What is Ankie Timmers?
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2022}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Ankie Timmers | birth_name = | fullname = | nationality = [[Netherlands|Dutch]] | birth_date= {{Birth date and age|1986|10|14|df=y}} | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | height = | weight = | website = | country = | sport = [[Powerlifting]] | event = | collegeteam = | club = | team = | turnedpro = | retired = | highestranking = | show-medals = yes | medaltemplates = }} '''Ankie Timmers''' (born 14 October 1986) is a Dutch [[Weightlifter|power lifter.]] She represents the Netherlands at international tournaments. She is a former European Champion, 2019 European Powerlifter of the Year and World Championships medalist. ==Career== Since 2013 she is trained by [[Alain Hammang]] in Luxembourgh.<ref name=WG2022 /> She competed for the first time at the World Games at the [[2013 World Games]]. At the [[2017 World Games]] Timmers finished seventh in the [[Powerlifting at the 2017 World Games – Women's heavyweight|heavyweight event]]. At the event she improved the Dutch squat national record to 220 kg.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ed.nl/sport-regio/eindhovense-powerlifter-ankie-timmers-zevende-bij-wereldspelen~ab2817fd/ |title=Eindhovense powerlifter Ankie Timmers zevende bij Wereldspelen|work= [[Eindhovens Dagblad]]|date=26 July 2017|access-date=31 July 2022|language=nl}}</ref> Timmers won the silver medal at the 2018 World Championships. In 2019 she became European Champion. She became European Powerlifter of the year, and became the first Dutch women to win this award.<ref name=WG2022 /> At the [[2022 World Games]] she just didn't win a medal, finishing fourth place in the [[Powerlifting at the 2022 World Games – Women's heavyweight|heavyweight event]].<ref name=WG2022>{{cite web|url=https://www.ed.nl/sport-regio/eindhovense-powervrouw-ankie-timmers-gaat-naar-de-wereldspelen-mijn-persoonlijk-record-squatten-is-232-5-kilo