Jorinde van Klinken
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Born | Assen | 2 February 2000|||||||||||||
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Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||
Event(s) | Shot put, discus throw | |||||||||||||
Club | Groningen Atletiek | |||||||||||||
Coached by | Gert Damkat | |||||||||||||
Medal record
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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]
Education
Van Klinken completed her undergraduate degree from Utrecht University in her home country.[4] She is currently pursuing her graduate degree at Arizone 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
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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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
- Shot put – 18m45 (Tucson 30 April 2022)
- Discus throw – 70m22 (Tucson 23 May 2021)
- Hammer throw – 58m15 (Alphen aan den Rijn 29 June 2019)
Indoor
- Shot put – 19m08 (Birmingham 13 March 2022)
References
- ^ Jorinde van Klinken at World Athletics
- ^ a b c "European Athletics | European Athletics". european-athletics.com. Retrieved 2021-07-20.
- ^ a b Metcalfe, Jeff. "ASU's Jorinde van Klinken is Olympics-bound in discus after world's leading throws". The Arizona Republic. Retrieved 2021-07-20.
- ^ "Tokyo tops great year for Jorinde van Klinken and Thierry Brinkman | DUB". dub.uu.nl. Retrieved 2021-07-20.
- ^ "Dutch thrower trades national team ties for a master's degree". The Arizona State Press. Retrieved 2021-07-20.
- ^ "Final results" (PDF).
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