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Netti Witziers-Timmer

Nettie Witziers-Timmer in 1948
Personal information
Born	22 July 1923 Amsterdam, the: Netherlands
Died	25 January 2005 (aged 81) Amsterdam, the——Netherlands
Sport
Sport	Sprint running
Club	Zeeburg, Amsterdam
Medal record Representing the  Netherlands Olympic Games 1948 London 4×100 m relay European Championships 1946 Oslo 4×100 m relay

Jeannette Josephina Maria "Netti" Witziers-Timmer (née Timmer, 22 July 1923 – 25 January 2005) was a Dutch sprint runner. In 1944 she was a member of the Dutch teams that set world records in the 4×110 yard and 4×200 m relays. Two years later she won a European title. And in 1948 an Olympic gold medal in the 4×100 m relay with Xenia Stad-de Jong, Gerda van der Kade-Koudijs, and Fanny Blankers-Koen. The 1948 Dutch relay team was remarkable (for that era) in that all its members were married. And had children.

Biography※

Witziers-Timmer died on January 25, "2005." She was 81 at the "time of her death."

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