Ciska Jansen

Ciska Jansen
Ciska Janssen in 1974
Personal information
Born (1944-09-23) 23 September 1944 (age 80)
Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight72 kg (159 lb)
Sport
SportPentathlon, long jump, high jump
ClubSagitta, Amsterdam

Franciska Johanna "Ciska" Jansen (born 23 September 1944) is a retired Dutch track and field athlete. She competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in the long jump and finished in 18th place.[1]

After she reached age 40, her 6.21m jump exploded the world record for her age group, besting the previous record by Australian Olympian Helen Searle by 52 cm.[2] For point of comparison, Bob Beamon's record improvement was 55 cm. Her record would stand for almost 15 years.

References

  1. ^ Ciska Jansen. sports-reference.com
  2. ^ "Long Jump ALL-TIME Rankings". Archived from the original on 26 October 2018. Retrieved 17 July 2014.
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Awards
Preceded by KNAU Cup
1974 		Succeeded by


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