Ellen van Langen Poster

Ellen van Langen was a promising footballer who switched to athletics at nineteen and, three years later, won the Olympic 800 meters in Barcelona in 1992, passing the field in the home straight and grabbing her head in disbelief at the line. It made her the first Dutch woman to win Olympic athletics gold since Fanny Blankers-Koen in 1948, and injuries kept that night the peak of a short, bright career.

The artwork catches van Langen at the finish line, hands on her head in the orange Barcelona 1992 kit with bib 1289, against a pale sky blue panel. A five-swatch palette bar, the printed signature and the honor strip along the base keep the collection's editorial file-page grammar.

Sky blue and orange bring a vintage lift to a hallway, a home gym or a study. Pair it with the Bol and Hassan editions for three generations of Dutch women on the track.

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