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Dafne Schippers

Dafne Schippers
Dafne Schippers Zurich 2014 2.jpg
Personal information
Nationality Dutch
Born (1992-06-15) 15 June 1992 (age 24)
Utrecht, Netherlands
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 12 in)
Weight 65 kg (143 lb; 10 st 3 lb)
Sport
Country  Netherlands
Sport Track and field
Event(s) Heptathlon
Sprint

Dafne Schippers (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈdɑfnə ˈsxɪpərs]; born 15 June 1992) is a Dutch athlete, competing in heptathlon and the sprints. She is the 2015 World Champion and winner of 2016 Olympic silver at the 200 metres. She holds the European record of 21.63 seconds and is the third fastest woman of all time at this distance.

Dafne Schippers was born on 15 June 1992 in the city of Utrecht in the Netherlands. At age 9, she started competing in athletics.

Schippers won gold medals in the heptathlon at the 2010 World Junior Championships in Athletics and 2011 European Athletics Junior Championships. Two years later, she won gold in the 100 m and bronze in the long jump at the 2013 European Athletics U23 Championships.

In 2011 at the World Championships in Daegu, South Korea, she broke the Dutch national record in the 200 m in the heats before finishing 9th in the semifinals, missing the final by 0.04 seconds. She is co-record holder in the 4 × 100 m relay.


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