Anna Elisabeth "Ans" Panhorst-Niesink (28 October 1918 – 25 July 2010) was a Dutch athlete. She competed at the 1936 and 1948 Summer Olympics in the discus throw and finished in seventh and sixth place, respectively. In 1948 she also competed in the shot put, but failed to reach the final. She finished second and sixth in the discus throw and shot put, respectively, at the

1946 European Athletics Championships The 3rd European Athletics Championships were held from 22 August to 25 August 1946 in the Bislett Stadion in Oslo, Norway. For the first time it was a combined event for men and women, and for the first time a city in Scandinavia hosted the champ ...

. She was born Anna Niesink, then married and changed her last name to Panhorst-Niesink, and then to Woltman. Niesink first trained in basketball and sprint, but then shifted to throwing events, in which she soon become a national leader – between 1937 and 1954 she won seven shot put and at least 14 discus titles and held the national records in both events. She continued competing in her forties, winning a medal in the Dutch championships at age 43.

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1918 births 2010 deaths Athletes (track and field) at the 1936 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1948 Summer Olympics Dutch female discus throwers Dutch female shot putters Olympic athletes for the Netherlands Athletes from Amsterdam European Athletics Championships medalists 20th-century Dutch sportswomen {{Netherlands-athletics-bio-stub