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Netti Witziers-Timmer

Netti Witziers-Timmer

Dutch sprinter

Jeannette Josephina Maria "Netti" Witziers-Timmer (née Timmer, 22 July 1923 – 25 January 2005) was a Dutch sprint runner. In 1944 she was a member of the Dutch teams that set world records in the 4×110 yard and 4×200 m relays. Two years later she won a European title, and in 1948 an Olympic gold medal in the 4×100 m relay with Xenia Stad-de Jong, Gerda van der Kade-Koudijs, and Fanny Blankers-Koen. The 1948 Dutch relay team was remarkable (for that era) in that all its members were married and had children.[1]

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Witziers-Timmer died on January 25, 2005. She was 81 at the time of her death.[2]

References

  1. [1]
    Netti Witziers-Timmer. sports-reference.com
  2. [2]
    "1948 Olympic Relay gold medallist dies", in "General News". International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), January 26, 2005.
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