Franciska Johanna "Ciska" Jansen (born 23 September 1944) is a retired Dutch track and field athlete. She competed at the

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in the long jump and finished in 18th place. After she reached age 40, her 6.21m jump exploded the world record for her age group, besting the previous record by Australian Olympian

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by 52 cm. For point of comparison, Bob Beamon's record improvement was 55 cm. Her record would stand for almost 15 years.

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Meerkamp Vrouwen Periode 1945–1972
atletiekhistorici.nl 1944 births Living people Dutch female long jumpers Dutch pentathletes Athletes (track and field) at the 1976 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of the Netherlands Athletes from Amsterdam Dutch masters athletes World record holders in masters athletics 20th-century Dutch women {{Netherlands-athletics-bio-stub