Jessica Schilder

Jessica Schilder
nation	Netherlands
birthday	19th March 1999 (age 21)
Career
discipline	Shot put
Best performance	17.61 m
status	active
last change: May 15, 2020

Jessica Schilder (born March 19, 1999 ) is a Dutch shot putter .

Athletic career

Jessica Schilder gained her first international experience in 2015 when she won the silver medal at the European Youth Olympic Festival in Tbilisi with a width of 16.05 m with the 3 kg ball. The following year she reached the final at the U20 World Championships in Bydgoszcz , where she reached twelfth place with 14.34 m and in 2017 she was fifth at the U20 European Championships in Grosseto with 15.99 m. In 2018 she was eliminated from the U20 World Championships in Tampere without a valid attempt in qualification and the following year she was fifth at the U23 European Championships in Gävle with a push of 16.51 m.

In 2020 Schilder became the Dutch indoor champion in the shot put.

Personal best

• Shot put: 17.50 m, May 18, 2019 in Lisse
  • Shot put (hall): 17.61 m, February 22, 2020 in Apeldoorn

Web links

• Jessica signs in the database of World Athletics (English)