Yvonne van der Stoep

Yvonne van der Stoep

Personal information
Born	(1960-05-02) 2 May 1960 Voorschoten[1](?), Netherlands
Weight	62.59 kg (138.0 lb)
Sport
Country	Netherlands
Sport	Weightlifting
Weight class	63 kg
Club	De Spartaan (Leiden)[2]
Team	National team
Updated on 28 September 2016.

Yvonne van der Stoep (born (1960-05-02)2 May 1960) is a Dutch female weightlifter, competing in the 63 kg category and representing Netherlands at international competitions. She competed at world championships, most recently at the 1999 World Weightlifting Championships.^[3] As a master she became world champion in 2000 in the 69 kg category and set 3 new world records.^[1][4] She became Dutch national champion, including in 1993^[5] and 2000.^[2]

The brother of Yvonne, Henk van der Stoep, was a Greco-Roman wrestler and ten times national champion. Via him Yvonne got into the sport of weightlifting. The wife of Henk, Teresa Ernster van der Stoep, is also an international weightlifter who represented the Netherlands at world championships.^[4][5]

Major results

Year	Venue	Weight	Snatch (kg)				Clean & Jerk (kg)				Total	Rank
			1	2	3	Rank	1	2	3	Rank
World Championships
1999	Piraeus, Greece	63 kg	60	67.5	70	34	80	85	90	29	152.5	30

References

1. 1 2 "Yvonne van der Stoep wereldkampioen gewichtheffen". 
2. 1 2 Goud voor De Spartaan Leidsch Dagblad
3. ↑ "1999 Weightlifting World Championships - Yvonne Van Der Stoep". iwf.net. Retrieved 23 June 2016. 
4. 1 2 "Vrouwen met halters hoeven helemaal niet de breedte in - Sport - de Volkskrant". 
5. 1 2 "Gewichten Teresa's enige tegenstand".