Lieke Klaver
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Born | Velsen-Zuid, Netherlands | 20 August 1998|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Track and field | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | 100 m, 200 m, 400 m, 4×100 m relay, 4×400 m relay | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Streker Atletiek Vereniging | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coached by | Laurent Meuwly[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Lieke Klaver (pronounced [ˈlikə ˈklaːvər]; born 20 August 1998) is a Dutch track and field athlete who competes in sprinting. She specializes in the 200 metres and in the 400 metres. In the 4 × 400 metres relay, she is the 2023 World Champion and the 2024 World Indoor Champion with the Dutch women's team.
Klaver represented the Netherlands at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. She won silver medals in the 400 metres short track at the 2024 World Indoor Championships and at the 2023 European Indoor Championships and a bronze medal in the 400 metres at the 2024 European Championships. She also took four national titles (outdoor and indoor).
She won eleven major medals as part of the Dutch 4 × 400 m relay teams, either women's or mixed, including silver for the mixed relays at the 2022 World Championships and the 2024 World Athletics Relays and gold for the women's relays at the 2023 World Championships and 2024 World Indoor Championships.
Early life
Lieke Klaver was born on 20 August 1998[3] in Velsen-Zuid, Netherlands. She has an older brother.[4]
At age 8, she became a member of the athletics club Streker Atletiek Vereniging in Grootebroek.[4]
Youth and junior career
Klaver gained her first international experience at age 15 at the 2014 World Under-20 Championships held in Eugene, Oregon, U.S., where she competed in the 4 × 100 metres relay.[3]
A year later, she reached the final of the 200 metres at the 2015 European U20 Championships in Eskilstuna, Sweden. The Dutch women's 4 × 100 m relay team was disqualified in the final there, but their time from the heats would have given them second place in the final.[3]
She was still a junior when she claimed her first senior Dutch national title, winning the 200 m at the 2017 Dutch Indoor Athletics Championships in Apeldoorn.[3]
Senior career
2018–2022
Since 2018, Klaver has also competed in the 400 metres, gradually shifting her focus to that distance, but without losing sight of the shorter event.[5] In 2019, she won two medals for the 400 m at the Dutch Championships (indoors and outdoors).[3] It earned her a place on the national 4 × 400 m relay team, which finished seventh at the Doha World Championships in Qatar that year.[6]
In 2020, she claimed her first Dutch 400 m title (indoors), staying ahead of training buddy and rival Femke Bol.[3] During this pandemic season, Klaver won also her first Diamond League race, a victory in the 400 m at the Golden Gala in Rome, Italy with a time of 50.98 s, becoming just the second Dutch woman to break the 51-second barrier.[3]
Klaver represented Netherlands at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, competing in the women's 400 m and both the women's and mixed 4 × 400 m relays.[7] In the mixed 4 × 400 m relay, she competed in both the heats and final, in which the Dutch team finished fourth. In the women's 400 m, she was eliminated in the semi-finals. In the women's 4 × 400 m relay, she competed in the heats and final, helping the Dutch team finish in sixth place.
In February 2022, at the Dutch Indoor Championships, she set a new personal best for the indoor 400 m with a time of 51.20 s.[8] The following month, at the World Indoor Championships, she finished sixth in the women's 400 m. In the women's 4 × 400 m relay, she ran the first leg in the heats and final, helping the Netherlands win the silver medal. During the summer season, Klaver greatly lowered her outdoor pre-2022 best (50.98 s) down to 50.18 seconds in the semi-finals at the World Championships in Eugene, Oregon, where she finished fourth in the final.[3] She also competed in the mixed and women's 4 × 400 m relays. In the mixed relay, she ran the second leg in the heats and final, helping the Netherlands win the silver medal. In the women's relay, her team was disqualified in the heats.
2023
In February 2023, in the 400 m race at the Dutch Indoors in which Femke Bol set a world record of 49.26 s, Klaver massively lowered her lifetime indoor best by nearly 0.7 s down to 50.34 s, putting her joint 13th on the world all-time list. Only two-time Olympic champion, Shaunae Miller-Uibo of the Bahamas, and Bol had run faster indoors since 2007.[9][10] The following month, Klaver won her first individual major medal, a silver for the 400 m at the European Indoor Championships held in Istanbul.[3]
Klaver's success carried over into the outdoor season. Throughout the season, she lowered her personal bests over 100 m, 200 m, and 400 m. Her biggest performance of the year came on 16 July at the Silesian Diamond League, where she lowered her 400 m personal best to 49.81 s, breaking the 50-second barrier for the first time in her career.
