Dafne Schippers
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Dafne Schippers (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈdɑfnə ˈsxɪpərs]; born 15 June 1992) is a Dutch athlete, competing in heptathlon and the sprints. She is the 2015 World Champion and winner of 2016 Olympic silver at the 200 metres. She holds the European record of 21.63 seconds and is the third fastest woman of all time at this distance.
Early life
Dafne Schippers was born on 15 June 1992 in the city of Utrecht in the Netherlands.[1][2] At age 9, she started competing in athletics.[1]
Career
Schippers won gold medals in the heptathlon at the 2010 World Junior Championships in Athletics and 2011 European Athletics Junior Championships. Two years later, she won gold in the 100 m and bronze in the long jump at the 2013 European Athletics U23 Championships.
In 2011 at the World Championships in Daegu, South Korea, she broke the Dutch national record in the 200 m in the heats before finishing 9th in the semifinals, missing the final by 0.04 seconds. She is co-record holder in the 4 × 100 m relay.
At the 2013 World Championships in Moscow, Schippers won the bronze medal in the heptathlon. She became the first Dutch woman to win a medal at the World Athletics Championships.
She improved the 200 m record during the heptathlon at the 2014 Hypo-Meeting in Götzis, her time of 22.35 being one of the best 200 m performances ever in a heptathlon.
Schippers won gold medals at the European championships of 2014 in the 100 m and the 200 m.[3] Her success at the 2014 European Athletics Championships prompted discussion over her long-term prospects and whether she should focus on sprinting, or continue her career in the heptathlon.[4]
In June 2015 Schippers announced via Twitter that she would focus on sprinting in the run-up to the 2015 World Championships in Athletics in Beijing and the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.[5]
At the World Championships in Beijing Schippers won the silver medal in the 100 m and gold in the 200 m. Her 200 m winning time of 21.63 seconds was a new European record and made her the third fastest woman in history over that distance.[6]
She won the 2016 European Athletics Championships – Women's 100 metres in Amsterdam in 10.90, by 3 tenths of a second. At the 2016 Summer Olympics she won the silver medal in the 200 m and finished fifth in the 100 m final.[7]
Competition record
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Representing the  Netherlands | |||||
| 2009 | European Junior Championships | Novi Sad, Serbia | 4th | Heptathlon | 5507 pts |
| 2010 | World Junior Championships | Moncton, Canada | 3rd | 4 × 100 m relay | 44.09 (NJR) |
| 1st | Heptathlon | 5967 pts (NJR) | |||
| 2011 | European Indoor Championships | Paris, France | 11th (sf) | 60 m | 7.30 |
| European Junior Championships | Tallinn, Estonia | 1st | Heptathlon | 6153 pts | |
| World Championships | Daegu, South Korea | 9th (sf) | 200 m | 22.92 | |
| 9th (h) | 4 × 100 m relay | 43.44 (NR) | |||
| 2012 | World Indoor Championships | Istanbul, Turkey | 10th (sf) | 60 m | 7.25 |
| European Championships | Helsinki, Finland | 5th | 200 m | 23.53 | |
| 2nd | 4 × 100 m relay | 42.80 (NR) | |||
| Olympic Games | London, United Kingdom | 6th | 4 × 100 m relay | 42.70 | |
| 11th | Heptathlon | 6324 pts | |||
| 2013 | European Indoor Championships | Gothenburg, Sweden | 4th | 60 m | 7.14 |
| European U23 Championships | Tampere, Finland | 1st | 100 m | 11.13 (wind: -0.7 m/s) | |
| 4th | 4 × 100 m relay | 44.18 | |||
| 3rd | Long jump | 6.59 m (wind: +1.6 m/s) | |||
| World Championships | Moscow, Russia | 3rd | Heptathlon | 6477 pts (NR)[8] | |
| 2014 | World Indoor Championships | Sopot, Poland | 10th (sf) | 60 m | 7.18 |
| European Championships | Zürich, Switzerland | 1st | 100 m | 11.12 | |
| 1st | 200 m | 22.03 (NR) | |||
| 3rd (h) | 4 × 100 m relay | 42.77[9] | |||
| 2015 | European Indoor Championships | Prague, Czech Republic | 1st | 60 m | 7.05 |
| World Championships | Beijing, China | 2nd | 100 m | 10.81 (NR) | |
| 1st | 200 m | 21.63 (NR), (CR), (ER) | |||
| — | 4 × 100 m relay | DQ | |||
| 2016 | World Indoor Championships | Portland, United States | 2nd | 60 m | 7.04 |
| European Championships | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 1st | 100 m | 10.90 | |
| 1st | 4 × 100 m relay | 42.04 (NR) | |||
| Olympic Games | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 5th | 100 m | 10.90 | |
| 2nd | 200 m | 21.88 | |||
| 9th (h) | 4 × 100 m relay | 42.88 | |||
Personal bests
- Outdoor
- 100 metres – 10.81 (-0.3) (Beijing 2015) NR
- 150 metres – 16,93 (+2.0) (Amsterdam 2013)
- 200 metres – 21.63 (+0.2) (Beijing 2015) NR, ER, 3rd of all time
- 800 metres – 2:08.59 (Götzis 2014)
- 100 metres hurdles – 13.13 (-1.2) (Götzis 2014)
- High jump – 1.80 m (London 2012)
- Long jump – 6.78 m (+0.0) (Amsterdam 2014) NR
- Shot put – 14.66 m (Götzis 2015)
- Javelin throw – 42.82 m (Lisse 2014)
- Heptathlon – 6545 pts (Götzis 2014) ex-NR
- 4 × 100 metres relay – 42.04 (Amsterdam 2016) NR
- Indoor
- 60 metres – 7.00 (Berlin 2016) NR
- 60 metres hurdles – 8.18 (Apeldoorn 2012)
- High jump - 1.74 m (Dortmund 2009)
- Shot put – 13.91 m (Apeldoorn 2012)
- Long jump – 6.48 m (Apeldoorn 2015)
References
- 1 2 (Dutch) Biografie, Homepage Daphne Schippers. Retrieved on 3 June 2015.
- ↑ Athlete Profile - Dafne Schippers, IAAF. Retrieved on 3 June 2015.
- ↑ Schippers: ik kan nog meer, NOS (13 augustus 2014)
- ↑ Driel, Mark van (14 August 2014). "Lastige keuze Schippers: sprint of meerkamp". de Volkskrant (in Dutch). Retrieved 14 August 2014.
- ↑ "Dafne Schippers to focus on sprint events". Athletics Weekly. 3 June 2015. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
- ↑ "All time best 200 METRES - WOMEN - SENIOR - OUTDOOR". IAAF Records & Lists. IAAF. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
- ↑ Boylan-Pett, Liam (17 August 2016). "Rio 2016: Elaine Thompson wins gold medal in women's 200m run". SB Nation. Retrieved 18 August 2016.
- ↑ "Results: 14th IAAF World Championships". IAAF World Championships. International Association of Athletics Federations. Retrieved 15 August 2013.
- ↑ Did not finish in the final
External links
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- Official website
- Dafne Schippers profile at IAAF
| Records | ||
|---|---|---|
Preceded by Marita Koch |
Women's 200m European record holder 28 August 2015 – |
Succeeded by Incumbent |
| Awards | ||
Preceded by Zuzana Hejnová |
Women's European Athlete of the Year 2014, 2015 |
Succeeded by Ruth Beitia |
| Preceded by Ireen Wüst |
Dutch Sportswoman of the Year 2015 |
Succeeded by Incumbent |