Elfje Willemsen, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Elfje Willemsen

Belgian bobsledder

Date of Birth: 11-Jan-1985

Place of Birth: Turnhout, Flemish Region, Belgium

Profession: athletics competitor, bobsledder

Nationality: Belgium

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Elfje Willemsen (born 11 January 1985 in Turnhout) is a Belgian bobsledder who has competed since 2007.
Her best finish until 2009 in the Bobsleigh World Cup was 20th in the two-woman event at Park City, Utah, in November 2009.
Since then she has progressed a lot, with her best result until the beginning of 2014 her 6th place in the World Cup race in Winterberg on 5 January 2014.
With this result Belgium reached the 4th place of the competing countries after Germany, US and Canada. Willemsen finished 18th in the two-woman event at the FIBT World Championships 2009 in Lake Placid, New York. Before her career as bobsledder, she competed as a javelin thrower. She qualified with the national bobsleigh team for the 2010 Winter Olympics.
Together with Eva Willemarck she reached 14th place in the Two-woman bob competition. In 2014, she participated at the 2014 Winter Olympics, where she and Hanna Mariën ended sixth in the two woman bob.