Daphne Jongejans
Daphne Jongejans 
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Daphne Jongejans (1984) |
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| Surname: | Daphne Cérès Jongejans | |||||||||
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 Netherlands
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| Discipline (s) : | Jumping | |||||||||
| Birthday: | June 22, 1965 | |||||||||
| Place of birth: | Amstelveen | |||||||||
| Size: | 168 cm | |||||||||
| Weight: | 59 kg | |||||||||
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Daphne Cérès Jongejans (born June 22, 1965 in Amstelveen ) is a former Dutch water diver . She started in jumping from the 1-meter and 3-meter board. Jongejans became the first Dutch European champion from the 3-meter board and took part in three Olympic Games .
She won the bronze medal from the 3-meter board at her first major championship, the 1983 European Championship in Rome . The following year she took part in the Olympic Games for the first time in Los Angeles . She reached the final from the 3-meter board and was tenth. At the 1986 World Cup in Madrid , she reached fourth place and thus her best result at a World Cup. Jongejans celebrated her greatest success at the 1987 European Championships in Strasbourg . From the 3-meter board, she became the first and to this day only Dutch European champion in diving . At the Olympic Games in Seoul in 1988 , she reached the final again from the 3-meter board and was eighth. After the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona , where she missed the final as 14th from the 3-meter board, Jongejans ended her active career.
She studied at the University of Miami from 1984 to 1988 , where she trained with the university's sports team, the Hurricanes . She won a total of eight college titles and was inducted into the university's Hall of Fame in 2011 . Today Jongejans lives in Atlanta and works as a management consultant and event manager.
Her brother Edwin Jongejans was also a successful water diver and is still the only Dutch world champion in water jumping.
Web links
- Daphne Jongejans in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Daphne Jongejans. Retrieved November 30, 2011 .
- ^ University of Miami Sports Hall of Fame Inductee - Daphne Jongejans Bousquet. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on August 22, 2011 ; accessed on November 30, 2011 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Olympic Diver Daphne Jongejans-Bousquet Dives into ME Productions! Retrieved November 30, 2011 .
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| SURNAME | Jongejans, Daphne |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Jongejans, Daphne Cérès (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch diver |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 22, 1965 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Amstelveen |