About Xenia Stad-de Jong
Lived 1922 – 2012 (aged 90). Xenia Stad-de Jong was a Dutch sprinter, athletics competitor and resistance fighter.
Xenia Stad-de Jong (4 March 1922 – 3 April 2012) was a Dutch track and field athlete who competed in sprinting events.
Born in Semarang in the former Dutch East Indies (Indonesia), her greatest success was winning the gold medal as the first runner in the 4 × 100 metres relay at the 1948 Summer Olympics, together with Netty Witziers-Timmer, Gerda van der Kade-Koudijs and Fanny Blankers-Koen. She took part in the individual 100 metres event, where she was eliminated in the semi-finals.
In 1950, she won another medal with the Dutch relay team when they finished second at the 1950 European Championships. She ran in the individual 100 m at the championships as well.
Stad-de Jong died in the Dutch city of Zoetermeer in 2012, aged 90.
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Who was Xenia Stad-de Jong?
Dutch sprinter
When was Xenia Stad-de Jong born?
Xenia Stad-de Jong was born on 4 March 1922 in Semarang.
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Xenia Stad-de Jong died on 3 April 2012 in Zoetermeer.
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Xenia Stad-de Jong was a sprinter, athletics competitor and resistance fighter.
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Xenia Stad-de Jong was Dutch.
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