Emma Oosterwegel

Emma Oosterwegel (Dutch: [ˈɛmaː ˈʔoːstərˌʋeːɣəl]; born 29 June 1998)^[2] is a Dutch track and field athlete competing in the combined events. She won the bronze medal in the heptathlon at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.^[3]

Emma Oosterwegel

Oosterwegel in 2018
Personal information
Born	(1998-06-29) 29 June 1998 (age 26) Deventer, Netherlands
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Sport
Country	Netherlands
Sport	Athletics
Event	Heptathlon
Club	AV Daventria 1906
Coached by	Ronald Vetter, Elliott Thijssen, Kees Betlem
Medal record Women's athletics Representing  Netherlands Olympic Games 2020 Tokyo Heptathlon

Oosterwegel has won four Dutch national titles, mostly in the pentathlon.

She was born in Deventer, and is a Soil, Water and Atmosphere student at Wageningen University.^[4]

Statistics

International competitions

Representing the  Netherlands

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Result
2013	European Youth Olympic Festival	Utrecht, Netherlands	13th (q)	Javelin throw (500 g)	42.80 m
2016	World U20 Championships	Bydgoszcz, Poland	18th (q)	Javelin throw	49.73 m
			13th	Heptathlon	5461 pts
2017	European U20 Championships	Grosseto, Italy	8th	Javelin throw	48.08 m
2019	European U23 Championships	Gävle, Sweden	4th	Heptathlon	6072 pts
	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	7th	Heptathlon	6250 pts PB
2021	Olympic Games	Tokyo, Japan	3rd	Heptathlon	6590 pts PB
2022	World Championships	Eugene, OR, United States	7th	Heptathlon	6440 pts SB
	European Championships	Munich, Germany	–	Heptathlon	DNF
2023	World Championships	Budapest, Hungary	5th	Heptathlon	6464 pts
2024	Olympic Games	Paris, France	7th	Heptathlon	6386 pts

Personal bests

• Heptathlon – 6590 pts (Tokyo 2021)
  • 100 m hurdles – 13.36 s (+0.2 m/s, Tokyo 2021)
  • High jump – 1.80 m (Tokyo 2021)
  • Shot put – 14.54 m (Paris 2024)
  • 200 metres – 24.25 s (+0.3 m/s, Tokyo 2021)
  • Long jump – 6.40 m (+0.9 m/s, Leiden 2021)
  • Javelin throw – 55.47 m (Talence 2022)
  • 800 metres – 2:08.67 min (Paris 2024)
• 100 metres – 12.47 (+1.8 m/s, Grootebroek 2020)

Indoors

• Pentathlon – 4306 pts (Apeldoorn 2020)
  • 60 m hurdles – 8.43 s (Apeldoorn 2023)
  • High jump – 1.80 m (Apeldoorn 2020)
  • Shot put – 14.45 m (Apeldoorn 2021)
  • Long jump – 6.07 m (Apeldoorn 2019)
  • 800 metres – 2:18.53 min (Apeldoorn 2020)

National titles

• Dutch Athletics Championships
  • Javelin throw: 2016
• Dutch Indoor Athletics Championships
  • Pentathlon: 2018, 2019, 2020

References

1. "Oosterwegel Emma". olympics.com. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
2. "Emma OOSTERWEGEL – Athlete Profile". World Athletics. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
3. "Heptathlon Summary Points (Tokyo 2020)". olympics.com. Archived from the original on 5 August 2021. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
4. "Emma Oosterwegel maakte fysiek en mentaal een grote ontwikkeling door | Hardloopnetwerk".

External links

• Emma Oosterwegel at World Athletics
• Emma Oosterwegel at European Athletics
• Emma Oosterwegel at Olympedia
• Emma Oosterwegel at Olympics.com
• Emma Oosterwegel at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics
• Emma Oosterwegel at TeamNL (archive) (in Dutch)
• Emma Oosterwegel at Atletiek.nl (in Dutch)