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Carolina Anna "Lien" Gisolf (13 July 1910 – 30 May 1993) was a Dutch high jumper. She won a silver medal at the 1928 Summer Olympics and finished fourth in 1932.
 Lien Gisolf in 1933 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Carolina Anna Gisolf | |||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Dutch | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | 13 July 1910 Fort de Kock, former Dutch East Indies | |||||||||||||||||
| Died | 30 May 1993 (aged 82) Amstelveen, the Netherlands | |||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | |||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 69 kg (152 lb) | |||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||
| Event | High jump | |||||||||||||||||
| Club | Hygiea, Den Haag | |||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best | 1.623 m (1932)[1] | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Her talent was discovered during school competition in 1926, when it turned out that she jumped 30 centimetres higher than her classmates. On 3 July 1928 she set an unofficial Dutch record by jumping 1.465 metres, which was followed by a new world record of 1.582 metres. The same year she became the first Dutch female athlete to win an Olympic medal. She improved her world record twice: to 1.608 metres in 1929 and 1.623 metres in 1932.[2] During the 1930 Women's World Games Gisolf became second. When she had to jump a barrage with her only opponent left, German Inge Braumüller, she tore a muscle, ruining her chances for the first place.[1]
After finishing fourth at the 1932 Summer Olympics Gisolf lost interest in athletics and turned to field hockey.
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