Medal record | ||
Xenia Stad-de Jong |
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Women's athletics | ||
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Competitor for the Netherlands | ||
Olympic Games | ||
Gold | 1948 London | 4x100 m relay |
Xenia Stad-de Jong (born March 4, 1922 Dutch athlete.
) is a formerBorn Xenia de Jong in Semarang (former Dutch East Indies), her greatest success was winning the gold medal as the first runner in the 4 x 100 metres relay at the 1948 Summer Olympics, together with Netty Witziers-Timmer, Gerda van der Kade-Koudijs and Fanny Blankers-Koen.[1] She also 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.