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Is a retired rower from the Netherlands. She won a silver medal in the women's eight with coxswain i

Is a retired rower from the Netherlands. She won a silver medal in the women's eight with coxswain in the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States, Venema and Elien Meijer finished 8th in the women's

Is an international cricketer who has made 14 One Day International and 5 Twenty20 International app

Is an international cricketer who has made 14 One Day International and 5 Twenty20 International appearances for South Africa national women's cricket team in 2007 and 2008.

Is a Belgian rower. In 1992, she won the silver medal in rowing, single scull at the Summer Olympics

Is a Belgian rower. In 1992, she won the silver medal in rowing, single scull at the Summer Olympics in Barcelona.

Is a former freestyle swimmer from The Netherlands, who competed in two consequentive Summer Olympic

Is a former freestyle swimmer from The Netherlands, who competed in two consequentive Summer Olympics for her native country, starting in 1976.

Is a former New Zealand alpine skier. Born in Christchurch, she became the first person from the Sou

Is a former New Zealand alpine skier. Born in Christchurch, she became the first person from the Southern Hemisphere to win a medal at the Winter Olympics when she won silver in the slalom at Albertville in France in 1992. Coberger also competed at the 19

Is a German former Alpine skier. At the 1952 Olympics in Oslo Buchner was silver medalist in the dow

Is a German former Alpine skier. At the 1952 Olympics in Oslo Buchner was silver medalist in the downhill, and bronze medalist in the slalom and in the giant slalom.

Is a German former Alpine skier. At the 1952 Olympics in Oslo Buchner was silver medalist in the dow

Is a German former Alpine skier. At the 1952 Olympics in Oslo Buchner was silver medalist in the downhill, and bronze medalist in the slalom and in the giant slalom.[1]

Is a former backstroke swimmer from the Netherlands, who competed for her native country at the 1972

Is a former backstroke swimmer from the Netherlands, who competed for her native country at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. There she was eliminated in the qualifying heats of the 100m Backstroke, clocking 1:09.55 (21st place), and the same happened to her in the prelims of the 200m Backstroke, in 2:29.17 (23rd place).

A former champion alpine ski racer. She was the most successful World Cup racer during the 1970s.She

A former champion alpine ski racer. She was the most successful World Cup racer during the 1970s.She celebrated her biggest successes in Downhill, Giant Slalom and Combined races. In 1980, her last year as a competitor, she secured her third Olympic medal (in Lake Placid) and won 5 World Cup races.During her career, she won the overall World Cup title six times, including five consecutive (1971-75). She has 62 individual World Cup victories, more than any other female athlete and behind only Ingemar Stenmark and Ole Einar Bjørndalen among all winter ski sport athletes.

Is an equestrian from The Netherlands, who won the silver medal in the Team Dressage Event at the 19

Is an equestrian from The Netherlands, who won the silver medal in the Team Dressage Event at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. She did so alongside Tineke Bartels, Ellen Bontje, and Anky van Grunsven. In the individual competition Sanders finished in 40th position. She competed in three Summer Olympics for her native country, starting in 1984.

Was a Danish sprint canoer who competed in the early to mid 1960s. Competing two Summer Olympics, sh

Was a Danish sprint canoer who competed in the early to mid 1960s. Competing two Summer Olympics, she earned her best finish of fourth in the K-1 500 m event at Rome in 1960.

Is a West German sprint canoer who competed in the 1960s.

Is a West German sprint canoer who competed in the 1960s.

is a rower from the Netherlands.Van Rumpt took part in the World Championships of 2003 in Milan win

is a rower from the Netherlands.Van Rumpt took part in the World Championships of 2003 in Milan winning the silver medal in the fours. With the Dutch eights she qualified for the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens and she and her team mates rowed to the bron

Is a rower from the Netherlands.De Haan started rowing in 1999 and made her international debut in t

Is a rower from the Netherlands.De Haan started rowing in 1999 and made her international debut in the fours at the 1999 Junior World Championships in Plovdiv. Together with Melina Bus, Anja Mourik and Mirthe Kamp she won the bronze medal.[

Is a Dutch sailor.Bes started sailing in 1990 and competed at Olympic international level since 1999

Is a Dutch sailor.Bes started sailing in 1990 and competed at Olympic international level since 1999 where she started in the Europe class.[1] Best She became second at the Dutch Championship in 2000, seventh at the Semaine Olympique Hyeres in 2001 and seventh at the Worldchampionship open week that year. By the end of 2001 she switched to the Yngling class.[1]

Is a former Dutch field hockey player, who won the bronze medal with the National Women's Team at th

Is a former Dutch field hockey player, who won the bronze medal with the National Women's Team at the 1988 Summer Olympics.From 1987 to 1992 she played a total number of 83 international matches for Holland, in which she didn't score.

Is a retired East German hurdler. She competed for the sports club SC Turbine Erfurt during her acti

Is a retired East German hurdler. She competed for the sports club SC Turbine Erfurt during her active career.

Is a female volleyball player from the Dominican Republic, who won the gold medal with the women's n

Is a female volleyball player from the Dominican Republic, who won the gold medal with the women's national team at the 2003 Pan American Games in her home town Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Playing as a middle-blocker she also competed at the 2004 S

Is a retired German sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres. At the 1990 European Championships i

Is a retired German sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres. At the 1990 European Championships in Athletics in Split she finished fourth in 400 m and won the 4x400 m relay for East Germany together with Grit Breuer, Manuela Derr and Petra Schersing. At the 1991 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Seville Hesselbarth helped win the gold medal in an indoor world record time of 3:27.22 minutes. The teammates were Sandra Seuser, Katrin Schreiter and Grit Breuer. At the 1991 World Championships in Athletics she ran in the heats for the German team who finished third in the final.

Is a German track cyclist who competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, winning a silver me

Is a German track cyclist who competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, winning a silver medal in the sprint event.

Is a Swiss professional cyclist. She is part of the 2007 Team Flexpoint.

Is a Swiss professional cyclist. She is part of the 2007 Team Flexpoint.

Is a German figure skater who has also competed internationally for the Czech Republic. She won the

Is a German figure skater who has also competed internationally for the Czech Republic. She won the 1999 Czech Figure Skating Championships and is the 2003-2006 German national champion.

Is a Dutch speed skater. She specialises in riding the 500 m and 1000 m. She is the current Dutch Ju

Is a Dutch speed skater. She specialises in riding the 500 m and 1000 m. She is the current Dutch Junior record holder in the 500 m (38.57) and her personal best (1.16.14) used to be the World Junior record. She also holds the World Junior record with her

Is a retired West German high jumper. She finished eighth at the 1978 European Indoor Championships.

Is a retired West German high jumper. She finished eighth at the 1978 European Indoor Championships.[1] She represented the sports clubs TV Sontra and TuS 04 Leverkusen, and won bronze medals at the West German championships in 1978 and 1979.[2]

Was an Australian professional swimmer, vaudeville and film star, writer, and advocate for the chang

Was an Australian professional swimmer, vaudeville and film star, writer, and advocate for the change of women's swimwear. She is often credited for inventing the sport of synchronised swimming after her 1907 performance of the first water ballet in a gla