Monique Jansen (born 3 October 1978,

Harderwijk Harderwijk (; Dutch Low Saxon: ) is a municipality and city of the Netherlands. It is served by the Harderwijk railway station. Its population centres are Harderwijk and Hierden. Harderwijk is on the western boundary of the Veluwe. The southea ...

) is a Dutch athlete specializing in the

discus throw The discus throw (), also known as disc throw, is a track and field event in which an athlete throws a heavy disk (mathematics), disc—called a discus—in an attempt to mark a farther distance than their competitors. It is an classical antiqui ...

. She competed for the Netherlands at the

2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

, failing to qualify for the final.London 2012

Competition record

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1978 births Living people Dutch female discus throwers Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of the Netherlands People from Harderwijk Sportspeople from Gelderland {{Netherlands-athletics-bio-stub