Anne van de Wiel
van de Wiel in 2021 | |||||||||||||||
Personal information | |||||||||||||||
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Nationality | Dutch | ||||||||||||||
Born | (1997-06-04) 4 June 1997 (age 27) | ||||||||||||||
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Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
Event | Heptathlon | ||||||||||||||
Achievements and titles | |||||||||||||||
Personal best(s) | 400 m: 52.54 (2024) 400 mH: 57.28 (2024) Heptathlon: 5756 (2020) | ||||||||||||||
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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]
Early and personal life
From Breda, 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
She won the silver medal in the heptathlon at the Dutch Athletics Championships in Utrecht in 2017.[4] She won the heptathlon at the 2019 Dutch Athletics Championships in Den Haag with a total of 5712 points.[5][6] She won bronze at the NK Indoor Meerkamp in the heptathlon in 2020, and also participated in two individual events during the Dutch Championship in Apeldoorn in February 2020. In the 200 meters, she finished fourth and eighth in the long jump.[7] She won the Dutch title in the heptathlon again in September 2020 in Emmeloord, with a score of 5756 points.[8]
She travelled as part of the Dutch relay team at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics,[9] but did not compete.[10] She finished third in the 400 metres at the Dutch Championships in Apeldoorn in June 2022.[11] In July 2023, she was runner up at the Dutch Championships in Breda in the 400 m hurdles.[12]
She competed as part of the Dutch 4 × 400 m relay team at the 2024 European Athletics Championships in Rome.[13]
References
- ^ "Anne Van De Wiel". World Athletics. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
- ^ "Top-level sporting identical twins compete together". Erasmus Magazine. 6 June 2018. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Anne van de Wiel pakt in 'haar jaar' het zilver op de meerkamp". bndestem. 16 July 2017. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
- ^ "ASICS NK Athletics day 4". atletiek.nl. July 28, 2019. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
- ^ "Dutch National Championships". World Athletics. 25 July 2019. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
- ^ "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.
- ^ Vreeswijk, Bert. "Compete against each other in the heptathlon - interview with Anne and Myke van de Wiel". baan-atletik.nl. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Numerous highlights on the final day of the ASICS NK Athletics". Atletiek.nl. June 26, 2022. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
- ^ "Dutch National Championships". World Athletics. 28 July 2023. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
- ^ "Women's 4x400 meter relay to final, men fourth in series, not enough for final". Runnersworld. 11 June 2024. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
External links
- Anne van de Wiel at World Athletics
- Anne van de Wiel at Olympedia