Truus Hennipman

✶June 15, 1943

†August 17, 2024

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About their life

Geertruida Leonie Hennipman-Cruiming was a Dutch sprinter. She was part of the Dutch 4×100 m relay team that finished in fourth place at the 1968 Summer Olympics, equaling the world record in the heats. Individually, she failed to reach the finals in the 100 m and 200 m events. Her personal bests are 11.59 seconds in the 100 m and 23.43 seconds in the 200 m, both achieved in 1968.

Dutch sprinter (1943–2024)

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Biography from the article Truus Hennipman on the English Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.