Wilhelmina Catharina Maria Martina "Wilma" van Gool (née van den Berg. born 11 August 1947), commonly known as Wilma van den Berg, is a Dutch former sprinter, two-time Olympian, silver medalist in the European Championships and Universiade, Dutch national champion, and 1969 Dutch Female Athlete of the Year.
Wilma van den Berg
Wilma and Riet van den Berg in 1970
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Birth name
Wilhelmina Catharina Maria Martina van Gool
Full name
Wilhelmina Catharina Maria Martina "Wilma" van Gool-van den Berg
Born
(1947-08-11) 11 August 1947 (age 76) Uden, the Netherlands
She had qualified for the semifinals in the 200 m sprints at the Munich Olympics, and the 23.22 that she ran in the quarterfinals was faster than the time in the quarterfinals of the eventual gold medal winner, Renate Stecher of East Germany.[4] However, after the killing of 11 Israeli athletes in the Munich Massacre, and the Olympics not being cancelled, she withdrew from the competition in sympathy with the Israeli victims.[5] She said that she was leaving in protest of the "obscene" decision to continue with the Olympic Games.[6] The organizers of the 1973 Maccabiah Games in Israel invited her to join, and she ran as a pacer--not as a competitor.[5]
In 1969 she was selected as the Dutch Female Athlete of the Year. Her personal bests were 11.1 seconds in the 100 m (1972), and 23.22 seconds in the 200 m (1972).[3]
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