Fanny Blankers-Koen was the first woman to win how many gold medals in a single Olympic Games in 1948?
Fanny Blankers-Koen She had gone out to shop for a raincoat, and arrived just in time for the race. As the last runner, she took over the baton in third place, some five meters behind the Australian and Canadian runners. In spite of a careful and slow exchange, she caught up with the leaders, crossing the line a tenth of a second before the Australian woman. Fanny Blankers-Koen won four of the nine women's events at the 1948 Olympics, competing in eleven heats and finals in eight days. She was the first woman to win four Olympic gold medals, and achieved the
Fanny Blankers-Koen was the third highest sportsperson (after footballers Johan Cruyff and Marco van Basten) and the seventh highest woman in the poll. Two public statues of her have been erected in the Netherlands: the first was made by Han Rehm and placed in Rotterdam in 1954 and the second, made by Antoinette Ruiter, was placed on 9 May 2007 in Hengelo. Also in 2007, a plaque was placed in the sportspark at Olympiaplein in Amsterdam declaring ""Hier trainde Fanny Blankers-Koen"" ("Fanny Blankers-Koen trained here"). Several locations have been named in her honour, including a fire station in Amsterdam ("Fanny Blankers-Koenkazerne"), a