Corrie de Bruin (born October 26, 1976, in

Dordrecht Dordrecht (), historically known in English as Dordt (still colloquially used in Dutch, ) or Dort, is a List of cities in the Netherlands by province, city and List of municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality in the Western Netherlands, lo ...

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) is a retired

discus throw The discus throw (), also known as disc throw, is a track and field sport in which the participant athlete throws an oblate spheroid weight (object), weight called a discus in an attempt to mark a further distance than other competitors. It is a ...

er and

shot put The shot put is a track-and-field event involving "putting" (throwing) a heavy spherical Ball (sports), ball—the ''shot''—as far as possible. For men, the sport has been a part of the Olympic Games, modern Olympics since their 1896 Summer Olym ...

ter from the

Netherlands , Terminology of the Low Countries, informally Holland, is a country in Northwestern Europe, with Caribbean Netherlands, overseas territories in the Caribbean. It is the largest of the four constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Nether ...

, who represented her native country at the

1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...

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. There she didn't reach the final, after having thrown 55.48 metres in the qualifying heats. The younger sister of discus thrower

Erik de Bruin Erik de Bruin (born 25 May 1963 in Hardinxveld-Giessendam, South Holland) is a retired Dutch discus thrower and shot putter. He held the Dutch national record in shot put from 1986 to 2005, and his 68.12 m discus throw record of 1 April 1991 sti ...

, she was Holland's undisputed leading shot putter in the 1990s and played a leading role in discus throwing alongside

Jacqueline Goormachtigh Romane Jacqueline Elisabeth Goormachtigh (born 28 February 1970 in Dordrecht, South Holland) is a retired discus thrower from the Netherlands, who represented her native country at the Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics, 1996 Summer Olympics in ...

as well. De Bruin won the world title in discus throwing at the

1994 World Junior Championships in Athletics The year 1994 was designated as the " International Year of the Family" and the "International Year of Sport and the Olympic Ideal" by the United Nations. In the Line Islands and Phoenix Islands of Kiribati, 1994 had only 364 days, omitti ...

Achievements

References

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* 1976 births Living people Dutch female discus throwers Dutch female shot putters Olympic athletes for the Netherlands Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) Sportspeople from Dordrecht Athletes from South Holland World Athletics Championships athletes for the Netherlands FISU World University Games silver medalists for the Netherlands FISU World University Games bronze medalists for the Netherlands Medalists at the 1995 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 1997 Summer Universiade 20th-century Dutch sportswomen {{Netherlands-athletics-bio-stub