Xenia Stad-de Jong
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Xenia Stad-de Jong (4 March 1922 – 3 April 2012) was a Dutch track and field athlete who competed in sprinting events.
Born in Semarang in the former Dutch East Indies (Indonesia), her greatest success was winning the gold medal as the first runner in the 4 × 100 metres relay at the 1948 Summer Olympics, together with Netty Witziers-Timmer, Gerda van der Kade-Koudijs and Fanny Blankers-Koen.<ref>databaseolympics.com Template:Webarchive</ref> She took part in the individual 100 metres event, where she was eliminated in the semi-finals.<ref>Xenia Stade de Jong profile, Sports-Reference.com; retrieved 15 March 2016.</ref>
In 1950, she won another medal with the Dutch relay team when they finished second at the 1950 European Championships.<ref>Stad-de Jong, Olympic gold medallist, passes away Template:Webarchive, IAA.org; retrieved 15 March 2016.</ref> She ran in the individual 100 m at the championships as well.
Stad-de Jong died in the Dutch city of Zoetermeer in 2012, aged 90.<ref>Former Olympic champion and European medallist Xenia Stad-de Jong passes away Template:Webarchive, european-athletics.org; accessed 15 March 2016.</ref>
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- 1922 births
- 2012 deaths
- Dutch women sprinters
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1948 Summer Olympics
- European Athletics Championships medalists
- Medalists at the 1948 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes for the Netherlands
- Olympic gold medalists for the Netherlands
- Sportspeople from Semarang
- Olympic gold medalists in athletics
- Olympic women sprinters
- Dutch people of the Dutch East Indies
- 20th-century Dutch sportswomen