Gerda van der Kade-Koudijs

Gerda Johanna Marie van der Kade Koudijs ( born October 29, 1923 in Rotterdam ) is a former Dutch athlete.

When the first European Athletics Championships after the war that took place in Oslo in 1946, Van was the Kade Koudijs European champion in the long jump. With the Dutch 4x100 - meter relay team, she won her second European title.

She celebrated her greatest sporting success at the Olympic Summer Games 1948 in London. Together with their teammates Xenia Stad -de Jong, Nettie Witziers -Timmer and Fanny blanker - Koen was in a tight race ahead of Australia and Canada Olympic champion in the 4x100 - meter relay. Van der Kade Koudijs occurred also in the long jump and missed the bronze medal there by half a centimeter. In the race over 80 meters hurdles they already eliminated in the semifinals.

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