Eveline Saalberg

Eveline Saalberg (born 30 July 1998)[1] is a Dutch track and field athlete who specialises in the 400 metres. She won four major medals as part of the Dutch 4 × 400 metres relays, either women's or mixed.

Eveline Saalberg
Saalberg at the 2022 World Indoor Championships in Belgrade
Personal information
Born (1998-07-30) 30 July 1998
Arnhem, Netherlands
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Sport
CountryNetherlands
SportAthletics
Event(s)400 metres
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing the  Netherlands
World Championships
Silver medal – second place2022 Eugene4×400 m mixed
World Indoor Championships
Silver medal – second place2022 Belgrade4×400 m relay
European Championships
Gold medal – first place2022 Munich4x400 m relay
European Indoor Championships
Gold medal – first place2023 Istanbul4×400 m relay

Professional career

Saalberg started athletics at the age of eight. She became a member of GVAC. In the youth categories she competed in, she won several medals at Dutch junior championships. During her student days she distinguished herself by becoming a multiple Dutch student champion.[2] She combined all this with a board year as chair of the Student Athletics Association MSAV Uros.[3]

Saalberg experienced her breakthrough at the 2019 Dutch Athletics Championships in The Hague. Completely against expectations, she won the title in the 400 m hurdles there. She went under the minute for the first time with a time of 58.86 s.[4] Afterwards, she stated that on a training holiday in South Tyrol, she could fully focus on the technique of hurdling.[5] In the autumn of 2019, Saalberg joined the training group of athletics coach Laurent Meuwly to train at the National Sports Centre Papendal alongside Eva Hovenkamp and Femke Bol.[6]

Her personal bests in the 400 metres are 51.22 seconds outdoors (Huelva 2022) and 52.54 seconds indoors (Apeldoorn 2022).

References
  1. "Eveline Saalberg Athlete Profile". iaaf.org. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
  2. "De dames van atletiekvereniging Uros waren on fire op het NSK Indoor Atletiek | SUSA flexibel studentenwerk". www.susa.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 31 March 2020.
  3. "Maastrichtse Studenten Atletiekvereniging Uros". uros.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 31 March 2020.
  4. "Vetter wint tweede Nederlandse titel in twee dagen, zevende NK-goud Nugter". nos.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 31 March 2020.
  5. "Vessemse Eveline Saalberg Nederlands kampioene 400 meter horden". ed.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 13 November 2020.
  6. Robert Misset (18 March 2020). "Op atletiekbaan Papendal wordt wél getraind". de Volkskrant (in Dutch). Retrieved 31 March 2020.
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