Global InformationFemke Bol information
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| Born | 23 February 2000 Amersfoort, Netherlands | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 65 kg (143 lb)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Track and field | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | 200 m, 400 m, 400 m hurdles, 4×400 m relay | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | AV Altis[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Turned pro | 2019[3] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Femke Bol (pronounced [ˈfɛmkə bɔl] ⓘ; born 23 February 2000) is a Dutch track and field athlete who competes in hurdling and sprinting. She specialises in the 400 metres hurdles, where she is the 2023 World Champion, and in the 400 metres, where she is the 2024 World Indoor Champion and the short track world record holder. In the 4 × 400 metres relay, she is the 2023 World Champion and the 2024 World Indoor Champion with the Dutch women's team.
Bol holds the world record in the 400 metres short track[note 1] with a time of 49.17 seconds set on 2 March 2024; the European record in the 400 metres hurdles with a time of 51.45 seconds, making her the second-fastest woman of all time in the event; and five Dutch records in individual events and relays. She also has world best performances in the 300 metres hurdles and 500 metres short track.
She won two gold medals at the 2023 World Championships and two gold medals at the 2024 World Indoor Championships, was champion in the 2021, 2022, and 2023 Diamond League, and won a bronze medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. She is also a four-time silver medalist at the world championships (outdoor and indoor), a seven-time gold medalist at the European championships (outdoor and indoor), and a nine-time medalist (five gold) at the Dutch championships (outdoor and indoor).
Bol's highest World Athletics Rankings were No. 1 in the 400 metres hurdles in 2021–2024, No. 3 in the 400 metres in 2023 and 2024, and No. 2 of women overall in 2023. She was European Athletics Rising Star of the Year in 2021 and European Athlete of the Year in 2022 and 2023.
- ^ a b "Femke Bol". eurosport.com. Archived from the original on 25 April 2023. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
- ^ Leseman, Dick (5 March 2021). "De Arnhemse jaren van Femke Bol; 'Slungelig meisje' is nu wereldtopper". De Gelderlander (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 5 March 2021. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
- ^ Diego Sampaolo, "Bol and Dos Santos among winners as meeting records fall in Bellinzona Archived 7 September 2023 at the Wayback Machine", World Athletics, 5 September 2023. Retrieved 9 September 2023.
- ^ "Werner Andrea trainde een jonge Femke Bol: ‘Ik zag vrij snel dat ze bijzonder was’ Archived 16 August 2023 at the Wayback Machine" (in Dutch), DeStadAmersfoort.nl, 14 August 2021. Retrieved 16 August 2023.
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- ^ "After success in Switzerland, Meuwly is working his magic in the Netherlands". European Athletics. 23 March 2020. Archived from the original on 5 February 2022. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
- ^ "World Athletics to create new short track product to grow the sport" (in Dutch), World Athletics, 23 May 2023. Retrieved 10 February 2024.
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