Corrie de Bruin
Appearance
Corrie de Bruin (born October 26, 1976, in Dordrecht, South Holland) is a retired discus thrower and shot putter from the Netherlands, who represented her native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. There she didn't reach the final, after having thrown 55.48 metres in the qualifying heats.
The younger sister of discus thrower Erik de Bruin, she was Holland's undisputed leading shot putter in the 1990s and played a leading role in discus throwing alongside Jacqueline Goormachtigh as well. De Bruin won the world title in discus throwing at the 1994 World Junior Championships in Athletics.
Achievements
[edit]References
[edit]- (in Dutch) Dutch Olympic Committee
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Corrie de Bruin". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.
Categories:
- 1976 births
- Living people
- Dutch female discus throwers
- Dutch female shot putters
- Olympic athletes for the Netherlands
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Sportspeople from Dordrecht
- Athletes from South Holland
- World Athletics Championships athletes for the Netherlands
- FISU World University Games silver medalists for the Netherlands
- FISU World University Games bronze medalists for the Netherlands
- Medalists at the 1995 Summer Universiade
- Medalists at the 1997 Summer Universiade
- 20th-century Dutch women
- Dutch athletics biography stubs