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Fanny Blankers-Koen

Fanny Blankers-Koen

26 April 1918 — 25 January 2004
Baarn · Hoofddorp
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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.

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