What is Jo Evelein?
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2022}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Jo Evelein | image = Zegevierende Nederlandse polo-zevental dat te Monte-Carlo op de Olympiade de overwinning behaalde, 1922.jpg | image_size = 300px | alt = | caption = Evelein, as a member of the 1922 Netherlands water polo team | fullname = | nationality = Dutch | birth_date = {{circa}} 1890s | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | club = Hollandsche Dames Zwemclub (H.D.Z.) | height = | weight = | sport = [[Swimming]], [[Water polo]] | years1 = | show-medals =yes | medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry |{{NED}}}} {{MedalSport | Women's water polo}} {{MedalCompetition | [[Women's Olympiad]]}} {{MedalGold| [[Aquatics at the 1922 Women's Olympiad|1922 Monte Carlo]] | [[Water polo at the 1922 Women's Olympiad|Team]]}} }} '''Jo Evelein''' also written as '''Jo Eveleyn''' (born {{circa}} 1890s) was a Dutch competitive swimmer, diver and water polo player. Evelein was active in the early 20th-century, in the early era of women's aquatics. She was a member of the [[Hollandsche Dames Zwemclub]] (H.D.Z.) and the earliest Netherlands women's water polo team.<ref name=Oly /> Evelein initiated the women's water polo demonstration event at the [[1920 Summer Olympics]]. She won the gold medal at the [[1922 Women's Olympiad]] in the [[Water polo at the 1922 Women's Olympiad|water polo event]]. ==Biography== ===Sport career=== One of her first achievements was in July 1911 at the 25th anniversary competition of the Hollandsche Dames Zwemclub (H.D.Z.). Together with A. E. van Laar and S. Soutberg she finished second and won art prizes in the 60 metres relay event.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=MMKB15:000781108:mpeg21:a00005|title= De Hollandsche Dames-Zwemclub.|work=[[De nieuwe courant]] |date=3 July 1911|via=[[Delpher]]|access-date=21 October 2022|language=nl}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=MMKB19:000943006:mpeg21:a0003