Joke van Rijswijk

Joke van Rijswijk (born 1954)[1] is a Dutch Paralympic athlete. She represented the Netherlands in athletics at the 1980 Summer Paralympics, at the 1984 Summer Paralympics and at the 1988 Summer Paralympics.[2] In total, she won three gold medals and two bronze medals at the Summer Paralympics.

In this Dutch name, the surname is van Rijswijk, not Rijswijk.
Joke van Rijswijk
Sport
CountryNetherlands
SportAthletics
Medal record
Paralympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1980 Arnhem High jump A
Gold medal – first place 1984 Stoke Mandeville Long jump B1
Bronze medal – third place 1984 Stoke Mandeville High jump B1
Bronze medal – third place 1984 Stoke Mandeville 100 metres B1
Gold medal – first place 1988 Seoul Long jump B1

At the 1980 Summer Paralympics, she won the gold medal in the women's high jump A event. At the 1984 Summer Paralympics, she won the gold medal in the women's long jump B1 and bronze medals in the women's high jump B1 and women's 100 metres B1 events. At the 1988 Summer Paralympics in Seoul, South Korea, she won the gold medal in the women's long jump B1 event.

The Joke van Rijswijk Award is named after her. The award is given to people or organisations that have made contributions to sports for people with disabilities.

References
  1. "Ambassadeur Joke van Rijswijk". Gelderland sport onbeperkt (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 4 January 2021. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
  2. "Joke van Rijswijk". paralympic.org.


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