Wilhelmina Maria "Willy" "Wil" Lust (later Postma, born 19 June 1932) is a retired Dutch track-and-field athlete. She won a

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in the long jump at the 1950 European Athletics Championships. Two years later she competed at the

1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1952), officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad ( fi, XV olympiadin kisat; sv, Den XV olympiadens spel) and commonly known as Helsinki 1952 ( sv, Helsin ...

, in the 80 m hurdles, long jump and 4 × 100 m relay; she finished in fifth place in the long jump and in sixth place in the relay. She was also successful in the

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, holding national records and winning two national titles in 1950 and 1951. In 1954, together with her husband Jan Postma she immigrated to

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and retired from her career. She has a son, Reinout Postma and daughter, Ingrid Postma.

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1932 births Living people Athletes (track and field) at the 1952 Summer Olympics Dutch emigrants to Australia Dutch female long jumpers Dutch pentathletes Dutch female sprinters Olympic athletes of the Netherlands Sportspeople from Zaanstad European Athletics Championships medalists 20th-century Dutch women {{Netherlands-athletics-bio-stub