Jessica Schilder
Schilder with her bronze medal at the 2022 World Championships | |
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| Born | 19 March 1999 Volendam, Netherlands |
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[1] |
| Sport | |
| Country | Netherlands |
| Sport | Athletics (track and field) |
| Event | Shot put |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Highest world ranking | |
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Medal record | |
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Jessica Schilder (pronounced [ˈjɛsikaː] ⓘ [ˈsxɪldər] ⓘ; born 19 March 1999) is a Dutch track and field athlete competing in shot put.[4] She is the 2025 World Champion and the Dutch record holder with a throw of 21.09 m from 2026. She is four-time medalist (one gold) at the World Championships (outdoor and indoor) and a three-time gold medalist at the European Championships (outdoor and indoor). Her highest World Athletics Rankings are No. 1 in shot put in 2026 and No. 5 of women overall in 2026.
Career
[edit]Schilder competed in the women's shot put event at the 2021 European Athletics Indoor Championships.[5] She also competed in the women's shot put in the delayed 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, that was postponed to July 2021 due to the coronavirus pandemic, but did not qualify for the final.[6]
She won the bronze medal in the women's shot put event at the 2022 World Athletics Indoor Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia. In August 2022, Schilder won the gold medal in shot put at the European Athletics Championships.[7] She won the bronze medal at the 2022 World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon, with a national record throw of 19.77 metres.[8]
Schilder won the gold medal in the shot put at the 2024 European Athletics Championships in Rome, Italy.[9] She competed at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, France, placing sixth in the women's shot put final.[10]
She won the gold medal in the shot put at the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Apeldoorn.[11] She was the silver medalist in shot put at the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Nanjing, China in March 2025, and the gold medalist at the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan.[12][13]
In March 2026, she equalled her own national record of 20.69 metres at the ISTAF Indoor meeting in Berlin.[14]
Personal bests
[edit]- Outdoor[15]
- Indoor[16]
International competitions
[edit]Circuit wins and titles
[edit]- Diamond League shot put champion:
2025
References
[edit]- ^ "SCHILDER Jessica". Paris 2024 Olympics. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
- ^ "World Rankings Women's Shot Put", World Athletics, 19 May 2026. Retrieved 21 June 2026.
- ^ "World Rankings Women's Overall Ranking", World Athletics, 9 June 2026. Retrieved 21 June 2026.
- ^ "Jessica Schilder". Gladiator Sports. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
- ^ "Qualification results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2021. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
- ^ "Shot put women". World Athletics. 30 July 2021. Retrieved 26 April 2025.
- ^ "Final results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 August 2022. Retrieved 18 August 2022.
- ^ "World Athletics Championships". World Athletics. 16 July 2022. Retrieved 26 April 2025.
- ^ "Women Shot Put Results - European Athletics Championships 2024". Watch Athletics. 7 June 2024. Retrieved 26 April 2025.
- ^ "Women's Shot Put Results - Paris Olympic Games 2024 Athletics". Watch Athletics. 9 August 2024. Retrieved 28 August 2024.
- ^ "Women's Shot Put Results - European Athletics Indoor Championships 2025". Watch Athletics. 9 March 2025. Retrieved 26 April 2025.
- ^ "Women's Shot Put Results - World Athletics Indoor Championships 2025". Watch Athletics. 23 March 2025. Retrieved 26 April 2025.
- ^ "2025 World Athletics Championships Results - Women's Shot Put". World Athletics. 20 September 2025. Retrieved 20 September 2025.
- ^ "World leads for Szymański and Schilder in Berlin". World Athletics. 6 March 2026. Retrieved 6 March 2026.
- ^ "2025 Xiamen Diamond League - Women's Diamond - Shot put results" (PDF). Diamond League. 26 April 2025. Retrieved 26 April 2025.[dead link]
- ^ "Jessica Schilder", World Athletics. Retrieved 21 June 2026.
External links
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- Jessica Schilder at World Athletics
- Jessica Schilder at Olympics.com
- Jessica Schilder at Olympedia
- Jessica Schilder at InterSportStats
- Jessica Schilder at TeamNL (in Dutch)
- Jessica Schilder at Atletiek.nl (archived) (in Dutch)
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European Athletics Championships champions in women's shot put | |
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European Athletics U23 Championships champions in women's shot put | |
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- 1999 births
- 21st-century Dutch sportswomen
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2023 European Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Dutch Athletics Championships winners
- Dutch women shot putters
- Dutch Indoor Athletics Championships winners
- European Athletics Championships winners
- European Games competitors for the Netherlands
- Living people
- Olympic athletes for the Netherlands
- Sportspeople from Volendam
- World Athletics Indoor Championships medalists
- World Athletics Championships winners
- World Athletics Championships medalists
- World Athletics Championships athletes for the Netherlands
- European Athletics Indoor Championships winners
