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Dientje Meijer-Haantjes
Dientje Meijer-Haantjes (17 March 1918 – 5 October 1994) was a Dutch gymnastics, gymnast. She competed in the Gymnastics at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Women's artistic team all-around, women's artistic team all-around event at the 1948 Summer Olympics. References External links * 1918 births 1994 deaths Dutch female artistic gymnasts Olympic gymnasts for the Netherlands Gymnasts at the 1948 Summer Olympics Gymnasts from Amsterdam {{Netherlands-artistic-gymnastics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gymnastics
Gymnastics is a type of sport that includes physical exercises requiring balance, strength, flexibility, agility, coordination, dedication and endurance. The movements involved in gymnastics contribute to the development of the arms, legs, shoulders, back, chest, and abdominal muscle groups. Gymnastics evolved from exercises used by the ancient Greeks that included skills for mounting and dismounting a horse, and from circus performance skills. The most common form of competitive gymnastics is artistic gymnastics (AG), which consists of, for women (WAG), the events floor, vault, uneven bars, and beam; and for men (MAG), the events floor, vault, rings, pommel horse, parallel bars, and horizontal bar. The governing body for gymnastics throughout the world is the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique (FIG). Eight sports are governed by the FIG, which include gymnastics for all, men's and women's artistic gymnastics, rhythmic gymnastics, trampolining (including double mini-t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
