Sjoukje Dijkstra

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Figure Skating
Olympic medalist
Sjoukje Dijkstra
Medal record
Silver	1960 Squaw Valley	Ladies' Singles
Gold	1964 Innsbruck	Ladies' Singles

Sjoukje Rosalinde Dijkstra (born January 28, 1942 in Akkrum, Netherlands) is a former figure skating champion. She became World Champion three times and won Olympic gold in 1964 in Innsbruck, the first time an athlete from the Netherlands won gold at Olympic Winter Games.

Event/Season	1956	1959	1960	1961	1962	1963	1964
European Championships	-	2nd	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st
World Championships	-	3rd	2nd	-	1st	1st	1st
Winter Olympics	12th	-	2nd	-	-	-	1st

Olympic champions in figure skating – Ladies' singles

1908: Madge Syers-Cave | 1920: Magda Julin | 1924: Herma Szabo | 1928: Sonja Henie | 1932: Sonja Henie | 1936: Sonja Henie | 1948: Barbara Ann Scott | 1952: Jeannette Altwegg | 1956: Tenley Albright | 1960: Carol Heiss | 1964: Sjoukje Dijkstra | 1968: Peggy Fleming | 1972: Beatrix Schuba | 1976: Dorothy Hamill | 1980: Anett Pötzsch | 1984: Katarina Witt | 1988: Katarina Witt | 1992: Kristi Yamaguchi | 1994: Oksana Baiul | 1998: Tara Lipinski | 2002: Sarah Hughes | 2006: Shizuka Arakawa

World champions in figure skating – Ladies' singles

1906-1907: Madge Syers-Cave | 1908-1911: Lily Kronberger | 1912-1914: Opika von Méray Horváth | 1922-1926: Herma Szabo | 1927-1936: Sonja Henie | 1937: Cecilia Colledge | 1938-1939: Megan Taylor | 1947-1948: Barbara Ann Scott | 1949-1950: Alena Vrzáňová | 1951: Jeannette Altwegg | 1952: Jacqueline du Bief | 1953: Tenley Albright | 1954: Gundi Busch | 1955: Tenley Albright | 1956-1960: Carol Heiss | 1962-1964: Sjoukje Dijkstra | 1965: Petra Burka | 1966-1968: Peggy Fleming | 1969-1970: Gabriele Seyfert | 1971-1972: Beatrix Schuba | 1973: Karen Magnussen | 1974: Christine Errath | 1975: Dianne de Leeuw | 1976: Dorothy Hamill | 1977: Linda Fratianne | 1978: Anett Pötzsch | 1979: Linda Fratianne | 1980: Anett Pötzsch | 1981: Denise Biellmann | 1982: Elaine Zayak | 1983: Rosalynn Sumners | 1984-1985: Katarina Witt | 1986: Debi Thomas | 1987-1988: Katarina Witt | 1989: Midori Ito | 1990: Jill Trenary | 1991-1992: Kristi Yamaguchi | 1993: Oksana Baiul | 1994: Yuka Sato | 1995: Chen Lu | 1996: Michelle Kwan | 1997: Tara Lipinski | 1998: Michelle Kwan | 1999: Maria Butyrskaya | 2000-2001: Michelle Kwan | 2002: Irina Slutskaya | 2003: Michelle Kwan | 2004: Shizuka Arakawa | 2005: Irina Slutskaya | 2006: Kimmie Meissner | 2007: Miki Ando

European champions in figure skating – Ladies' singles

1930: Fritzi Burger | 1931-1936: Sonja Henie | 1937-1939: Cecilia Colledge | 1947-1948: Barbara Ann Scott | 1949: Eva Pawlik | 1950: Alena Vrzáňová | 1951: Jeannette Altwegg | 1952: Jeannette Altwegg | 1953: Valda Osborn | 1954: Gundi Busch | 1955: Hanna Eigel | 1956: Ingrid Wendl | 1957: Hanna Eigel | 1958: Ingrid Wendl | 1959: Hanna Walter | 1960-1964: Sjoukje Dijkstra | 1965-1966: Regine Heitzer | 1967: Gabriele Seyfert | 1968: Hana Mašková | 1969-1970: Gabriele Seyfert | 1971-1972: Beatrix Schuba | 1973-1975: Christine Errath | 1976: Dianne de Leeuw | 1977-1980: Anett Pötzsch | 1981: Denise Biellmann | 1982: Claudia Kristofics-Binder | 1983-1988: Katarina Witt | 1989: Claudia Leistner | 1990: Evelyn Großmann | 1991-1995: Surya Bonaly | 1996-1997: Irina Slutskaya | 1998-1999: Maria Butyrskaya | 2000-2001: Irina Slutskaya | 2002: Maria Butyrskaya | 2003: Irina Slutskaya | 2004: Júlia Sebestyén | 2005-2006: Irina Slutskaya | 2007: Carolina Kostner

Preceded by Gerrit Schulte	Dutch Sportswoman of the Year 1959 to 1964	Succeeded by Ada Kok

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