Career
Her talent was discovered during school competition in 1926, when it turned out that she jumped 30 centimetres higher than her classmates. On 3 July 1928 she set an unofficial Dutch record by jumping 1.465 metres, which was followed by a new world record of 1.582 metres. She improved her world record twice: to 1.608 metres in 1929 and 1.623 metres in 1932.
During the 1930 Women"s World Games Gisolf became second.
After finishing fourth at the 1932 Summer Olympics Gisolf lost interest in athletics and turned to field hockey.