Gerda van der Kade-Koudijs

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The 1948 Dutch sprint relay (van der Kade-Koudijs is second from the right)

Gerda Johanna Marie van der Kade-Koudijs (born October 29, 1923 in Rotterdam , † March 19, 2015 in Almelo ) was a Dutch athlete .

At the first European championships after the end of the war, which took place in Oslo in 1946 , van der Kade-Koudijs was European champion in the long jump . With the Dutch 4 x 100 meter relay , she won her second European title.

She celebrated her greatest sporting success at the 1948 Olympic Games in London . Together with her teammates Xenia Stad-de Jong , Nettie Witziers-Timmer and Fanny Blankers-Koen , she became Olympic champion in the 4 x 100 meter relay in a close race ahead of Australia and Canada. Van der Kade-Koudijs also competed in the long jump and missed the bronze medal there by half a centimeter. In the race over the 80 meter hurdles she was eliminated in the semifinals.

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SURNAME Kade-Koudijs, Gerda van der
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kade-Koudijs, Gerda Johanna Marie van der (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dutch athlete
DATE OF BIRTH October 29, 1923
PLACE OF BIRTH Rotterdam
DATE OF DEATH 19th March 2015
Place of death Almelo