Sharon Maria Suzanne Jaklofsky (born 30 September 1968 in

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, Queensland) is a retired

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er, who was born in

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. A former heptathlete, she represented the

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at the

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. There she reached the final, where she failed to record a valid jump. Between 1994 and 2000 Jaklofsky gathered fourteen Dutch titles, mainly in the

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and long jump events, at indoor and outdoor championships. Jaklofsky ran track collegiately at

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Competition record

¹No mark in the final

References

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Dutch Olympic Committee

External links

* 1968 births Living people Dutch female long jumpers Dutch female hurdlers Australian female long jumpers Australian heptathletes Australian people of Dutch descent Athletes (track and field) at the 1986 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1990 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Australia Dutch people of Australian descent LSU Lady Tigers track and field athletes Olympic athletes for the Netherlands Athletes from Brisbane World Athletics Championships athletes for Australia World Athletics Championships athletes for the Netherlands Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) FISU World University Games silver medalists for the Netherlands Medalists at the 1995 Summer Universiade Medallists at the 1990 Commonwealth Games NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships winners 20th-century Australian sportswomen 20th-century Dutch sportswomen Commonwealth Games silver medallists in athletics {{Netherlands-athletics-bio-stub