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8550979
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Pins and buttons
Title
Hardlopen
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13 x 19 mm
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Wim Slijkhuis (right), runner in the 1940s/1960s, won medals at the Olympic Games and, together with Fanny Blankers-Koen, was the calling card for the Netherlands at athletics events. The left athlete is Hans Harting. At that time people ran on cinder tracks, if Wim had run on tartan tracks his times would have been even faster. Wim Slijkhuis passed away in 2010, it is great that Wim is remembered as a top athlete through this pin.
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Wim Slijkhuis (rechts) hardloper in de jaren 1940/1960, behaalde medailles op de Olympische spelen was samen met Fanny Blankers-Koen het visite kaartje voor Nederland op atletiek evenementen. De linker atleet is Hans Harting . In die tijd werd er op sintelbanen gelopen, als Wim op tartanbanen had gelopen waren zijn tijden nog sneller geweest. Wim Slijkhuis is in 2010 overleden, mooi dat Wim via dit speldje herinnerd blijft als top atleet.