Mia Gommers

Maria ("Mia") Francisca Philomena Hoogakker-Gommers (born 26 September 1939) is a retired Dutch athlete, who competed mainly in the 800 metres. She was the second female world record-holder over 1500 metres in October 1967 at Sittard (The Netherlands), breaking the record of Anne Smith, who set the record in June of that year, by almost two seconds.[1]

Mia Gommers
Mia Gommers in 1969
Personal information
Born (1939-09-26) 26 September 1939
Stein, Limburg, the Netherlands
Height1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight53 kg (117 lb)
Sport
SportAthletics
ClubUnitas, Sittard
Medal record
Representing  Netherlands
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 1968 Mexico City800 m
European Championships
Silver medal – second place 1969 Athens1500 m

Gommers competed for The Netherlands in the 1968 Olympics held in Mexico City, Mexico in the 800 metres, where she won the bronze medal.[2]

On 14 June 1969 she also broke Smith's world record on the mile in an event in Leicester. At the 1969 European Championships in Athletics in Athens on 20 September 1969, she ran below Paola Pigni's new 1500 m record, but was beaten to the finish by Jaroslava Jehlickova. In 1969 she was chosen the Dutch female sportsperson of the year.

References
  1. World record progression at athletix.org
  2. Mia Gommers. sports-reference.com


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