# Lieja Tunks
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{{short description|Canadian-Dutch shot putter}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| name = Lieja Koeman
| image = Lieja Tunks.jpg
| fullname = Liesbeth Jantina Koeman
| nickname =
| height = 1.83 m
| weight = 100 kg
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1976|3|10|df=y}}
| birth_place = [Purmerend](/source/Purmerend), [Netherlands](/source/Netherlands)
| pb = [shot put](/source/shot_put) – 18.82 (2003)
[discus throw](/source/discus_throw) – 58.93 (2002)
[hammer throw](/source/hammer_throw) – 42.79 (2001)
| years_active = 1984-present
| updated = 21 March 2008
}}
'''Liesbeth ("Lieja") Jantina Koeman''', formerly Lieja Tunks, (born 10 March 1976 in [Purmerend](/source/Purmerend), [North Holland](/source/North_Holland)) is a [shot put](/source/shot_put)ter, who represents [Canada](/source/Canada) after switching from the [Netherlands](/source/Netherlands) in 2006.
Her personal best throw is 18.82 metres, achieved in June 2003 in [Arnhem](/source/Arnhem).
==Achievements==
{| {{AchievementTable|Event=yes}}
|-
!colspan="6"|Representing the {{NED}}
|-
|rowspan=2|1994
|rowspan=2|[World Junior Championships](/source/1994_World_Junior_Championships_in_Athletics)
|rowspan=2|[Lisbon](/source/Lisbon), [Portugal](/source/Portugal)
|12th
|Shot put
|[14.83 m](/source/1994_World_Junior_Championships_in_Athletics_%E2%80%93_Women's_shot_put)
|-
|17th (q)
|Discus
|[43.20 m](/source/1994_World_Junior_Championships_in_Athletics_%E2%80%93_Women's_discus_throw)
|-
|rowspan=2|1997
|rowspan=2|[European U23 Championships](/source/1997_European_Athletics_U23_Championships)
|rowspan=2|[Turku](/source/Turku), [Finland](/source/Finland)
|6th
|Shot put
|[16.82 m](/source/1997_European_Athletics_U23_Championships_%E2%80%93_Women's_shot_put)
|-
|6th
|Discus
|[54.62 m](/source/1997_European_Athletics_U23_Championships_%E2%80%93_Women's_discus_throw)
|-
|1999
|[World Championships](/source/1999_World_Championships_in_Athletics)
|[Seville, Spain](/source/Seville%2C_Spain)
|20th
|Shot put
|[17.45 m](/source/1999_World_Championships_in_Athletics_%E2%80%93_Women's_shot_put)
|-
|2000
|[Olympic Games](/source/Athletics_at_the_2000_Summer_Olympics)
|[Sydney, Australia](/source/Sydney%2C_Australia)
|9th
|Shot put
|[17.96 m](/source/Athletics_at_the_2000_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women's_shot_put)
|-
|2001
|[World Championships](/source/2001_World_Championships_in_Athletics)
|[Edmonton, Canada](/source/Edmonton%2C_Canada)
|12th
|Shot put
|[17.89 m](/source/2001_World_Championships_in_Athletics_%E2%80%93_Women's_shot_put)
|-
|rowspan=2|2002
|[European Indoor Championships](/source/2002_European_Indoor_Championships_in_Athletics)
|[Vienna](/source/Vienna), [Austria](/source/Austria)
|bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd
|Shot put
|[18.53 m](/source/2002_European_Athletics_Indoor_Championships_%E2%80%93_Women's_shot_put)
|-
|[European Championships](/source/2002_European_Championships_in_Athletics)
|[Munich, Germany](/source/Munich%2C_Germany)
|10th
|Shot put
|[17.54 m](/source/2002_European_Championships_in_Athletics_-_Women's_Shot_Put)
|-
|2003
|[World Championships](/source/2003_World_Championships_in_Athletics)
|[Paris, France](/source/Paris%2C_France)
|10th
|Shot put
|[17.99 m](/source/2003_World_Championships_in_Athletics_%E2%80%93_Women's_shot_put)
|-
|rowspan=2|2004
|[Olympic Games](/source/Athletics_at_the_2004_Summer_Olympics)
|[Olympia](/source/Olympia%2C_Greece), [Greece](/source/Greece)
|11th
|Shot put
|[18.14 m](/source/Athletics_at_the_2004_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women's_shot_put)
|-
|[World Athletics Final](/source/2004_IAAF_World_Athletics_Final)
|[Monte Carlo](/source/Monte_Carlo), [Monaco](/source/Monaco)
|bgcolor="cc9966" | 3rd
|Shot put
|18.11 m
|-
|rowspan=2|2005
|[European Indoor Championships](/source/2005_European_Indoor_Championships_in_Athletics)
|[Madrid, Spain](/source/Madrid%2C_Spain)
| 5th
|Shot put
|[17.76 m](/source/2005_European_Athletics_Indoor_Championships_%E2%80%93_Women's_shot_put)
|-
|[World Championships](/source/2005_World_Championships_in_Athletics)
|[Helsinki, Finland](/source/Helsinki%2C_Finland)
| 9th
|Shot put
|17.83 m
|-
!colspan="6"|Representing {{CAN}}
|-
|}
==External links==
*{{World Athletics||name=Lieja Koeman}}
*[http://www.tunks.ca/ Website about Lieja Koeman]
{{s-start}}
{{s-ach|aw}}
{{S-bef|before=[Corrie de Bruin](/source/Corrie_de_Bruin)}}
{{S-ttl|title=[KNAU Cup](/source/KNAU_Cup)|years=1999, 2000}}
{{S-aft|after=[Letitia Vriesde](/source/Letitia_Vriesde)}}
{{succession box|title=[Amsterdam Sportswoman of the Year](/source/Amsterdam_Sportsman_of_the_year)|before=[Carole Thate](/source/Carole_Thate)|after=[Mieke de Boer](/source/Mieke_de_Boer)|years= [2000](/source/2000_in_sports)}}
{{s-end}}
{{Authority control}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Tunks, Lieja}}
Category:1976 births
Category:Living people
Category:Canadian women shot putters
Category:Dutch women shot putters
Category:Dutch women discus throwers
Category:Olympic athletes for the Netherlands
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Category:World Athletics Championships athletes for the Netherlands
Category:Sportspeople from Purmerend
Category:Athletes from North Holland
Category:20th-century Canadian sportswomen
Category:21st-century Canadian sportswomen
Category:21st-century Dutch sportswomen
Category:20th-century Dutch sportswomen
{{Netherlands-athletics-bio-stub}}
{{Canada-shotput-athletics-bio-stub}}
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