Figure skater Sjoukje Dijkstra dead at 82; Won first Dutch winter Olympics gold medal
Former figure skater Sjoukje Dijkstra has died at the age of 82, her daughter, Katja Kossmayer, confirmed in a post on Facebook. Dijkstra won an Olympic gold medal at the 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, becoming the first Dutch athlete to ever win a gold medal during the Winter Olympic Games.She also won a silver medal four years earlier, and secured three world titles and five European championships. She was chosen as the female athlete of the year in the Netherlands six times.
Source: nltimes.nl