Elfje Willemsen
 Elfje Willemsen | ||||||||
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| Born | 11 January 1985 (age 36) Turnhout, Belgium | |||||||
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| Country |  Belgium | |||||||
| Sport | Bobsleigh | |||||||
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Elfje Willemsen (born 11 January 1985 in Turnhout) is a Belgian bobsledder who has competed since 2007.
Bobsledding career[]
Willemsen finished 18th in the two-woman event at the FIBT World Championships 2009 in Lake Placid, New York.
She qualified with the national bobsleigh team for the 2010 Winter Olympics. Together with Eva Willemarck she reached 14th place in the Two-woman bob competition.
In 2014, she participated at the 2014 Winter Olympics, where she and Hanna Mariën ended sixth in the two woman bob.[1]
Other athletics[]
Before her career as bobsledder, Willemsen competed as a javelin thrower.
References[]
- ^ "Bobsleigh: Athletes – Sochi". sochi2014.com. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
External links[]
- Elfje Willemsen at the International Bobsleigh & Skeleton Federation
- Elfje Willemsen at World Athletics
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- 1985 births
- Living people
- Belgian female javelin throwers
- Belgian female bobsledders
- Bobsledders at the 2010 Winter Olympics
- Bobsledders at the 2014 Winter Olympics
- Bobsledders at the 2018 Winter Olympics
- Olympic bobsledders of Belgium
- People from Turnhout
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