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Fanny Koen was born on 26 April 1918 in Lage Vuursche (near Baarn) to Arnoldus and Helena Koen. Her father was a government official who competed in the shot put and discus. [2] . She had five brothers. [2] . As a teenager, she enjoyed tennis, swimming, gymnastics, ice skating, fencing and running.
5 days ago · Fanny Blankers-Koen (born April 26, 1918, near Baarn, Netherlands—died January 25, 2004, Amsterdam) was a versatile Dutch track-and-field athlete who, at the 1948 Olympics in London, became the first woman to win four gold medals at a single Games. During her career, she set world records in eight different events.
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May 29, 2018 · The Dutch athlete, who was born on 26 April 1918, achieved many successes but will chiefly be remembered as the heroine of the London 1948 Olympic Games where she won gold medals in the 100m, 200m, 80m hurdles and 4x100m. Her first gold medal came in the 100m and she became the first Dutch athlete to win an Olympic title.
Born Francina Elsje Koen on April 26, 1918, in Lage Vuursche, a village in the Dutch province of Utrecht, she demonstrated remarkable athletic abilities as a young child and ultimately settled on...
May 18, 2018 · People. History. Historians, Miscellaneous: Biographies. Fanny Blankers-Koen. views 2,417,396 updated May 18 2018. Fanny Blankers-Koen (born 1918) was known as the "first queen of women's Olympics." She remains the first and only woman ever to win four gold medals at a single Olympics.
Athletics. Olympic Medals. 4 G. Games Participations 3. First Olympic Games Berlin 1936. Year of Birth 1918. Olympic Results. Biography. In 1999, Fanny Blankers-Koen was voted Female Athlete of the Century, thanks largely to her four gold medals at the 1948 London Games. Best years.
Jul 24, 2020 · The 1948 Summer Games, the first held after the war, were a celebration of improvisation, renewal and change, embodied in a Dutch track star named Fanny Blankers-Koen.
