Joan Haanappel

Together with Sjoukje Dijkstra, Joan Haanappel dominated Dutch women’s figure skating in the 1950s. She won four Dutch titles (1955-1958), but was eventually eclipsed by the one year younger Dijkstra. Her top international performances were three bronze medals at the European Championships (1958-1960), and a fifth place at the 1960 Olympics and World Championships. She quite figure skating in 1960, and joined the Vienna Ice Revue. She later became a figure skating commentator for Dutch television and, later, Eurosport and a board member of the Dutch Skating Federation.