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Dutch athlete (born 2000) In this Dutch name, the surname is van Klinken, not Klinken.
Jorinde van Klinken
Jorinde van Klinken in 2018
Personal information
Born (2000-02-02) 2 February 2000 (age 24)
Assen, Netherlands
Height181 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight100 kg (220 lb)
Sport
SportAthletics
Event(s)Shot put, discus throw
ClubGroningen Atletiek
Coached byBrian Blutreich
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing the  Netherlands
European Championships
Silver medal – second place 2024 Rome Shot put
Silver medal – second place 2024 Rome Discus throw
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Munich Shot put

Jorinde van Klinken (pronounced [joːˈrɪndə vɑŋ ˈklɪŋkə(n)]; born 2 February 2000) is a Dutch track and field athlete competing in the shot put and discus throw.

Her personal best of 70.22m is the current (2021) Dutch record in the discus throw. 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.

Education

Van Klinken completed her undergraduate degree from Utrecht University in her home country. After that, she pursued her graduate degree in Global Management at Thunderbird School of Global Management at Arizona State University (ASU) in Phoenix, Arizona, USA where she represented the Sun Devils in both discus and shot put. She completed her college athletics eligibility at the University of Oregon where she graduated as a valedictorian with an accelerated MBA in Innovation and Entrepreneurship.

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. 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. With this throw she became the second European woman to cross the 70m mark in the 21st century after two-time Olympic Champion Sandra Perković 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.

International competitions

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
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
2023 World Championships Budapest, Hungary 9th Shot put 19.05 m
4th Discus throw 67.20 m
2024 World Indoor Championships Glasgow, United Kingdom 16th Shot put 16.88 m
European Championships Rome, Italy 2nd Shot put 18.67 m
2nd Discus throw 65.99 m
Olympic Games Paris, France 28th (q) Shot put 16.35 m
7th Discus throw 63.35 m

Personal bests

Outdoor

Indoor

  • Shot put – 19.57 m i NR (Albuquerque 11 February 2023)

References

  1. Jorinde van Klinken at World Athletics Edit this at Wikidata
  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.

External links

European Athletics U23 Championships champions in women's discus throw
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