Margriet Vonno

At 52, the Dutch diplomat is a picture of health, thanks to cycling.

TEXT ZARELDA MARIE GOH

Consistency is the key to staying fit for life, and Her Excellency Margriet Vonno, Ambassador of the Netherlands to Singapore and Brunei, is an advocate of this philosophy. The 52-year-old diplomat has been cycling since she was a young child, and still does it regularly today. The sport is very much part of Dutch culture and bike lanes are aplenty in the Netherlands. “I always cycled to school and to parties when I was a student. The bicycle was the cheapest and most convenient means of transport,” says Margriet. “At that time, I did not cycle to stay fit, but it did help a lot.” As an adult, she cycled to and from her office when she was working in The Hague, a city in South Holland (one way was almost 10km). She’d…

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Shape Singapore (Digital) - 1 Issue, April 2018

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