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Born Xenia Stad in Semarang (former Dutch East Indies), her greatest success was when she won the gold medal as the first runner in the 4 x 100 m relay at the 1948 Summer Olympics, together with Netty Witziers-Timmer, Gerda van der Kade-Koudijs and Fanny Blankers-Koen. She also took part in the individual 100 m, but was eliminated in the semi-finals. In 1950, she won another medal with the Dutch relay team when they finished second at the 1950 European Championships.
| Olympic medalists in athletics (women) | Olympic Champions in Women's 4x100 m relay |
| 1928 Canada Fanny Rosenfeld, Ethel Smith , Florence Bell & Myrtle Cook 1932 United States Mary Carew , Evelyn Furtsch , Annette Rogers & Wilhelmina Von Bremen 1936 United States Harriet Bland , Annette Rogers , Betty Robinson & Helen Stephens 1948 Netherlands Xenia Stad-de Jong, Netty Witziers-Timmer, Gerda van der Kade-Koudijs & Fanny Blankers-Koen 1952 United States Mae Faggs , Barbara Jones , Janet Moreau & Catherine Hardy 1956 Australia Shirley Strickland, Norma Croker , Fleur Mellor & Betty Cuthbert 1960 United States Martha Hudson , Lucinda Williams , Barbara Jones & Wilma Rudolph 1964 Poland Teresa Wieczorek , Irena Kirszenstein, Halina Richter & Ewa Klobukowska 1968 United States Barbara Ferrell , Margaret Bailes , Mildrette Netter & Wyomia Tyus 1972 West Germany Christiane Krause , Ingrid Mickler , Annegret Richter & Heidemarie Rosendahl 1976 East Germany Marlies Oelsner , Renate Stecher, Carla Bodendorf & Bärbel Eckert 1980 East Germany Romy Müller , Bärbel Wöckel , Ingrid Auerswald & Marlies Göhr 1984 United States Alice Brown , Jeanette Bolden , Chandra Cheeseborough & Evelyn Ashford 1988 United States Alice Brown , Sheila Echols , Florence Griffith Joyner & Evelyn Ashford 1992 United States Evelyn Ashford, Esther Jones , Carlette Guidry & Gwen Torrence 1996 United States Gail Devers, Inger Miller, Chryste Gaines & Gwen Torrence 2000 Bahamas Sevatheda Fynes, Chandra Sturrup, Pauline Davis & Debbie Ferguson 2004 Jamaica Tayna Lawrence, Sherone Simpson, Aleen Bailey & Veronica Campbell |
Stad-de Jong, Xenia