Carolina Anna "Lien" Gisolf (13 July 1910 – 30 May 1993) was a Dutch

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er. She won a silver medal at the

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and finished fourth in 1932. Her talent was discovered during school competition in 1926, when it turned out that she jumped 30 centimetres higher than her classmates. On 3 July 1928 she set an unofficial Dutch record by jumping 1.465 metres, which was followed by a new

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of 1.582 metres. The same year she became the first Dutch female athlete to win an Olympic medal. She improved her world record twice: to 1.608 metres in 1929 and 1.623 metres in 1932.Carolina Gisolf
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Gisolf became second. When she had to jump a barrage with her only opponent left,

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Inge Braumüller, she tore a muscle, ruining her chances for the first place. After finishing fourth at the

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Gisolf lost interest in athletics and turned to

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References

* Heere, A. and Kappenburg, B. (2000) ''1870 – 2000, 130 jaar atletiek in Nederland'' Groenevelt b.v. * Hemert, W. van (1998) ''Fosbury-flop de 'klapschaats' van het hoogspringen'' Atletiek nr. 1: KNAU * Bijkerk, T. and Paauw, R. (1996) ''Gouden boek van de Nederlandse Olympiers'' De Vrieseborch {{DEFAULTSORT:Gisolf, Lien 1910 births 1993 deaths Dutch female high jumpers Olympic athletes of the Netherlands Athletes (track and field) at the 1928 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1932 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for the Netherlands Dutch female field hockey players People from Bukittinggi Medalists at the 1928 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists in athletics (track and field) Women's World Games medalists 20th-century Dutch women

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