Mieke Sterk

{{short description|Dutch politician}}

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| birth_place = Haarlem, Netherlands

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| sport = Sprint, pentathlon, long jump

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Mieke Sterk ({{IPA|nl|ˈmikə ˈstɛr(ə)k|lang}}; born 5 January 1946) is a retired track and field athlete and politician from the Netherlands. She was part of the Dutch 4×100 m relay team that finished in fourth place at the 1968 Summer Olympics. Individually, she failed to reach the final in the 200 m event. Two years later she won a bronze medal in the pentathlon at the 1970 Universiade and finished fifth in the 60 m hurdles at the European Indoor Championships. Her personal bests were 11.6 seconds in the 100 m (1968) and 23.5 seconds in the 200 m (1973). After retiring from athletics she became involved in politics and between 1994 and 1998 was a member of the Tweede Kamer of the Dutch House of Representatives.

References

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[https://web.archive.org/web/20200418115657/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/st/mieke-sterk-1.html Mieke Sterk]. sports-reference.com

[http://www.sportuitslagen.org/atletiek-sterk-mieke-identiteit-uitslagen-s5-c2-b4-o40-w37148.html Mieke STERK]. sportuitslagen.org

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