Laura de Witte

Laura de Witte
Laura de Witte in Amsterdam 2016
nation	Netherlands
birthday	7th August 1995 (age 25)
place of birth	Leek , Netherlands
size	173 cm
Weight	61 kg
job	Student
Career
discipline	sprint
society	AV triad
Trainer	Sven Ootjers
status	active
Medal table
U23 European Championships 0 × 0 × 1 ×
Junior European Championships bronze Bydgoszcz 2017 400 m
last change: July 9, 2019

Laura de Witte (born August 7, 1995 in Leek ) is a Dutch athlete who competes over 200 and 400 meters.

Career

Laura de Witte gained her first international experience at the European Youth Olympic Festival 2011 in Trabzon , where she was eliminated in the semifinals in the 200-meter run with 25.10 seconds. In 2013 she took part in the Junior European Championships in Rieti , but retired there with 24.41 s in the first round. In 2016 she qualified over 200 meters for the European Championships in her home town of Amsterdam . She reached the semi-finals with a new personal best of 23.23 s and was eliminated there with 23.48 s. With the Dutch 4 x 400 meter relay, she finished seventh in the final in 3: 29.23 minutes. With this season she also qualified for the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro , where she was eliminated with 3: 26.98 min in the preliminary round, but thus set a new Dutch record. At the U23 European Championships 2017 in Bydgoszcz , she won the bronze medal in the 400-meter run in 52.51 seconds . At the World Championships in London , she was disqualified with the relay in the run-up .

The following year she qualified over 400 meters for the European Championships in Berlin , where she was eliminated with 52.57 seconds in the lead. At the IAAF World Relays 2019 in Yokohama , the relay did not make it to the final in 3: 30.07 minutes. In July she reached the semi-finals at the Summer Universiade in Naples , where she was eliminated with 54.45 s.

Her sister Lisanne de Witte is also a sprinter. She is a student at the HVA Voeding en Diëtetiek.

Top performances

• 200 meters: 23.23 s (+0.9 m / s), July 6, 2016 in Amsterdam
• 400 meters: 52.15 s on July 14, 2017 in Bydgoszcz
  • 400 meters (hall): 52.96 s, February 10, 2019 in Liévin

Web links

Commons : Laura de Witte  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Laura de Witte in the database of World Athletics (English)
• Laura de Witte in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )

Individual evidence

1. ^ Result of the women's 4 x 400 meter relay at the 2016 Olympic Games
2. ^ Result list of the U23 European Championships in Bydgoszcz 2017