Lieke Klaver

Lieke Klaver (born 20 August 1998)[2] is a Dutch track and field athlete who specializes in sprint races. She finished fourth in the 400 metres at the 2022 World Athletics Championships. Klaver won the silver medal for the event at the 2023 European Indoor Championships. She earned five major medals as part of Dutch 4 × 400 m relays, either women's or mixed, including silver for the mixed relay at the 2022 World Championships.

Lieke Klaver
Klaver at the 2023 European Indoor Championships in Istanbul
Personal information
Born (1998-08-20) 20 August 1998
Velsen, Netherlands
Height1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Sport
CountryNetherlands
SportAthletics
Event(s)200 metres, 400 metres
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)
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 Munich4×400 m relay
European Indoor Championships
Gold medal – first place2021 Toruń4×400 m relay
Gold medal – first place2023 Istanbul4×400 m relay
Silver medal – second place2023 Istanbul400 m

Klaver represented Netherlands at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. She took four national titles.

Career

Lieke Klaver represented Netherlands at the 2019 World Athletics Championships, competing in the women's 4 × 400 metres relay.[3]

She represented Netherlands at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, competing in the women's 400 metres and both the women's and mixed 4 × 400 m relays.[4]

In February 2022, at the Dutch Indoor Championships, she set a new personal best for the 400 metres in a time of 51.20 seconds.[5] During the summer season Klaver lowered greatly her outdoor pre-2022 best (50.98 s) down to 50.18 seconds at the World Championships in Eugene, Oregon, finishing fourth in the final.[2]

In February 2023, in the 400 m race at the Dutch Indoors in which compatriot 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 respective world all-time list. Only two-time Olympic champion, Shaunae Miller-Uibo of the Bahamas, and Bol had run faster indoors since 2007.[6][7] The following month, Klaver won her first individual major medal, with silver for the 400 m at the European Indoor Championships held in Istanbul.[2]

Statistics
Lieke Klaver (R) passes the baton to Lisanne de Witte (L) in the women's 4 × 400 m relay at Doha 2019.
At the 2023 European Indoor Championships in Istanbul, Klaver (L) won her first individual major medal, with silver for the 400 m.

International competitions
Representing the  Netherlands
YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventTimeNotes
2014 World Junior Championships Eugene, United States 8th (h) 4 x 100 m relay 45.29
2015 European Junior Championships Eskilstuna, Sweden 6th 200 m 23.69
– 4 x 100 m relay DNF
2016 World Junior Championships Bydgoszcz, Poland – 4 x 100 m relay DNF
2017 European Junior Championships Grosseto, Italy 6th 200 m 24.06
8th 4 x 100 m relay 45.61
2019 World Relays Yokohama, Japan 7th 4 x 400 m relay 3:29.03 (1st in Final B)
European Team Championships, 1st League Sandnes, Norway 3rd 4 x 400 m relay 3:33.97
World Championships Doha, Qatar 7th 4 x 400 m relay 3:27.89 [n 1]
2021 European Indoor Championships Toruń, Poland 5th 400 m i 52.03
1st 4 x 400 m relay i 3:27.15 EL CR NR
World Relays Chorzów, Poland 4th 4 × 400 m relay 3:30.12 [n 2]
8th 4 × 400 m mixed 3:18.04 NR [n 3]
European Team Championships, 1st League Cluj-Napoca, Romania 2nd 200 m 23.32
1st 4 x 100 m relay 43.38
Olympic Games Tokyo, Japan 18th (sf) 400 m 51.37
6th 4 × 400 m relay 3:23.74 NR
4th 4 × 400 m mixed 3:10.36 NR
2022 World Indoor Championships Belgrade, Serbia 6th 400 m i 52.67
2nd 4 x 400 m relay i 3:28.57 SB
World Championships Eugene, OR, United States 4th 400 m 50.33 (NRs h / sf)
– 4 × 400 m relay DQ
2nd 4 × 400 m mixed 3:09.90 NR
European Championships Munich, Germany 5th 200 m 22.88
6th 400 m 50.56
1st 4×400 m relay 3:20.87 EL NR (49.2 split)
2023 European Indoor Championships Istanbul, Turkey 2nd 400 m i 50.57
1st 4 x 400 m relay i 3:25.66 CR NR

Personal bests
Relays

National titles

Notes
  1. Dutch team ran 3:27.40 in the heats
  2. Dutch team without Klaver ran 3:28.40 in the heats
  3. Time from the heats; Klaver was replaced in the final in which Dutch team clocked 3:21.02

References
  1. "IMM - LIEKE KLAVER". immbruxelles.com. Retrieved 19 May 2022.
  2. "Lieke KLAVER – Athlete Profile". World Athletics. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  3. "4x400 Metres Relay women. IAAF World Athletics Championships, DOHA 2019". iaaf.org. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
  4. "Lieke Klaver – Biographical information". Olympedia.org. Retrieved 20 February 2023.
  5. "Bol, Kambundji and Dongmo impress on busy national indoor championships weekend". World Athletics. 27 February 2022. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
  6. "All time Top lists – 400 metres Women – Senior Indoor | until 2023-02-19". World Athletics. Retrieved 19 February 2023.
  7. Mills, Steven (19 February 2023). "World record! Bol clocks 49.26 at the Dutch Indoor Championships". European Athletics. Retrieved 19 February 2023.
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