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| Born | 17 December 1995 Purmerend, Netherlands[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Para-athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Disability | Amputated limbs after bacterial blood infection | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Coached by | Guido Bonsen | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Fleur Jong (Dutch: [fløːr ˈjɔŋ]; born 17 December 1995)[2] is a Dutch Paralympic athlete. She won the gold medal in the women's long jump T64 event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan and the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris, France.[3] As of September 2023[update], her world record in this event is 6.74 metres.[4]
Jong is a gold medalist in the women's 100 metres T64 and women's long jump T64 events at the World Para Athletics Championships and the World Para Athletics European Championships. She won the gold medal in both her events at the 2023 World Para Athletics Championships held in Paris, France and in both events at the 2021 World Para Athletics European Championships held in Bydgoszcz, Poland.
- ^ Admiraal, Natasja (31 May 2019). "Paralympisch Sporter Fleur Jong – 'Dankzij de atletiek zie ik in alles een uitdaging'". Zest Magazine (in Dutch). Retrieved 19 June 2021.
- ^ "Women's long jump T64 Final" (PDF). 2021 World Para Athletics European Championships. Retrieved 4 June 2021.
- ^ Houston, Michael (28 August 2021). "British sprinters grab gold on day two of athletics at Tokyo 2020 Paralympics". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
- ^ "Fleur Jong verpulvert eigen wereldrecord met 26 centimeter, ook Femke Bol schittert in Brussel". AD (in Dutch). 8 September 2023. Retrieved 8 September 2023.