Sylvia Barlag

Sylvia Barlag
Sylvia Barlag in 1980
Personal information
Born (1954-05-04) 4 May 1954
Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight60 kg (130 lb)
Sport
SportPentathlon, high jump
ClubADA, Amsterdam
Medal record
Representing  Netherlands
Summer Universiade
Silver medal – second place1979 Mexico CityPentathlon
Barlag in 1980

Sylvia Johanna Martha Barlag (born 4 May 1954) is a retired track and field athlete and physicist from the Netherlands. She competed in pentathlon at the 1980 Summer Olympics and finished in 10th place.[1] Between 1979 and 1981 she was the national champion in the high jump.

Biography

Barlag holds a PhD in physics from the University of Amsterdam (1984).

Between 1983 and 1989 she worked as a researcher at CERN, in the Obelix experiment for LEAR, as part of the collaborative charm hadroproduction experiment for Super Proton Synchrotron (SPS) as well as in DELPHI for LEP. From 1989 to 2006, she worked at the Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute.

Barlag got married in 1987, and has two children.

She works as a quality control manager in an international high-tech firm, and is a member of national (2002–present), European (2007–present) and international (2011–present) athletics federations.[2][3]

Olympic results

GamesAgeCitySportEventTeamNOCRankMedal
1980 Summer26MoscowAthleticsWomen's pentathlonNetherlandsNED10-
GamesAgeCitySportCountryPhaseUnitRankP(1977AT)P(1985AT)T(A)DP(1977T)P(1985T)H
1980 Summer26MoscowAthleticsNetherlandsFinal standings-104.3334.315-----
1980 Summer26MoscowAthleticsNetherlands100 metre hurdles-1684195014.20----
1980 Summer26MoscowAthleticsNetherlands100 metre hurdlesHeat one584195014.20----
1980 Summer26MoscowAthleticsNetherlandsShot put-16---11.82708649-
1980 Summer26MoscowAthleticsNetherlandsHigh jump-4T----1.0319781.80
1980 Summer26MoscowAthleticsNetherlandsLong jump-10---6.05917865-
1980 Summer26MoscowAthleticsNetherlands800 metres-108368732:16.4----
1980 Summer26MoscowAthleticsNetherlands800 metresHeat one28368732:16.4----

References