Later that year, Klaver had a busy schedule at the World Championship in Budapest. Aside from running the individual 400 metres event, she was also part of the Dutch relay squads in the mixed 4 × 400 metres, women's 4 × 400 metres, and women's 4 × 100 metres. On 19 August, during the 4 × 400 mixed relay final, Klaver's teammate Femke Bol fell within metres of the finish line, while vying with Alexis Holmes of the USA for first place. Landing face first, Bol lost the relay baton over the finish line, making it impossible for the Netherlands team to legitimately finish the race and resulting in a DNF.[11]
After the disappointment, Klaver continued her championships in the individual 400 metres. After winning her semi-final in 49.87 s, she looked to be a potential medal contender. In the final however, she changed her race plan, starting much faster over the first 200 metres than usual. In the final 100 metres, she fell back to the middle of the field, resulting in a sixth place finish.[12]
Later that week, Klaver was brought in for the women's 4 × 100 metres final. The Dutch team lost the baton on the last handover, resulting in another DNF.
Klaver ended her championships in the women's 4 × 400 metres final. During her second leg, she brought the Dutch team back from the middle of the pack to the top three, along with Great Britain and Jamaica. On the fourth leg, Klaver's teammate Bol anchored the Dutch team to the world title, passing the Brits and Jamaicans in the last metres.[13] Individually, Klaver ran a split time of 48.78 seconds, which was the second fastest split of the race after Bol's 48.75 seconds.[14] [15]
On 17 September, Klaver was third in the 2023 Diamond League final of the 400 metres with a time of 50.47 seconds, after champion Marileidy Paulino and Natalia Kaczmarek.[16]
2024
Klaver won the 400 m short track races at the 2024 Czech Indoor Gala in Ostrava, Czech Republic in 50.54 s and at the 2024 Copernicus Cup in Torún, Poland in 50.57 s, and she finished second at the 2024 Meeting Hauts-de-France Pas-de-Calais in Liévin, France in 50.50 s. This made her the overall winner in the 400 m of the 2024 World Athletics Indoor Tour.
Klaver won a silver medal at the 2024 Dutch Indoor Championships in 50.10 s, after Femke Bol who won gold.
Klaver won a silver medal in the 400 metres short track at the 2024 World Indoor Championships in Glasgow, finishing in 50.16 s almost a second after Femke Bol.[17] She continued to win a gold medal in the 4 × 400 metres short track relay with the Dutch women's team in a new Dutch record time of 3:25.07 min.
Personal bests
Information from her World Athletics profile unless otherwise noted.[3]
Individual events
Type | Event | Time (s) | Venue | Date | Notes |
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Outdoor | 100 metres | 11.33 | Breda, Netherlands | 28 July 2023 | (Wind: -0.2 m/s) |
Willemstad, Curaçao | 28 April 2024 | (Wind: -0.1 m/s) | |||
150 metres | 16.89 | Ostrava, Czech Republic | 8 September 2020 | (Wind: +0.6 m/s) | |
200 metres | 22.46 | Chorzów, Poland | 25 June 2023 | (Wind: +1.2 m/s) | |
400 metres | 49.64 | Monaco, Monaco | 12 July 2024 | ||
Indoor | 60 metres | 7.41 i | Apeldoorn, Netherlands | 1 February 2020 | |
200 metres short track | 22.81 i | Metz, France | 3 February 2024 | ||
400 metres short track | 50.10 i | Apeldoorn, Netherlands | 18 February 2024 |
Season's bests
Year | 60 m indoor |
100 m | 200 m | 200 m indoor |
400 m | 400 m indoor |
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2012 | 8.11 i | — | — | — | — | — |
2013 | 7.97 i | 12.65 | — | — | — | — |
2014 | 7.84 i | 12.08 | 24.40 | — | — | — |
2015 | — | 11.89 | 24.03 | — | — | — |
2016 | 7.59 i | 11.98 | 24.00 | 24.59 i | — | — |
2017 | 7.48 i | 11.74 | 23.84 | 23.82 i | — | — |
2018 | 7.67 i | 11.49 | 23.62 | — | 54.41 | — |
2019 | — | 11.46 | 23.35 | — | 53.18 | 53.47 i |
2020 | 7.41 i | 11.54 | 22.66 | — | 50.98 | 52.45 i |
2021 | — | 11.46 | 22.83 | 23.10 i | 50.98 | 51.21 i |
2022 | — | 11.46 | 22.71 | 23.27 i | 50.18 | 51.20 i |
2023 | — | 11.33 | 22.46 | 22.97 i | 49.81 | 50.34 i |
2024 | — | 11.33 | 22.72 | 22.81 i | 49.64 | 50.10 i |
Key: Lifetime best (in bold)
Team events
Type | Event | Time (m:)s | Venue | Date | Record | Notes |
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Outdoor | 4 × 100 m relay | 42.61 | Chorzów, Poland | 24 June 2023 | Teamed with N'ketia Seedo, Jamile Samuel, and Tasa Jiya. Klaver ran the second leg.[citation needed] | |
