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Ciska Jansen

Ciska Jansen

Dutch track and field athlete


Franciska Johanna "Ciska" Jansen (born 23 September 1944) is a retired Dutch track and field athlete. She competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in the long jump and finished in 18th place.[1]

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After she reached age 40, her 6.21m jump exploded the world record for her age group, besting the previous record by Australian Olympian Helen Searle by 52 cm.[2] For point of comparison, Bob Beamon's record improvement was 55 cm. Her record would stand for almost 15 years.


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  1. Ciska Jansen. sports-reference.com
  2. "Long Jump ALL-TIME Rankings". Archived from the original on 26 October 2018. Retrieved 17 July 2014.
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