Kirsten Nieuwendam (born August 26, 1991 in
Paramaribo
Paramaribo (; ; nicknamed Par'bo) is the capital and largest city of Suriname, located on the banks of the Suriname River in the Paramaribo District. Paramaribo has a population of roughly 241,000 people (2012 census), almost half of Suriname' ...
) is a
Surinamese
athlete, who attended
St. Thomas Aquinas High School in
Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and currently attends
Pennsylvania State University in
State College, Pennsylvania
State College is a home rule municipality in Centre County in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. It is a college town, dominated economically, culturally and demographically by the presence of the University Park campus of the Pennsylvania Sta ...
.
Nieuwendam broke the national
Women's 200 metres record at the
2008 Summer Olympics with a time of
24.46 seconds, despite being eliminated in the first round. She competed in the
Women's 200 metres event at the
2012 Summer Olympics, but ranked 46th and was again eliminated in the first round.
See also
*
List of Pennsylvania State University Olympians
The List of Pennsylvania State University Olympians is a list of former or current Penn State students (129) and coaches/faculty members (12) that have made an appearance as athletes or medaled at the Olympic Games, plus one athlete for the boycott ...
References
Living people
Olympic athletes of Suriname
Surinamese female sprinters
Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Pan American Games competitors for Suriname
Athletes (track and field) at the 2007 Pan American Games
World Athletics Championships athletes for Suriname
Sportspeople from Paramaribo
Penn State Nittany Lions women's track and field athletes
1991 births
St. Thomas Aquinas High School (Florida) alumni
Olympic female sprinters
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