4 × 400 m relay women | 3:20.72 | Budapest, Hungary | 27 August 2023 | NR[18] | Teamed with Eveline Saalberg, Cathelijn Peeters, and Femke Bol.[14] Klaver's split time for the second leg was 48.78 seconds.[14][15] | |
4 × 400 m relay mixed | 3:09.90 | Eugene, OR, United States | 15 July 2022 | NR[19] | Teamed with Liemarvin Bonevacia, Tony van Diepen, and Femke Bol.[19] Klaver's split time for the second leg was 49.32 seconds.[20] | |
Indoor | 4 × 400 metres relay short track women | 3:25.07 i | Glasgow, United Kingdom | 3 March 2024 | NR[21] | Third national team of all time.[22] Teamed with Cathelijn Peeters, Lisanne de Witte, and Femke Bol.[23] Klaver's split time for the first leg was 50.26.[23] |
Competition results
Information from her World Athletics profile unless otherwise noted.[3]
World Athletics Rankings
Year | 100 m | 200 m | 400 m | Overall |
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2019 | 267[24] | 89[25] | 140[26] | 1299[27] |
2020 | — | 94[28] | 80[29] | 838[30] |
2021 | — | 34[31] | 11[32] | 205[33] |
2022 | — | 21[34] | 5[35] | 108[36] |
2023 | — | 14[37] | 4[38] | 66[39] |
2024 | — | 13[40] | 3[41] | 60[42] |
Key: Lifetime best (in bold)
International competitions
Circuit wins and titles
- 400 metres wins, times (in seconds) specified in parentheses
- 2020 (1): Rome Golden Gala (50.98 PB)
- 400 metres wins, times (in seconds) specified in parentheses
- 2022 (1): Bern CITIUS Meeting (51.21)
- 2023 (1): La Chaux-de-Fonds Resisprint International (50.40)
- 400 metres short track overall winner (1): 2024 (27 points)[44]
- 400 metres short track wins, times (in seconds) specified in parentheses
- 2023 (2): Ostrava Czech Indoor Gala (51.00 i), Torún Copernicus Cup (51.14 i)
- 2024 (2): Ostrava (50.54 i), Torún (50.57 i)
National championships
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Time |
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2013 | Dutch U18 Indoor Championships | Apeldoorn | 8th | 60 m | 8.11 i |
2014 | Dutch U18 Indoor Championships | Apeldoorn | 3rd | 60 m | 7.85 i |
Dutch U18 Championships | Amsterdam | 3rd | 100 m | 12.38 | |
3rd | 200 m | 24.77 | |||
2015 | Dutch U20 Championships | Breda | 5th | 100 m | 12.13 |
2nd | 200 m | 24.03 | |||
2016 | Dutch Indoor Championships | Apeldoorn | 5th in semifinals | 60 m | 7.60 i |
Dutch U20 Championships | Breda | 3rd | 100 m | 12.15 | |
1st | 200 m | 24.15 | |||
2017 | Dutch Indoor Championships | Apeldoorn | 4th | 60 m | 7.48 i |
1st | 200 m sh | 23.82 i | |||
Dutch U20/U18 Championships, U20 Events | Vught | 1st | 100 m | 11.74 | |
1st | 200 m | 23.90 | |||
2018 | Dutch Championships | Utrecht | 7th | 400 m | 54.55 |
2019 | Dutch Indoor Championship | Apeldoorn | 2nd | 400 m sh | 53.47 i |
Dutch Championships | The Hague | 3rd | 400 m | 53.18 | |
2020 | Dutch Indoor Championships | Apeldoorn | 1st | 400 m sh | 52.45 i |
Dutch Championships | Utrecht | 1st | 200 m | 22.95 | |
2021 | Dutch Indoor Championships | Apeldoorn | 2nd | 400 m sh | 51.21 i |
Dutch Championships | Breda | 2nd | 200 m | 23.04 | |
2022 | Dutch Indoor Championships | Apeldoorn | 2nd | 400 m sh | 51.20 i |
Dutch Championships | Apeldoorn | 1st | 200 m | 22.74 | |
2023 | Dutch Indoor Championships | Apeldoorn | 2nd | 400 m sh | 50.34 i |
Dutch Championships | Breda | 3rd | 100 m | 11.36 | |
2024 | Dutch Indoor Championships | Apeldoorn | 2nd | 400 m sh | 50.10 i |
Dutch Championships | Hengelo | 4th | 100 m | 11.49 | |
2nd | 200 m | 22.72 |
Recognition
- 2022: Dutch Sports Team of the Year of the NOC*NSF: women's 4 × 400 metres relay team (shared with Femke Bol, Andrea Bouma, Eveline Saalberg, Laura de Witte, and Lisanne de Witte)[45]
- 2023: Dutch Sports Team of the Year of the NOC*NSF: women's 4 × 400 metres relay team (shared with Femke Bol, Cathelijn Peeters, Eveline Saalberg, and Lisanne de Witte)[46]
Notes
References
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External links
- Lieke Klaver at World Athletics
- Lieke Klaver at Olympics.com
- Lieke Klaver at Olympedia
- Lieke Klaver at TeamNL (archive) (in Dutch)
- 1998 births
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- Dutch female sprinters
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- European Championships (multi-sport event) gold medalists
- European Games gold medalists for the Netherlands
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