Wilma van den Berg
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Born | Uden, the Netherlands | 11 August 1947|||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) | |||||||||||||||||
Weight | 56 kg (123 lb) | |||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Sprint | |||||||||||||||||
Club | De Keijen | |||||||||||||||||
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Wilhelmina Catharina Maria Martina "Wilma" van Gool (née van den Berg on 11 August 1947, commonly known as Wilma van den Berg) is a retired sprinter from the Netherlands. In 1969–1970 she won two European medals and two medals at the 1970 Summer Universiade in various individual sprint events. She competed at the 1968 and 1972 Summer Olympics in the 100 m and 200 m sprint and 4 × 100 m relay and finished in fourth place in the relay in 1968; individually, she failed to reach the finals.[1]
In 1969 she was selected as the Dutch female athlete of the year. Her personal bests were 11.1 seconds in the 100 m (1972) and 23.22 seconds in the 200 m (1972).[1]
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- ^ a b Wilma van Gool-van den Berg. sports-reference.com
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- 1947 births
- Living people
- Dutch female sprinters
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1968 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1972 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes of the Netherlands
- People from Uden
- European Athletics Championships medalists
- Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Universiade silver medalists for the Netherlands
- Universiade bronze medalists for the Netherlands
- Medalists at the 1970 Summer Universiade
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