Sjoukje Dijkstra
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| Olympic medalist | |||
 Sjoukje Dijkstra |
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| Medal record | |||
| Figure Skating | |||
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| Silver | 1960 Squaw Valley | Ladies' Singles | |
| Gold | 1964 Innsbruck | Ladies' Singles | |
Sjoukje Rosalinde Dijkstra (born January 28, 1942 in Akkrum, Netherlands) is a former figure skating champion. She became World Champion three times and won Olympic gold in 1964 in Innsbruck, the first time an athlete from the Netherlands won gold at Olympic Winter Games.
[edit] Competitive highlights
| Event/Season | 1956 | 1959 | 1960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 | 1964 |
| European Championships | - | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st |
| World Championships | - | 3rd | 2nd | - | 1st | 1st | 1st |
| Winter Olympics | 12th | - | 2nd | - | - | - | 1st |
[edit] Navigation
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1908: Madge Syers-Cave | 1920: Magda Julin | 1924: Herma Szabo | 1928: Sonja Henie | 1932: Sonja Henie | 1936: Sonja Henie | 1948: Barbara Ann Scott | 1952: Jeannette Altwegg | 1956: Tenley Albright | 1960: Carol Heiss | 1964: Sjoukje Dijkstra | 1968: Peggy Fleming | 1972: Beatrix Schuba | 1976: Dorothy Hamill | 1980: Anett Pötzsch | 1984: Katarina Witt | 1988: Katarina Witt | 1992: Kristi Yamaguchi | 1994: Oksana Baiul | 1998: Tara Lipinski | 2002: Sarah Hughes | 2006: Shizuka Arakawa |
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1930: Fritzi Burger | 1931-1936: Sonja Henie | 1937-1939: Cecilia Colledge | 1947-1948: Barbara Ann Scott | 1949: Eva Pawlik | 1950: Alena Vrzáňová | 1951: Jeannette Altwegg | 1952: Jeannette Altwegg | 1953: Valda Osborn | 1954: Gundi Busch | 1955: Hanna Eigel | 1956: Ingrid Wendl | 1957: Hanna Eigel | 1958: Ingrid Wendl | 1959: Hanna Walter | 1960-1964: Sjoukje Dijkstra | 1965-1966: Regine Heitzer | 1967: Gabriele Seyfert | 1968: Hana Mašková | 1969-1970: Gabriele Seyfert | 1971-1972: Beatrix Schuba | 1973-1975: Christine Errath | 1976: Dianne de Leeuw | 1977-1980: Anett Pötzsch | 1981: Denise Biellmann | 1982: Claudia Kristofics-Binder | 1983-1988: Katarina Witt | 1989: Claudia Leistner | 1990: Evelyn Großmann | 1991-1995: Surya Bonaly | 1996-1997: Irina Slutskaya | 1998-1999: Maria Butyrskaya | 2000-2001: Irina Slutskaya | 2002: Maria Butyrskaya | 2003: Irina Slutskaya | 2004: Júlia Sebestyén | 2005-2006: Irina Slutskaya | 2007: Carolina Kostner |
| Preceded by Gerrit Schulte |
Dutch Sportswoman of the Year 1959 to 1964 |
Succeeded by Ada Kok |
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