What is Wilma van der Wal?
{{Orphan|date=February 2022}} '''Wilma van der Wal''' (1933-2023) is a [[Dutch people|Dutch]] [[Bicycle|road and track cyclist]] from [[Amsterdam]].<ref>{{Cite news|date=1958-02-08|title=Wilma van der Wal|work=Het Parool|url=https://www.delpher.nl/nl/kranten/view?coll=ddd&identifier=ABCDDD:010838126:mpeg21:a0235}}</ref> She was one of the first women's road bicycle racers of [[Netherlands|the Netherlands]]. She competed at the 1958 [[UCI Road World Championships]]. That year was the first World Championships were women competed. She competed in the women's road race event.<ref>{{Cite news|date=1958-01-09|title=Else Jacobs|work=Nieuwe Tilburgsche courant|url=https://www.delpher.nl/nl/kranten/view?coll=ddd&identifier=MMKB19:000275053:mpeg21:a00088}}</ref> She did not compete for the Royal Dutch Cycling Union (KNWU).<ref>{{Cite news|title=Ineke van IJken won in 1965 het eerste NK wielrennen voor vrouwen|work=sportgeschiedenis.nl|url=https://sportgeschiedenis.nl/wielrennen/ineke-van-ijken-won-in-1965-het-eerste-nk-wielrennen-voor-vrouwen/|access-date=2022-02-11|archive-date=2021-11-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211106135622/https://sportgeschiedenis.nl/wielrennen/ineke-van-ijken-won-in-1965-het-eerste-nk-wielrennen-voor-vrouwen/|url-status=dead}}</ref> She also competed at the 1958 UCI Track Cycling World Championships.<ref>{{Cite news|date=1958-08-29|title=Amsterdamse wielrenster naar Reims en Parijs|work=De Volkskrant|url=https://www.delpher.nl/nl/kranten/view?coll=ddd&identifier=ABCDDD:010876412:mpeg21:a0193}}</ref> Van der Wal began cycling competitively in [[France]] in 1953. The Netherlands did not have women’s races at that time. When the Antwerpse Vrouwelijke Wieler Club was formed in [[Antwerp]], [[Belgium]] in 1958, she became a member of that club. With the club, she competed in competitions in [[Great Britain]]. After her career, in 1965, she married French-Tunesian sculptor Abdel Ménara and became a French teacher in Amsterdam. She died on 23 August 2023.<ref>{{Cite web|title=In memoria