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xenia stad-de jong

xenia stad-de jong -lrb- 4 march 1922 -- 3 april 2012 -rrb- was a dutch track and field athlete who competed in sprinting events .
born in semarang in the former dutch east indies -lrb- indonesia -rrb- , her greatest success was winning the gold medal as the first runner in the 4 x 100 metres relay at the 1948 summer olympics , together with netty witziers-timmer , gerda van der kade-koudijs and fanny blankers-koen .
she also took part in the individual 100 metres event , where she was eliminated in the semi-finals .
in 1950 , she won another medal with the dutch relay team when they finished second at the 1950 european championships .
she ran in the individual 100 m at the championships as well .
stad-de jong died in the dutch city of zoetermeer in 2012 at the age of ninety .
