Career
After 1964, she turned professional and toured with Holiday On Ice from 1964 to 1972. She became the advisor to the figure skating section of the Dutch Skating Federation in 1985. In 2005, she was awarded the Fanny Blankers-Koen Trophy, for her contributions to Dutch sports.
On January 9, 2014, she was inducted into the International Figure Skating Hall of Fame, at Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, at the United States Nationals competition.
During her competitive career, Dijkstra trained in Richmond, London with Arnold Gerschwiler. While her main strength was compulsory figures, she was also a very powerful and athletic free skater who could perform high-quality double axels and flying spins, and who skated with easy movement and strong flow.
At 1.68 metres, she was fairly tall for a skater, and one magazine article noted that "she is much more slender in person than she appears on the ice". Dijkstra is the daughter of Lou Dijkstra, a speedskater who competed in the 1936 Winter Olympics.