Carolina Anna "Lien" Gisolf (13 July 1910 – 30 May 1993) was a Dutch high jumper.
Her talent was discovered during school competition in 1926, when it turned out that she jumped 30 centimetres higher than her classmates.
[2] On 18 July 1928, she became the youngest person in the sport of athletics to break a world record, aged 15 years, 5 days, she jumped 1.605 metres.
When she had to jump a barrage with her only opponent left, German Inge Braumüller, she tore a muscle, ruining her chances for the first place.
[4][5][6] After finishing fourth at the 1932 Summer Olympics Gisolf lost interest in athletics and turned to field hockey.