Francina Elsje "Fanny" Blankers-Koen was a Dutch track and field athlete, best known for winning four gold medals at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London. She competed there as a 30-year-old mother of two, earning her the nickname "the Flying Housewife", and was the most successful athlete at the event. Fanny Blankers-Koen (Netherlands) set the women's high jump world record of 1.71 m in Amsterdam on May 30, 1943. It stood 8.1 years, until Sheila Lerwill's 1.72 m on July 7, 1951. Wiki link