Els van Noorduyn
{{Short description|Dutch shot putter}}
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{{Family name hatnote|van Noorduyn|Noorduyn|lang=Dutch}}
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{{Infobox sportsperson
| name = Els van Noorduyn
| image = Els van Noorduyn 1968b.jpg
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| caption = Els van Noorduyn in 1968
| nationality = Dutch
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1946|5|25}}
| birth_place = Amsterdam, Netherlands
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| height = 1.80 m
| weight = 82 kg
| sport = Athletics
| event = Shot put
| club = Sagitta, Amsterdam
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Elsemia Marianne Helene "Els" van Noorduyn (born 25 May 1946) is a retired Dutch shot putter who competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics.[https://web.archive.org/web/20200418112635/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/va/els-van-noorduyn-1.html Els van Noorduyn]. sports-reference.com
Biography
Van Noorduyn finished second behind Brenda Bedford in the shot put event at the British 1967 WAAA Championships{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0004941/19670702/480/0023 |title=Board may forgive Anne |work=Sunday Express |date=2 July 1967 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=1 March 2025 }}{{cite web|url=https://www.nuts.org.uk/Champs/AAA/index.htm |title=AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists |website=National Union of Track Statisticians |access-date=1 March 2025}} and finished second behind Margitta Gummel at the 1968 WAAA Championships.{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000566/19680721/100/0030 |title=World-Beater Vera |work=Sunday Post |date=21 July 1968 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=2 March 2025 }}{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/bc/waaa.htm |title=AAA Championships (women) |website=GBR Athletics |access-date=1 March 2025 }}
At the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City, she represented the Netherlands and finished in eighth place in the shot out event, with a throw of 16.23 m.
She runs her sports-related company Els van Noorduyn B.V.{{Cite web|url=http://www.elsnoorduyn.nl/nl/|title = eLS van Noorduyn}}
References
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External links
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- {{Olympics.com profile|elsemia-marianne-h-van-noorduyn|Elsemia Marianne H. VAN NOORDUYN}}
- [https://www.linkedin.com/in/els-van-noorduijn/ Els Van Noorduijn] Van Noorduyn's LinkedIn profile
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Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1968 Summer Olympics
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