Lieja Tunks

Lieja Tunks

Personal information
Full name	Liesbeth Jantina Tunks-Koeman
Born	(1976-03-10) 10 March 1976 Purmerend, Netherlands
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	85 kg (187 lb; 13 st 5 lb)
Updated on 21 March 2008.

Liesbeth ("Lieja") Jantina Tunks, née Koeman (born 10 March 1976 in Purmerend, Noord-Holland) is a shot putter, who represents Canada after switching from the Netherlands in 2006.

Her personal best throw is 18.82 metres, achieved in June 2003 in Arnhem. The name Lieja is just the Spanish version of the Belgian town Liège close to the birthplace of Liesbeth (notice that current Belgian and Dutch territories were parts of the Kingdom of Spain for many years in the 17th and 18th centuries).

Achievements

Year	Tournament	Venue	Result	Extra
Representing  Netherlands
1999	World Championships	Seville, Spain	20th	17.45 m
2000	Olympic Games	Sydney, Australia	9th	17.96 m
2001	World Championships	Edmonton, Canada	12th	17.89 m
2002	European Indoor Championships	Vienna, Austria	3rd
	European Championships	Munich, Germany	10th	17.54 m
2003	World Championships	Paris, France	10th
2004	Olympic Games	Olympia, Greece	11th	18.14 m
	World Athletics Final	Monte Carlo, Monaco	3rd
2005	European Indoor Championships	Madrid, Spain	5th
	World Championships	Helsinki, Finland	11th
Representing  Canada

External links

• Lieja Tunks profile at IAAF
• Website about Lieja Tunks