long jump B1 event.
The Joke van Rijswijk Award is named after her. The award is given to people or organisations that have made contributions to sports for people with disabilities.
References
- ^ "Joke van Rijswijk". paralympic.org.
External links
- Living people
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- Athletes (track and field) at the 1980 Summer Paralympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Paralympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 1980 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 1984 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 1988 Summer Paralympics
- Paralympic athletes of the Netherlands
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