Ria Simmelink
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1900s |
| Residence | in or around Enschede, Twente, Netherlands |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Track and field athletics |
| Club | Hercules-Hebe, Enschede |
Ria Simmelink (born 1900s) was a Dutch athletics competitor who was specialized in the javelin throw but also competed in other events. She was a member of athletics club Hercules-Hebe. Simmelink was the best Dutch female javelin thrower in the 1920s, being multiple times national record holder and national champion.
Career[change | change source]
Simmelink won het first javelin throw competition on 1 June 1924. The athletics association organized a men’s athletics competitions including one women’s event, the javelin throw.[1] At the end of the month she became for the first time champion of Twente. [2] She was selected by the athletics association of Twente to compete at the international 1924 Westfalen–Twente athletics competition in Münster.[3] She finished in this competition third behind Erna Pröschold and another German.[4]
In 1925 the women’s national record in javelin throw was introduced. Simmelink set the first javelin throw national record, after winning the javelin throw event at the national competition in Hengelo with a distance of 28.24 metres on 26 July 1925.[5][6] In 1926, she became again javelin throw champion of Twente. She also won the bronze medal in the 100 metres, losing from Bets ter Horst.[7][8] She improved her own national record on 24 July 1927 at the championships of Twente.[9][10] A year later on 2 September 1928, she became Dutch national champion, beating her own national record with a distance 29.31 metres.[11] She lost her record to Leny Rombout on 15 July 1929.[12]
References[change | change source]
- ↑ "Athletiek. De Twentsche Athletiekbond wedstrijden". Provinciale Overijsselsche en Zwolsche courant (in Dutch). 2 June 1924. Retrieved 20 June 2022 – via Delpher.
- ↑ "De Twentsche athletiekkampioenschappen". Arnhemsche courant (in Dutch). 30 June 1924. Retrieved 20 June 2022 – via Delpher.
- ↑ "Athletiek. Westfalen - Twente". Twentsch dagblad Tubantia en Enschedesche courant (in Dutch). 21 August 1924. Retrieved 20 June 2022 – via Delpher.
- ↑ "Westfalen - Twente". Het Vaderland (in Dutch). 25 August 1924. Retrieved 20 June 2022 – via Delpher.
- ↑ "Internationale Athletiekwedstrijd ter gelegenheid van het 25-jarig bestaan van de Hengelosche Voetbalvereen. Tubantia". Twentsche courant (in Dutch). 28 July 1925. Retrieved 20 June 2022 – via Delpher.
- ↑ "Record speerwerpen dames". Twentsch dagblad Tubantia en Enschedesche courant (in Dutch). 8 October 1925. Retrieved 20 June 2022 – via Delpher.
- ↑ "Athletiekwedstrijden om de kampioenschappen van de Twentschen Athletiek-Bond". Twentsch dagblad Tubantia en Enschedesche courant (in Dutch). 19 July 1926. Retrieved 20 June 2022 – via Delpher.
- ↑ "Recordhoudster speerwerpen". Rotterdamsch nieuwsblad (in Dutch). 7 August 1926. Retrieved 20 June 2022 – via Delpher.
- ↑ "De T.A.B.-kampioenschappen". Twentsch dagblad Tubantia en Enschedesche courant (in Dutch). 25 July 1927. Retrieved 20 June 2022 – via Delpher.
- ↑ "Record speerwerpen van mej. Simmelink gehomologeerd". De Telegraaf (in Dutch). 22 September 1927. Retrieved 20 June 2022 – via Delpher.
- ↑ "Nieuwe records". De Indische courant (in Dutch). 4 September 1928. Retrieved 20 June 2022 – via Delpher.
- ↑ "Koninklijke Nederlandse Atletiek Unie. Recordboek" (PDF). Koninklijke Nederlandse Atletiek Unie (Royal Dutch athletics federation) (in Dutch). p. 78. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 April 2023. Retrieved 29 June 2022.