Marjan Ingrid Olyslager (born 8 March 1962) is a retired

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sprinter. She competed at the

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in the

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and

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, reaching the semifinals. She won a

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at the 1988 European Indoor Championships in the

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. Nationally, she set multiple records and won 12 titles in hurdles events.

Biography

In 1981 Olyslager started competing as a senior and won her first national title. In 1984, she set a national record in the 100 m hurdles at 13.20 s, but fell 0.02 s short of the Olympic qualification. In May–August 1985 she improved that record four times, to 13.19, 13.07, 13.03, and finally 13.01 seconds. She broke the 13 second barrier in June 1988, at 12.93 s and qualified for the 1988 Olympics. The same year she won a European silver in the 60 m hurdles with a time of 7.92 s, as well as the

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in the 100 m hurdles (12.83 s). However, in the Olympic semi-final, she hit a hurdle, and with a time of 13.08 s did not progress to the final. After the Games she lost motivation for competitions. In Winter 1988 she married Roel Wingbermühle, started working as a system analyst and paid little attention to training. In 1989 she won a national 60 m hurdles title, and finished fourth at the

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and sixth at the World Indoor Championships, setting a new national record at 7.89 s. She retired in late 1989, but remained active as an athletics coach.

References

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