Lieke Klaver

Lieke Klaver
	Klaver in Székesfehérvár, Hungary in 2020
Personal information
Born	20 August 1998 (age 26); Velsen, Netherlands
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Sport
Country	Netherlands
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	200 metres, 400 metres
Achievements and titles
Personal bests	200 m: 22.66 2020; 400 m: 50.18 2022;
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing the Netherlands
World Championships
World Indoor Championships
European Championships
European Indoor Championships

Lieke Klaver (born 20 August 1998)^[2] is a Dutch track and field athlete who specializes in sprint races. She won several global medals as part of the Dutch 4 × 400 metres relays. Klaver represented Netherlands at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

Lieke Klaver represented Netherlands at the 2019 World Athletics Championships, competing in the women's 4 × 400 metres relay.^[3]

She represented Netherlands at the 2020 Summer Olympics, competing in the women's 400 metres and both women's and mixed 4 × 400 metres relay.

In February 2022, at the Dutch Indoor Championships, she set a new personal best for the 400 metres in a time of 51.20 seconds.^[4] During 2022 Klaver lowered this result to 50.18 s at the World Championships in Eugene, Oregon, finishing fourth in the final.^[2]

Competition record

Representing the Netherlands
Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Time	Notes
2014	World Junior Championships	Eugene, United States	8th (h)	4 x 100 m relay	45.29
2015	European Junior Championships	Eskilstuna, Sweden	6th	200 m	23.69
2015	European Junior Championships	Eskilstuna, Sweden	–	4 x 100 m relay	DNF
2016	World Junior Championships	Bydgoszcz, Poland	–	4 x 100 m relay	DNF
2017	European Junior Championships	Grosseto, Italy	6th	200 m	24.06
2017	European Junior Championships	Grosseto, Italy	8th	4 x 100 m relay	45.61
2019	World Relays	Yokohama, Japan	7th	4 x 400 m relay	3:29.03	(1st in Final B)
	European Team Championships, 1st League	Sandnes, Norway	3rd	4 x 400 m relay	3:33.97
	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	7th	4 x 400 m relay	3:27.89	^{[n 1]}
2021	European Indoor Championships	Toruń, Poland	5th	400 m i	52,03
	European Indoor Championships	Toruń, Poland	1st	4 x 400 m relay i	3:27.15	EL CR NR
	World Relays	Chorzów, Poland	4th	4 × 400 m relay	3:30.12	^{[n 2]}
	World Relays	Chorzów, Poland	8th	4 × 400 m mixed	3:18.04	NR ^{[n 3]}
	European Team Championships, 1st League	Cluj-Napoca, Romania	2nd	200 m	23.32
	European Team Championships, 1st League	Cluj-Napoca, Romania	1st	4 x 100 m relay	43.38
	Olympic Games	Tokyo, Japan	18th (sf)	400 m	51.37
			6th	4 × 400 m relay	3:23.74	NR
			4th	4 × 400 m mixed	3:10.36	NR
2022	World Indoor Championships	Belgrade, Serbia	6th	400 m i	52.67
	World Indoor Championships	Belgrade, Serbia	2nd	4 x 400 m relay i	3:28.57	SB
	World Championships	Eugene, OR, United States	4th	400 m	50.33	(PB sf)
			–	4 × 400 m relay	DQ
			2nd	4 × 400 m mixed	3:09.90	NR
	European Championships	Munich, Germany	5th	200 m	22.88
			6th	400 m	50.56
			1st	4×400 m relay	3:20.87	EL NR 49.2 split

Personal bests

60 metres indoor – 7.41 (Apeldoorn 2020)

100 metres – 11.46 (+0.5 m/s, Oordegem, Lede 2019)
200 metres – 22.66 (+1.3 m/s, La Chaux-de-Fonds 2020)
- 200 metres indoor – 23.10 (Metz 2021) NR
400 metres – 50.18 (Eugene, Oregon 2022)
- 400 metres indoor – 51.20 (Apeldoorn 2022)

Relays

4 × 400 metres relay – 3:20.87 (Munich 2022) NR
- 4 × 400 metres relay indoor – 3:27.15 (Toruń 2021) NR
4 × 400 metres relay mixed – 3:09.90 (Eugene, Oregon 2022) NR

Notes

^ Dutch team ran 3:27.40 sec in the heats
^ Dutch team without Klaver ran 3:28.40 sec in the heats
^ Time from the heats; Klaver was replaced in the final in which Dutch team clocked 3:21.02 sec