Xenia Stad-de Jong

Xenia Stad-de Jong (4 March 1922 – 3 April 2012) was a Dutch track and field athlete who competed in sprinting events.

Xenia Stad-de Jong
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing the  Netherlands
Olympic Games
1948 London 4x100 m relay
European Championships
1950 Brussels 4×100 m relay

Born in Semarang in the former Dutch East Indies (Indonesia), her greatest success was winning the gold medal as the first runner in the 4 x 100 metres relay at the 1948 Summer Olympics, together with Netty Witziers-Timmer, Gerda van der Kade-Koudijs and Fanny Blankers-Koen.[1] She took part in the individual 100 metres event, where she was eliminated in the semi-finals.[2]

In 1950, she won another medal with the Dutch relay team when they finished second at the 1950 European Championships.[3] She ran in the individual 100 m at the championships as well.

Stad-de Jong died in the Dutch city of Zoetermeer in 2012, aged 90.[4]

References
  1. databaseolympics.com Archived 2010-03-16 at the Wayback Machine
  2. Xenia Stade de Jong profile, Sports-Reference.com; retrieved 15 March 2016.
  3. Stad-de Jong, Olympic gold medallist, passes away, IAA.org; retrieved 15 March 2016.
  4. Former Olympic champion and European medallist Xenia Stad-de Jong passes away Archived April 8, 2012, at the Wayback Machine, european-athletics.org; accessed 15 March 2016.


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