Daughter Katja announced yesterday on Facebook that her mother had passed away: “Dear everyone, it was with great pain and sadness that I had to say goodbye to my dear mother Sjoukje Kossmayer Dijkstra. My mother and I were beautiful together until the end.”
Mayor Tjapko Poppens of Amstelveen is supporting her family on X. Dijkstra moved to Amstelveen as a baby, where her father started working as a general practitioner. She was also found there in 1964 Olympic ceremony takes place. She also received a Golden Medal of Honor that year.
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