Joke van Rijswijk

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Joke van Rijswijk

Sport
Country	Netherlands
Sport	Athletics
Medal record Paralympic Games 1980 Arnhem 1984 Stoke Mandeville 1984 Stoke Mandeville 1984 Stoke Mandeville 100 metres B1 1988 Seoul

Joke van Rijswijk (born 1954)^[1] is a Dutch Paralympic athlete. She represented the Netherlands in athletics at the 1980 Summer Paralympics, at the 1984 Summer Paralympics and at the 1988 Summer Paralympics.^[2] In total, she won three gold medals and two bronze medals at the Summer Paralympics.

At the 1980 Summer Paralympics, she won the gold medal in the event. At the 1984 Summer Paralympics, she won the gold medal in the and bronze medals in the and women's 100 metres B1 events. At the 1988 Summer Paralympics in Seoul, South Korea, she won the gold medal in the event.

The Joke van Rijswijk Award is named after her. The award is given to people or organisations that have made contributions to sports for people with disabilities.

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• Joke van Rijswijk at the International Paralympic Committee

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