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Sjoukje Dijkstra

1942 - 2024

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Sjoukje Rosalinde Dijkstra (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈɕʌukjə ˈdɛikstraː]; 28 January 1942 – 2 May 2024) was a Dutch competitive figure skater. She was the 1964 Olympic champion in ladies' singles, the 1960 Olympic silver medalist, a three-time World champion (1962–1964), five-time European champion (1960–1964), and the six-time Dutch national champion (1959–1964). She was the first Dutch athlete to win a Winter Olympics gold medal. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Sjoukje Dijkstra is the 12th most popular skater (up from 16th in 2019), the 393rd most popular biography from Netherlands (up from 519th in 2019) and the most popular Dutch Skater.

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Among SKATERS

Among skaters, Sjoukje Dijkstra ranks 12 out of 483. Before her are Gillis Grafström, Karl Schäfer, Hjalmar Andersen, Ivar Ballangrud, Ondrej Nepela, and Clas Thunberg. After her are Walter Jakobsson, Åke Seyffarth, Madge Syers, Fred Anton Maier, Tonya Harding, and Dick Button.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, Sjoukje Dijkstra ranks 225. Before her are Vyacheslav Zudov, Ana Blandiana, Ian Callaghan, Daniel Revenu, Hans-Rudolf Merz, and Dioncounda Traoré. After her are Lev Leshchenko, Vladimír Dzurilla, Vladimir Dzhanibekov, James Tien, Daliah Lavi, and Ricardo Rodríguez. Among people deceased in 2024, Sjoukje Dijkstra ranks 183. Before her are Daniel Revenu, Abdulah Sidran, Jacques Roubaud, Ethel Kennedy, Christoph Daum, and Benny Golson. After her are Eric Carmen, Donald Adamson, Irene Camber, Kees Rijvers, Humberto Maschio, and Amadou-Mahtar M'Bow.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Sjoukje Dijkstra ranks 393 out of 1,646. Before her are Piet Schrijvers (1946), Jacob Cats (1577), Abraham van Beijeren (1620), Bartel Leendert van der Waerden (1903), Gerda van der Kade-Koudijs (1923), and Theo Jansen (1948). After her are Tom Okker (1944), Simon de Vlieger (1601), Aert van der Neer (1603), Frans Timmermans (1961), Petrus Camper (1722), and Isaac Israëls (1865).

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Among SKATERS In Netherlands

Among skaters born in Netherlands, Sjoukje Dijkstra ranks 1. After her are Ard Schenk (1944), Stien Kaiser (1938), Wim van der Voort (1923), Kees Verkerk (1942), Kees Broekman (1927), Ans Schut (1944), Carry Geijssen (1947), Annie Borckink (1951), Petra Burka (1946), Ireen Wüst (1986), and Sven Kramer (1986).

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