Anne van de Wiel

Dutch athlete (born 1997)
Anne van de Wiel
van de Wiel in 2021
Personal information
NationalityDutch
Born (1997-06-04) 4 June 1997 (age 27)
Height1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Sport
SportAthletics
Event(s)400 metres, heptathlon
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)200 m: 23.68 (2021)
400 m: 52.54 (2024)
400 mH: 57.28 (2024)
Heptathlon: 5756 (2020)
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing the  Netherlands
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2024 Rome 4×400 m relay

Anne van de Wiel (pronounced [ˈɑnə vɑn də ˈʋil]; born 4 June 1997) is a Dutch multi-event athlete. She won Dutch heptathlon national titles in 2019 and 2020.[1]

Personal life

Van de Wiel is from Breda, and her twin sister Myke is also an athlete. She studied sociology at Erasmus University.[2] Both sisters later moved to train in Rotterdam.[3]

Career

Early in her athletics career, van de Wiel competed primarily in the heptathlon. She won the silver medal in the heptathlon at the 2017 Dutch Championships in Utrecht.[4]

At the 2018 Dutch Championships in June, van de Wiel won silver in the heptathlon behind her sister Myke.

At the 2019 Dutch Championships in Den Haag, held in July, van de Wiel won the heptathlon with a total of 5712 points.[5][6]

Van de Wiel won bronze in the heptathlon at the 2020 NK Indoor Meerkamp. She also participated in two individual events at the 2020 Dutch Indoor Championships in Apeldoorn in February. She finished fourth in the 200 meters and eighth in the long jump.[7] Van de Wiel won the Dutch Championships title in the heptathlon again in September 2020 in Emmeloord with a score of 5756 points, setting her personal best.[8]

In 2021, van de Wiel started specializing in the 400 metres. She dropped her personal best in the event to 53.46 seconds in June. Van de Wiel travelled as part of the Dutch relay team to the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo[9] but did not compete.[10]

At the 2022 Dutch Championships in Apeldoorn in June, van de Wiel won the bronze medal in the 400 m.[11]

At the 2023 Dutch Championships in Breda in July, she won the silver medal in the 400 m hurdles.[12]

In May 2024, van de Wiel went under 53 seconds in the 400 m, accomplishing the feat twice. In June, she competed as part of the Dutch 4 × 400 m relay team at the 2024 European Championships in Rome.[13] Van de Wiel ran in the heats, and the Netherlands finished first in the final, earning her a gold medal. She travelled to the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris with the Dutch relay team but did not compete.

References

  1. ^ "Anne Van De Wiel". World Athletics. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
  2. ^ "Top-level sporting identical twins compete together". Erasmus Magazine. 6 June 2018. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
  3. ^ "Breda twins at a crossroads: Anne van de Wiel goes without Myke for an Olympic ticket". bndestem.nl. 22 May 2021. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
  4. ^ "Anne van de Wiel pakt in 'haar jaar' het zilver op de meerkamp". bndestem. 16 July 2017. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
  5. ^ "ASICS NK Athletics day 4". atletiek.nl. July 28, 2019. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
  6. ^ "Dutch National Championships". World Athletics. 25 July 2019. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
  7. ^ "Twin sisters Anne and Myke (22) van de Wiel show great promise in the athletics world". Rijnmond.nl. March 2, 2020. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
  8. ^ Vreeswijk, Bert. "Compete against each other in the heptathlon - interview with Anne and Myke van de Wiel". baan-atletik.nl. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
  9. ^ "Participating is more important than winning? For athlete Anne van de Wiel, her ultimate dream is coming true". Rijnmond.nl. July 18, 2021. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
  10. ^ "Anne van de Wiel valt buiten de boot voor WK atletiek: 'Ik miste een harde tijd'". bndestem.nl. 28 June 2022. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
  11. ^ "Numerous highlights on the final day of the ASICS NK Athletics". Atletiek.nl. June 26, 2022. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
  12. ^ "Dutch National Championships". World Athletics. 28 July 2023. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
  13. ^ "Women's 4x400 meter relay to final, men fourth in series, not enough for final". Runnersworld. 11 June 2024. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
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