What is Dora Wevers?
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2022}} {{Infobox sportsperson |name = Dora Wevers |fullname = |image = |image_size = |caption = |birth_date = 1900s |birth_place = |death_date = |death_place = |residence = [[Twente]], Netherlands |height = |weight = |sport = [[Track and field athletics]] |club = AV Twenthe |alma_mater = |show-medals = yes |medaltemplates = }} '''Dora Assink-Wevers''' (born 1900s) was a Dutch track and field athlete specialized in the discus throw. She was a member of AV Twenthe and the national team.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=MMSAEN01:000051034:mpeg21:a0046 |title=Zondag|work=[[Twentsch dagblad Tubantia]] |via=[[Delpher]]|date=31 July 1933|access-date=20 June 2022|language=nl}}</ref> She was the national record holder and national champion. She represented the Netherlands at international competitions. ==Career== ===Early years and training=== In the 1920s Wevers became a member of Hercules-Hebe, initially doing gymnastics but also started competing in athletics. She once one won the club championships in both gymnastics and athletics. Because she fell in love with discus throwing she specialized in it. However, in her era there were no athletic trainers with expertise in discus throw. She got advice by multiple people. She even held a period the discus at her back while throwing because someone told her that would be the best technique. Before a main competition she went with her father to a farmer's pasture to throw duscus. Her father kept getting the discus. Besides of that she trained with boys of the “Enschedese Boy” at [[Deppenbroek]].<ref name=record /> ===Career highlights=== On 1 September 1929 she broke the national record in discus throw held by [[Lena Michaelis]] with a distance of 31.71 metres.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ddd:010279090:mpeg21:a0259 |title=Nederlandsch record discuswerpen verbeterd|work=[[De Indische courant]] |via=[[D