Mia Gommers

Mia Gommers

Personal information
Born	September 26, 1939
Medal record Women's Athletics Competitor for  Netherlands Olympic Games Bronze 1968 Mexico City 800 metres European Championships Silver 1969 Athens 1.500 metres

Maria ("Mia") Francisca Philomena Hoogakker-Gommers (born September 26, 1939 in Stein, Limburg) is a former 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 Rosemary Smith, who set the record in June of that year, by almost two seconds.^[1]

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

On June 14, 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 September 20, 1969, she ran below Paola Pigni's new 1500 m record, but was beaten to the finish by Jaroslava Jehlickova.

References

1. ^ World record progression at athletix.org

• (Dutch) Dutch Olympic Committee

Records
Preceded by Anne Rosemary Smith	Women's 1500m World Record Holder 1967-10-24 – 1969-07-02	Succeeded by Paola Pigni
Awards
Preceded by Ada Kok	Dutch Sportswoman of the Year 1969	Succeeded by Atje Keulen-Deelstra

Persondata
Name	Gommers, Mia
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Date of birth	September 26, 1939
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