Jorinde van Klinken

Jorinde van Klinken (born 2 February 2000) is a Dutch athlete competing in the shot put and discus throw.[1] Her personal best of 70.22m is the current (2021) Dutch record in the discus throw.[2] She represented her country in the discus at the 2019 World Championships in Doha without reaching the final. In the same year, she won a gold medal in the shot put at the 2019 European U20 Championships. On 20 May 2021, she qualified for the Tokyo Olympics with a throw of 65.94m at the Tucson Elite Classic.[3]

Jorinde van Klinken
Jorinde van Klinken in 2018
Personal information
Born (2000-02-02) 2 February 2000
Assen
Sport
SportAthletics
Event(s)Shot put, discus throw
ClubGroningen Atletiek
Coached byGert Damkat
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing the  Netherlands
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place2022 MunichShot put

Education

Van Klinken completed her undergraduate degree from Utrecht University in her home country.[4] She is currently pursuing her graduate degree at Arizona State University (ASU) in Tempe, Arizona, USA where she represents the Sun Devils in both discus and shot put.[5]

Career

In May 2021, Van Klinken qualified for the Tokyo Olympics when she threw a personal best of 65.94 during the Tucson Elite Classic held in Tucson, USA.[3] On 23 May 2021, at the USA Track Throws Festival, she threw the discus 70.22m which not only gave her a new personal best but also broke the Dutch national record and created a new world leading distance.[2] With this throw she became the second European woman to cross the 70m mark this century after two-time Olympic Champion, Sandra Perkovic of Croatia[2] and put her amongst the medal contenders at the Tokyo Olympics. In August 2022 Van Klinken won the bronze medal in shot put at the European Athletics Championships. [6]

International competitions
YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing the  Netherlands
2016 World U20 Championships Bydgoszcz, Poland 16th (q) Shot put 14.31 m
10th Discus throw 49.15 m
2017 European U20 Championships Grosseto, Italy 2nd Shot put 16.89 m
6th Discus throw 51.53 m
2018 World U20 Championships Tampere, Finland 3rd Shot put 17.05 m
7th Discus throw 50.61 m
European Championships Berlin, Germany 20th (q) Discus throw 54.33 m
2019 European Throwing Cup (U23) Šamorín, Slovakia 1st Shot put 16.38 m
3rd Discus throw 55.86 m
European U20 Championships Borås, Sweden 1st Shot put 17.39 m
15th (q) Discus throw 47.67 m
World Championships Doha, Qatar 18th (q) Discus throw 58.58 m
2021 European U23 Championships Tallinn, Estonia 1st Discus throw 63.02 m
Olympic Games Tokyo, Japan 14th (q) Discus throw 61.15 m
2022 World Championships Eugene, United States 16th (q) Shot put 18.19 m
4th Discus throw 64.97 m
European Championships Munich, Germany 3rd Shot put 18.94 m
4th Discus throw 64.43 m

Personal bests

Outdoor

Indoor

  • Shot put – 19m08 (Birmingham 13 March 2022)

References
  1. Jorinde van Klinken at World Athletics
  2. "European Athletics | European Athletics". european-athletics.com. Retrieved 2021-07-20.
  3. Metcalfe, Jeff. "ASU's Jorinde van Klinken is Olympics-bound in discus after world's leading throws". The Arizona Republic. Retrieved 2021-07-20.
  4. "Tokyo tops great year for Jorinde van Klinken and Thierry Brinkman | DUB". dub.uu.nl. Retrieved 2021-07-20.
  5. "Dutch thrower trades national team ties for a master's degree". The Arizona State Press. Retrieved 2021-07-20.
  6. "Final results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-08-15. Retrieved 2022-08-18.
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