Evelyn Farrell (athlete)
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{{Infobox sportsperson
| name = Evelyn Farrell
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1960|04|10|df=y}}
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| height = 1.65 m
| weight = 61 kg
| sport = Athletics
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Evelyn Farrell (born 10 April 1960) is a sprinter who competed for the Netherlands Antilles at the 1984 Summer Olympics and for Aruba at the 1988 Summer Olympics.{{cite web|title=Evelyn Farrell, Bio|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/fa/evelyn-farrell-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418065420/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/fa/evelyn-farrell-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 April 2020|website=Olympics at Sports-Reference.com|accessdate=15 January 2017}} She was the first woman to represent Aruba at the Olympics.{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/lists/99/manual |title=First female competitors at the Olympics by country |work=Olympedia |accessdate=10 June 2020}}
Career
Farrell was 24 years old{{cite web|title=You Likely Know These Famous Arubans.|url=https://www.in-aruba.com/2-ongecategoriseerd?start=170|website=in-aruba.com|accessdate=15 January 2017|archive-date=21 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210521073135/https://www.in-aruba.com/2-ongecategoriseerd?start=170|url-status=dead}} and the oldest in the 1984 Netherlands Antilles Olympic Team,{{cite web|title=Netherlands Antilles at the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Games|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/AHO/summer/1984/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417092144/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/AHO/summer/1984/|url-status=dead|archive-date=17 April 2020|website=Olympics at Sports-Reference.com|accessdate=15 January 2017}} when she competed in the 100 metres, she was drawn in heat four and ran a time off 11.94 seconds and finished sixth it wasn't quick enough to qualify but was only 0.27 seconds behind Cécile Ngambi who finished fifth and did qualify for the next round, the winner of her heat was Alice Brown who went on to win the silver medal in the final.{{cite web|title=Athletics at the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Games: Women's 100 metres Round One|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1984/ATH/womens-100-metres-round-one.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417051939/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1984/ATH/womens-100-metres-round-one.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=17 April 2020|website=Olympics at Sports-Reference.com|accessdate=15 January 2017}}
Four years later Farrell was representing Aruba at the 1988 Summer Olympics held in Seoul, South Korea, this time she competed in the 100 metres and 200 metres, in the 100 metres she ran a time of 12.48 seconds and finished eighth in her heat so didn't advance to the next round, the winner of her heat was Florence Griffith Joyner who went on to win the gold medal in the event.{{cite web|title=Athletics at the 1988 Seoul Summer Games: Women's 100 metres Round One|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1988/ATH/womens-100-metres-round-one.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417051009/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1988/ATH/womens-100-metres-round-one.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=17 April 2020|website=Olympics at Sports-Reference.com|accessdate=15 January 2017}} In the 200 metres she ran it in 25.74 seconds and again finished eighth in her heat so didn't qualify for the next round.{{cite web|title=Athletics at the 1988 Seoul Summer Games: Women's 200 metres Round One|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1988/ATH/womens-200-metres-round-one.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417051012/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1988/ATH/womens-200-metres-round-one.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=17 April 2020|website=Olympics at Sports-Reference.com|accessdate=15 January 2017}}
Farrell is now the President of the Aruba Athletic Federation.{{cite web|title=Member Federations|url=https://www.iaaf.org/about-iaaf/structure/member-federations/northcentral-americac#ARU|website=iaaf.org|accessdate=16 January 2017}}
References
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Category:Aruban female sprinters
Category:Olympic athletes for Aruba
Category:Olympic athletes for the Netherlands Antilles
Category:Dutch Antillean female sprinters
Category:Competitors at the 1982 Central American and Caribbean Games
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Olympics
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic female sprinters
Category:20th-century Dutch sportswomen
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