Sjoukje Rosalinde Dijkstra is a Dutch former competitive figure skater.
12 Facts About Sjoukje Dijkstra
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Sjoukje Dijkstra is the 1964 Olympic champion in ladies' singles, the 1960 Olympic silver medalist, a three-time World champion, five-time European champion, and the six-time Dutch national champion.
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Sjoukje Rosalinde Dijkstra was born on 28 January 1942 in Akkrum, Netherlands.
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Sjoukje Dijkstra is the daughter of Lou Dijkstra, a speed skater who competed in the 1936 Winter Olympics.
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Sjoukje Dijkstra finished 12th at the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy.
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Sjoukje Dijkstra stood on ISU Championship podiums for the first time, taking silver at the 1959 Europeans and bronze at the 1959 Worlds.
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Sjoukje Dijkstra won silver behind Carol Heiss at the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley, California and at the 1960 World Championships in Vancouver.
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Sjoukje Dijkstra became the dominant ladies' single skater after Heiss retired from competition.
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Sjoukje Dijkstra won all the World and European Championships held between 1961 and 1964.
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Sjoukje Dijkstra is the last person to have won Olympic gold in ladies' figure skating after winning a silver or bronze medal at a prior Olympics.
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Sjoukje Dijkstra became the advisor to the figure skating section of the Dutch Skating Federation in 1985.
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Sjoukje Dijkstra appeared as herself on the September 13,1965 episode of To Tell the Truth, receiving three of the four possible votes.