Bertha Brouwer

Bertha " Puck " Brouwer ( from 1953 Bertha van Duyne ) (born 29 October 1930 in Leidschendam, † October 6, 2006 in Oostvoorne ) was a Dutch sprinter.

The European Athletics Championships 1950, she was fifth over 200m in 25.0 seconds. In the 4 x 100 - meter relay team won with the Dutch team the silver medal in 47.4 seconds behind the baton from the United Kingdom.

At the 1952 Olympics in Helsinki she won in 24.2 seconds silver medal in the 200 m behind the Australian Marjorie Jackson in 23.7 seconds and before the Russian Nadezhda Chnykina, which also ran 24.2 seconds. With the Dutch Brouwer relay reached the final and finished sixth in the 100 -meter run, they bowed out of.

From 1953 to 1956 she was national champion in the 100 meters, from 1953 to 1955 she also won the 200 meters.

In the 100 - meter race she won, now starting as Bertha van Duyne, at the European Championships in Berne in 1954 in 11.9 seconds behind silver Irina Turowa from the Soviet Union.

In 1956 she was nominated for the Olympic Games in Melbourne. After the team lead of the Netherlands had cancels participation in these games because of the Soviet invasion of Hungary, and van Duyne could not start. She finished her career shortly after.

Bertha van Duyne was 1.74 meters tall and weighed about 73 kg of their active time. Your personal best of 11.5 seconds in the 100 meters she put on in 1956, 1955 they ran 24.0 seconds over 200 meters.