Letitia Vriesde Sportcomplex is a multi-purpose stadium in
Totness,
Suriname
Suriname, officially the Republic of Suriname, is a country in northern South America, also considered as part of the Caribbean and the West Indies. It is a developing country with a Human Development Index, high level of human development; i ...
. It is home to
SVB Eerste Klasse
The SVB Tweede Divisie is third-highest division overall in the Surinamese football league system after the SVB Eerste Divisie, where the top club is promoted to each season. The weakest club is relegated to the Derde Divisie. The league was pr ...
club
F.C. West United. Former top flight clubs and Coronie Sport Bond (CSB) members
F.C. Corona and
S.V. Coronie Boys are also tenants of the stadium.
The stadium was named after
Letitia Vriesde
Letitia Alma Vriesde (born 5 October 1964) is a former track and field athlete from Suriname, who specialised in the 800 metres but was also successful over 1500 metres. She is the first (and to date, only) sportsperson from Suriname to compete a ...
, a female former track and field athlete from the
Coronie District
Coronie is a district of Suriname, situated on the coast. Coronie's capital city is Totness, Suriname, Totness. The district border the Atlantic Ocean to the north, the Surinamese district of Saramacca District, Saramacca to the east, the Suriname ...
who became the first Surinamese sports person to compete at five Olympic Games.
Location
The Letitia Vriesde Sportcomplex is located in the Northwest of Totness on the Botromankiweg right off of the Oost-West Verbinding (English, East-West Connector), just west of the
Coronie Airport.
References
Football venues in Suriname
Athletics (track and field) venues in Suriname
Multi-purpose stadiums in Suriname
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