Anna "Annie" Johanna Geertruida Maria Borckink (born 17 October 1951) is a former

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from the

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, who represented her native country at the

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in Lake Placid,

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. She won the gold medal in the women's 1500 metres event, with Dutch teammate

Ria Visser Adriana Johanna "Ria" Visser (born 20 July 1961) is a former ice speed skater from the Netherlands Visser participated in six World Allround Speed Skating Championships, performing best at her first attempt in 1979, when she came in 6th. In 197 ...

winning the silver medal. For her performance, Borckink was named Dutch Sportswoman of the year. After retiring from skating she runs a sporting goods store in

Dronten Dronten () is a municipality and a town in the central Netherlands, in the province of Flevoland. It had a population of in . History Plans for the municipality of Dronten were made in the early half of the 1950s; real plans for the town of Dr ...

. Personal bests: *500 m – 43.3 (1977) *1000 m – 1:25.60 (1980) *1500 m – 2:10.95 (1980) *3000 m – 4:41.75 (1981)

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