Stella Jongmans Explained

Stella Jongmans (born 17 May 1971, in Voorburg) is a retired Dutch athlete who specialised in the 800 metres. She won the gold at the 1995 Summer Universiade and silver at the 1996 European Indoor Championships. In addition, she represented The Netherlands at two Olympic Games, in 1992 and 1996.

Competition record

Representing the
1989	European Junior Championships	Varaždin, Yugoslavia	3rd	800 m	2:04.76
1990	World Junior Championships	Plovdiv, Bulgaria	13th (sf)	800 m	2:09.89
1992	European Indoor Championships	Genoa, Italy	5th	800 m	2:03.50
	Olympic Games	Barcelona, Spain	23rd (h)	800 m	2:02.26
1993	World Indoor Championships	Toronto, Canada	–	800 m	DQ
1994	European Indoor Championships	Paris, France	4th	800 m	2:01.82
	European Championships	Helsinki, Finland	10th (sf)	800 m	2:01.55
1995	World Indoor Championships	Barcelona, Spain	5th	800 m	2:01.14
	World Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	15th (sf)	800 m	2:05.11
	Universiade	Fukuoka, Japan	bgcolor=gold	1st	800 m	2:02.13
1996	European Indoor Championships	Stockholm, Sweden	bgcolor=silver	2nd	800 m	2:01.88
	Olympic Games	Atlanta, United States	16th (h)	800 m	2:00.26^[1]
1997	World Championships	Athens, Greece	8th	800 m	2:05.50
1998	European Indoor Championships	Valencia, Spain	4th	800 m	2:03.82
2000	European Indoor Championships	Ghent, Belgium	6th	800 m	2:03.11

Personal bests

Outdoor

• 400 metres – 53.24 (Hague 1996)
• 800 metres – 1:58.61 (Hengelo 1992)
• 1000 metres – 2:38.10 (Stockholm 1995)
• 1500 metres – 4:15.69 (Assen 1994)
• One mile – 4:38.44 (Hilversum 1994)
• 3000 metres – 9:29.99 (Hague 1992)

Indoor

• 400 metres – 55.18 (Ghent 2000)
• 800 metres – 2:00.6 (Erfurt 2000)
• 1000 metres – 2:39.70 (Liévin 1996)
• 1500 metres – 4:16.65 (Hague 1993)

References

Notes and References

1. Did not finish in the semifinals.