Fanny Blankers-Koen on her way to winning Gold in the 80 m. hurdles race at...

Francina 'Fanny' Elsje Blankers Koen (1918-2004) Dutch athlete; known as the 'Wonder Woman' of the XIV Olympiad and also as 'the Flying Housewife'; most successful competitor in the 1948 Olympic Games; other Gold medals were for 200m., 100m. and 4 x 100m Relay; first Dutch athlete to win an Olympic title in althletics; also seen in the photo are British athletes, Maureen Gardner (second right) and Shirley Strickland (second left); the finish was a photo-finish verdict with both Blankers-Koen and Gardner achieving times of 11.2 secs., a new world record;