Willy den Turk
Dutch swimmer
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Born | 3 April 1908 Rotterdam, the Netherlands | ||||||||||||||
Died | 19 June 1937 (aged 29) Rotterdam, the Netherlands | ||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||
Club | Rotterdamsche Dames Zwemclub | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Wilhelmina "Willy" den Turk (3 April 1908[1] – 19 June 1937[2][3]) was a Dutch swimmer. She won a gold medal in the 100 m backstroke and a silver in the 4×100 m freestyle relay at the 1927 European Aquatics Championships. The same year she set a world record in the 100 m backstroke. This was the first Dutch world record in a backstroke event, and it was bettered by another Dutch swimmer, Marie Braun.[4]
Den Turk was selected for the 100 m backstroke and the 4×100 m medley relay at the 1928 Summer Olympics,[5] but had to withdraw due to a foot injury.[2][6] She retired shortly thereafter, married Henri Emil Lagerman in 1930, and in 1933 gave birth to a son. She died of a sudden illness, aged 29.[2]
References
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- ^ Wilhelmina den Turk, digitalestamboom.nl
- ^ a b c Willy den Turk †, Het Vaderland : staat- en letterkundig nieuwsblad, 23 June 1937
- ^ Willy den Turk overleden, De Telegraaf, 22 June 1937
- ^ Willie den Turk. zwemmenindepolder.nl
- ^ Willy den Turk komt niet uit, Het Vaderland : staat- en letterkundig nieuwsblad, 9 August 1928
- ^ Een tegenslag – Willy den Turk zal niet starten, Rotterdamsch nieuwsblad, 9 August 1928
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- 1927: Willy den Turk (NED)
- 1931: Marie Braun (NED)
- 1934: Rie Mastenbroek (NED)
- 1938: Cor Kint (NED)
- 1947: Karen Harup (DEN)
- 1950: Ria van der Horst (NED)
- 1954: Geertje Wielema (NED)
- 1958: Judy Grinham (GBR)
- 1962: Ria van Velsen (NED)
- 1966: Kiki Caron (FRA)
- 1970: Tinatin Lekveishvili (URS)
- 1974: Ulrike Richter (GDR)
- 1977: Birgit Treiber (GDR)
- 1981: Ina Kleber (GDR)
- 1983: Ina Kleber (GDR)
- 1985: Birte Weigang (GDR)
- 1987: Kristin Otto (GDR)
- 1989: Kristin Otto (GDR)
- 1991: Krisztina Egerszegi (HUN)
- 1993: Krisztina Egerszegi (HUN)
- 1995: Mette Jacobsen (DEN)
- 1997: Antje Buschschulte (GER)
- 1999: Sandra Völker (GER)
- 2000: Nina Zhivanevskaya (ESP)
- 2002: Stanislava Komarova (RUS)
- 2004: Laure Manaudou (FRA)
- 2006: Laure Manaudou (FRA)
- 2008: Anastasia Zuyeva (RUS)
- 2010: Gemma Spofforth (GBR)
- 2012: Jenny Mensing (GER)
- 2014: Katinka Hosszú (HUN) / Mie Østergaard Nielsen (DEN)
- 2016: Mie Østergaard Nielsen (DEN)
- 2018: Anastasia Fesikova (RUS)
- 2020: Kathleen Dawson (GBR)
- 2022: Margherita Panziera (ITA)
- 2024: Adela Piskorska (POL)