Ciska Jansen

Ciska Jansen

Ciska Janssen in 1974
Personal information
Born (1944-09-23) 23 September 1944
Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight 72 kg (159 lb)
Sport
Sport Pentathlon, long jump, high jump
Club Sagitta, Amsterdam

Franciska Johanna "Ciska" Jansen (born 23 September 1944) is a retired Dutch track and field athlete. She competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in the long jump and finished in 18th place.[1]

After she reached age 40, her 6.21m jump exploded the world record for her age group, besting the previous record by Australian Olympian Helen Searle by 52 cm.[2] For point of comparison, Bob Beamon's record improvement was 55 cm. Her record would stand for almost 15 years.

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