Elisabeth Cornelia "Els" Vader (married Scharn) (24 September 1959 – 8 February 2021) was a

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sprinter from the

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. She competed at the 1980, 1984 and 1988 Summer Olympics in the 100 m, 200 m and 4 × 100 m relay (in 1988 only), but failed to reach the finals in any event. Vader was Holland's leading sprinter in the 1980s, alongside

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. Altogether she gathered 23 national championships in the various outdoor and indoor sprint events. She won the

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in the women's

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at the 1985 European Indoor Championships. She was married to former athlete and coach Haico Scharn. She died from major duodenal papilla cancer.Voormalig topatlete Els Vader (61) overleden

International competitions

¹Did not finish in the quarterfinals
²Did not start in the final
³Disqualified in the semifinals
⁴Did not start in the semifinals

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* * * * 1959 births 2021 deaths Dutch female sprinters Olympic athletes of the Netherlands Athletes (track and field) at the 1980 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics World Athletics Championships athletes for the Netherlands Sportspeople from Vlissingen Olympic female sprinters {{Netherlands-athletics-bio-stub