Fanny Blankers-Koen
Dutch track and field athlete (1918-2004) · Netherlands · On the map · Athletes · Died at 85
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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Fanny with her husband Jan Blankers after the war in 1948.
Blankers-Koen won the 80 m hurdles at the 1947 Dutch Championships in Amsterdam.
Blankers winning the 100 m final at the 1948 Summer Olympics
Blankers-Koen's arrival in Amsterdam after the 1948 London Olympics.
Blankers-Koen (right) with Foekje Dillema in 1950.
Blankers-Koen (right) with Jopie Troost at the 1960 Olympics.
1954 statue of Blankers-Koen in Rotterdam.
