Mia Gommers

Mia Gommers
Mia Gommers in 1969
Personal information
Born (1939-09-26) 26 September 1939 (age 85)
Stein, Limburg, the Netherlands
Height1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight53 kg (117 lb)
Sport
SportAthletics
ClubUnitas, Sittard
Medal record
Representing  Netherlands
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 1968 Mexico City 800 m
European Championships
Silver medal – second place 1969 Athens 1500 m

Maria ("Mia") Francisca Philomena Hoogakker-Gommers (born 26 September 1939) is a retired Dutch athlete, who competed mainly in the 800 metres. She was the second female world record-holder over 1500 metres in October 1967 at Sittard (The Netherlands), breaking the record of Anne Smith, who set the record in June of that year, by almost two seconds.[1]

Gommers competed for The Netherlands in the 1968 Olympics held in Mexico City, Mexico in the 800 metres, where she won the bronze medal.[2]

On 14 June 1969 she also broke Smith's world record on the mile in an event in Leicester. At the 1969 European Championships in Athletics in Athens on 20 September 1969, she ran below Paola Pigni's new 1500 m record, but was beaten to the finish by Jaroslava Jehlickova. In 1969 she was chosen the Dutch female sportsperson of the year.[3]

References

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  1. ^ World record progression at athletix.org
  2. ^ Mia Gommers. sports-reference.com
  3. ^ Tuenter, Geertje (2024-06-25). "Maria Gommers won in 1968 brons op de eerste olympische 800 meter" [Maria Gommers won the bronze medal in 1968 at the first Olympic 800 metres]. NRC Handelsblad (in Dutch). Retrieved 2024-07-18. Maria Gommers werd in 1969 sportvrouw van het jaar in Nederland. [Maria Gommers was elected Dutch sports woman of the year in 1969.]
Records
Preceded by Women's 1500 m world record holder
24 October 1967 – 2 July 1969
Succeeded by
Women's mile world record holder
14 June 1969 – 20 August 1971
Succeeded by
Awards
Preceded by KNAU Cup
1967, 1968
Succeeded by
Preceded by Dutch Sportswoman of the Year
1969
Succeeded by