Corrie Bakker
Appearance
![]() Corrie Bakker in 1966 | |
Personal information | |
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Born | Utrecht, Netherlands | 15 June 1945
Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) |
Weight | 63 kg (139 lb) |
Sport | |
Sport | Athletics |
Event(s) | Sprint, pentathlon, long jump |
Club | Sagitta, Amsterdam |
Cornelia Johanna Marretje "Corrie" Bakker (later Stigter, born 15 June 1945) is a retired track and field athlete from the Netherlands who competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics.[1]
Biography
[edit]Bakker finished third behind Berit Berthelsen in the long jump event at the British 1966 WAAA Championships.[2][3][4]
At the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City, Bakker was part of the Dutch 4 × 100 m relay team that finished fourth. Her personal best in the 100 m was 11.7 seconds (1965).[1][5]
After retiring from competition, in 1972 she married John Stigter,[6] and in 1975 gave birth to a son.
References
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- ^ a b Corrie Bakker. sports-reference.com
- ^ "Fleet-footed Anne has that gold-medal look". Sunday Express. 3 July 1966. Retrieved 1 March 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 1 March 2025.
- ^ "AAA Championships (women)". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 1 March 2025.
- ^ "Biographical Information". Olympedia. Retrieved 1 March 2025.
- ^ Wijker, P. (1973) Corrie Bakker: Topatlete die nog steeds node wordt gemist De Atletiekwereld nr. 19: KNAU
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- Dutch female sprinters
- Dutch female long jumpers
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- 20th-century Dutch people
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