S joukje Dijkstra of the Netherlands, who won the 1964 Olympic women's singles figure skating title and three world championships, has died at age 82, according to the Dutch National Olympic Committee.

Sjoukje Dijkstra, the figure skater who in 1964 became the first Dutch athlete to win a gold medal at the Winter Olympics, has died at the age of 82. Dijkstra's daughter, Katja Kossmayer Dijkstra, said in a Facebook post that her mother “passed away peacefully at home” on Thursday.