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 Francina ("Fanny") Elsje Blankers-Koen (Lage Vuursche, 26 April 1918 – Hoofddorp, 25 January 2004) was a Dutch athlete, best known for winning four gold medals at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London. She accomplished this as a mother of two, during...




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Olympic Gold Medalist Fanny Blankers-Koen
01/26/2004: 448 words, approx. 2 pages Fanny Blankers-Koen, 85, who won a record four gold medals in track and field for the Netherlands at the 1948 Olympics, died Jan. 25, it was reported in Amsterdam. She had Alzheimer's disease. The International Association of Athletics Federations, which in 1999 honored...
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Fox's 20th Century 1945-50: Fanny Blankers-Koen
10/17/1999: 449 words, approx. 2 pages THE WAR deprived numerous sportsmen and women of what should have been their best years, and by the time of the 1948 Olympic Games in London the Dutch athlete Fanny Blankers-Koen was 30, a housewife and mother. She had been sixth equal in...
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Wariner, Felix win races at track meet
8/31/2007: 1,004 words, approx. 3 pages The power and grace of two young Americans lit up the night at the world track and field championships. Jeremy Wariner led a U.S. sweep with the fifth-fastest 400 meters in history Friday and Allyson Felix ran the first sub 22-second women's 200 in eight...


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