Stella Jongmans (born 17 May 1971, in

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) is a retired

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athlete who specialised in the

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. She won the gold at the

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and silver at the 1996 European Indoor Championships. In addition, she represented The Netherlands at two Olympic Games, in 1992 and 1996.

Competition record

Personal bests

Outdoor *

400 metres The 400 metres, or 400-meter dash, is a sprint event in track and field competitions. It has been featured in the athletics programme at the Summer Olympics since 1896 for men and since 1964 for women. On a standard outdoor running track, it is ...

– 53.24 (Hague 1996) *

– 1:58.61 (Hengelo 1992) *

1000 metres The 1000 metres, 1 kilometer run, or 1K run is an uncommon middle-distance running event in track and field competitions. It consists of two and a half laps around an outdoor 400 m track, or five laps around an indoor 200 m track. The 1000 ...

– 2:38.10 (Stockholm 1995) *

1500 metres The 1500 metres or 1500-metre run is the foremost middle distance track event in athletics. The distance has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896 and the World Championships in Athletics since 1983. It is equivalent to 1.5 kilomet ...

– 4:15.69 (Assen 1994) *

One mile The mile run (1,760 yards, 5,280 feet, or exactly 1,609.344 metres) is a middle-distance foot race. The history of the mile run event began in England, where it was used as a distance for gambling races. It survived track and field' ...

– 4:38.44 (Hilversum 1994) *

3000 metres The 3000 metres or 3000-metre run is a track running event, also commonly known as the "3K" or "3K run", where 7.5 laps are run around an outdoor 400 m track, or 15 laps around a 200 m indoor track. It is debated whether the 3000 m sho ...

– 9:29.99 (Hague 1992) Indoor *

– 55.18 (Ghent 2000) *

– 2:00.6 (Erfurt 2000) *

– 2:39.70 (Liévin 1996) *

– 4:16.65 (Hague 1993)

References

1971 births Living people Dutch female middle-distance runners Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for the Netherlands World Athletics Championships athletes for the Netherlands Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) Sportspeople from Voorburg Athletes from South Holland FISU World University Games gold medalists for the Netherlands Medalists at the 1995 Summer Universiade 20th-century Dutch sportswomen 21st-century Dutch women {{Netherlands-athletics-bio-stub