Joke van Rijswijk

Dutch Paralympic athlete

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In this Dutch name, the surname is  van Rijswijk, not  Rijswijk.

Joke van Rijswijk

Sport

Country| Netherlands
Sport| Athletics

Medal record

Paralympic Games
|  1980 Arnhem | High jump A
|  1984 Stoke Mandeville | Long jump B1
|  1984 Stoke Mandeville | High jump B1
|  1984 Stoke Mandeville | 100 metres B1
|  1988 Seoul | Long jump B1

Joke van Rijswijk (born 1954)[1] is a Dutch Paralympic athlete. She represented the Netherlands in athletics at the 1980 Summer Paralympics, at the 1984 Summer Paralympics and at the 1988 Summer Paralympics.[2] In total, she won three gold medals and two bronze medals at the Summer Paralympics.

At the 1980 Summer Paralympics, she won the gold medal in the women's high jump A event. At the 1984 Summer Paralympics, she won the gold medal in the women's long jump B1 and bronze medals in the women's high jump B1 and women's 100 metres B1 events. At the 1988 Summer Paralympics in Seoul, South Korea, she won the gold medal in the women's long jump B1 event.

The Joke van Rijswijk Award is named after her. The award is given to people or organisations that have made contributions to sports for people with disabilities.

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Ambassadeur Joke van Rijswijk". Gelderland sport onbeperkt (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 4 January 2021. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
2. ^ "Joke van Rijswijk". paralympic.org.

## External links[edit]

* Joke van Rijswijk at the International Paralympic Committee

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