Mieke Sterk

Mieke Sterk, 1970

Mieke Sterk (divorced van Wissen ; born January 5, 1946 in Haarlem ) is a former Dutch sprinter , hurdler and pentathlete .

At the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City, she was fourth in the 4-by-100-meter relay and was eliminated over 200 m in the run.

In 1970 she was fifth over the 60 m hurdles at the European Athletics Indoor Championships in Vienna and won bronze in the pentathlon at the Universiade . In 1971 she was eliminated from the European Indoor Championships in Sofia over 60 m hurdles in the semi-finals and over 60 m in the preliminary run. At the European Athletics Championships in Helsinki she came in the pentathlon in 13th place.

At the European Indoor Championships in 1974 in Gothenburg she was eliminated again over 60 m hurdles in the semifinals and over 60 m in the preliminary run. In 1975 she failed at the European Indoor Championships in Katowice over 60 m hurdles in the first round.

She was Dutch champion over 80 m hurdles and 100 m hurdles seven times (1967, 1969, 1970, 1972-1975), twice in pentathlon (1973, 1975) and once over 100 m (1975). In the hall she won the national title over 50 m hurdles and 60 m hurdles eight times (1970-1976, 1979) and twice over 50 m and 60 m (1974, 1975).

From 1994 to 1988 she was a member of the Second Chamber of the States General for the Partij van de Arbeid .

Personal best

• 100 m: 11.6 s, 23 May 1968, Amsterdam
• 200 m : 23.5 s, July 8, 1973, Basel
• 60 m hurdles (hall): 8.1 s, February 16, 1974, Arnhem (former national record)
• 80 m hurdles: 11.0 s, August 6, 1967, Fourmies
• 100 m hurdles: 13.2 s, May 16, 1973, Arnhem (former national record)
• Pentathlon: 4440 points, July 7, 1973, Basel (former national record)

Web links

Commons : Mieke Sterk  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Mieke Sterk in the trackfield.brinkster.net database (English)
• Mieke Sterk in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )