Dutch Athletics Team rd 33 European Indoor Championships Prague | March 5-8, 2015 Royal Dutch Athletics Federation / Atletiekunie P.O. Box 60100 6800 JC Arnhem The Netherlands President: Theo Hoex General Secretary: Jan Willem Landré Phone: +31(0)26 483 48 00 Fax: +31(0)26 483 48 01 E-mail: [email protected] Internet: www.atletiekunie.nl @atletiekunie @AtletiekLive facebook.com/Atletiekunie 2 Contents Additional info athletes 4 Introduction 5 A word with Sifan Hassan 5 Timetable 7 Biographies 10 - Women 10 - Men 18 - Staff 26 History and Statistics 30 Additional Information 42 Production 43 - 3 - Additional info Dutch Athletes Dutch Athletes can be found in several places on the web. Of course they have their websites, but many of them you can also follow on twitter. Women Website Twitter account Nadine Broersen www.nadinebroersen.nl @NadineBroersen Maureen Koster @maureenkoster Femke Pluim @femkepluim Dafne Schippers www.dafneschippers.nl @DafneSchippers Anouk Vetter @AnoukVetter Nadine Visser www.nadinevisser.nl @_NadineVisser Men Website Twitter account Terrence Agard @agardtagard01 Bjorn Blauwhof @bjornblauwhofbb Liemarvin Bonevacia @leemarvin44 Pieter Braun www.pieterbraun.com @Pieterbraun Thijmen Kupers www.thijmenkupers.nl @thijm3n Gregory Sedoc @gregorysedoc Eelco Sintnicolaas www.eelcosintnicolaas.nl @eelcotienkamp Others Website Twitter account Atletiekunie www.atletiekunie.nl @Atletiekunie @AtletiekLive Erik van Leeuwen www.erki.nl @erikvanleeuwen Eric Roeske @EricRoeske - 4 - Introduction With 17 athletes (8 men and 9 women) the Dutch delegation for the 33rd European Indoor Championships is the largest since the 1998 tournament in Valencia, Spain. The team contains a reigning champion (Eelco Sintnicolaas, heptathlon), a reigning world indoor champion (Nadine Broersen, pentathlon), as well as two reigning European outdoor champions (Dafne Schippers and Sifan Hassan). The Dutch team has several experienced athletetes, with Gregory Sedoc participating for the 6th time (winning Gold in 2007 and Silver in 2009). But with five athletes still eligible to contest U23 Championships later this year in Tallinn, the Dutch Team also includes ample young talent. Holland has won 45 medals in 32 editions of these European Indoor Championships, 12 in the last 7 tournaments. All medalists can be found in this booklet, as well as other statistical information, athlete profiles, an interview with Sifan Hassan (below), and more. A word with Sifan Hassan It has been only 15 months since Sifan Hassan got her Dutch passport, but the 22-year old athlete has put it to exceptional use, scoring record after record as well as international titles and honours for the country that has embraced her. At her first Championship finally allowed to wear the orange vest, Sifan won the 2013 European U23 Cross Country title. Subsequently, last Summer, she won a Gold as well as a Silver at the European Championships in Zurich, plus the IAAF Continental Cup. As fast as her trophy case fills up, Sifan also slashes her times, with her 4:00.96 over 1500 meters leading the World indoor Rankings late February by more than two seconds. Question: You have improved across the Q: You win Cross Country races, but are board ever since you started formally best known from the track, now both indoor competing at the relatively advanced age of and outdoor. Do you prefer either of them, 18. Are you at all surprised by how much or perhaps even road racing? you keep improving? Sifan: I really like both cross as outdoor Sifan: Yes, I am a little bit surprised that I track. For me the 1500m is a great distance still improve this much. I hope this will on the track, but I also love to cross! continue! Q: You have ran amazing times over all Q: The past 15 months were amazing with distances from 800 to 5000 meters. Is there the Cross Country title, the European a distance that suits you best, and/or which Championships medals as well as the one do you personally prefer? Continental Cup. Was there one race that stood out for you? Sifan: My favorite distance is the 1500m. I cannot easily say why. Maybe because it is Sifan: For me there is of course one race my best distance. I just feel good when I run that stood out: my gold medal race at the the 1500m, it gives me a better feeling than European Championships. I won’t forget that another distance. The 5000m for me is a 1500m. little bit too long - 5 - Q: As a Dutch runner with Ethiopian roots, that medal. For later tournaments I don’t you have access to many strong running know yet. 1500m is my main distance, but it traditions. Is there a specific athlete you look also depends on how training is going and up to, or consider an example? what I prefer. Sifan: My example is a Dutch athlete: Ellen Q: What are your goals (times, van Langen. How she won as a Dutch championships) for later in 2015? athlete the gold medal at the Olympic Games in Barcelona (1992)… She did it in Sifan: In Beijing I want to be on the podium 1:55!! That is just amazing. I’m happy that I for the 1500m. Also it would be really great if can work with her! I run a personal best on the 1500m! (sub 3:57.00) Q: Can you describe, and indicate what you like about, your training situation with Q: With the World Championships later this Honoré Hoedt? year and already looking ahead at the Olympics in Rio, will your focus be on the Sifan: Every athlete does have favorite 1500 meters, the 5000 meters? Both? training exercises and parts that they don’t like. My favorite training with Honoré is in Sifan: My best feeling is with the 1500m. the winter when we are going to a sort of The 5000m is a little bit too long for my cross track behind Papendal. Then we are feeling. Therefore I will focus on the 1500m. doing 6-8 minutes run on that cross track. That is awesome! Q: 2016 is also the year of the European Championships in Amsterdam. Are you Q: In Prague, as before and likely in the looking forward to that? future, you can choose between multiple distances you qualify for. How do you make Sifan: Yes of course! It would be great for that choice – based on best chance, training me to run a big tournament in my home situation, preference? country! And the best would be to give my country a medal at that tournament! Sifan: For me it is important to win a gold medal in Prague. I will chose the distance GOOD LUCK in Prague! which gives me the best chance on winning - 6 - Timetable Day 1: Thursday, March 5 Time Gender Event Round Dutch Athletes * 16:30 W Shot Put Qualification 17:00 M Long Jump Qualification 18:00 M Shot Put Qualification Day 2: Friday, March 6 Time Gender Event Round Dutch Athletes * 09:45 W 60mh Pentathlon Nadine Broersen Anouk Vetter 10:00 M Triple Jump Qualification 10:05 W 60mh Round 1 Nadine Visser 10:15 M Pole Vault Qualification 10:32 M 60mh Round 1 Gregory Sedoc 11:00 W High Jump Pentathlon Nadine Broersen Anouk Vetter 11:20 W 400 meters Round 1 Madiea Ghafoor 11:48 M 400 meters Round 1 Terrence Agard Bjorn Blauwhof Liemarvin Bonevacia 12:15 W Long Jump Qualification 12:20 W 800 meters Round 1 12:41 M 800 meters Round 1 Thijmen Kupers 13:15 W Shot Put Pentathlon Nadine Broersen Anouk Vetter 13:25 W 3000 meters Round 1 Sifan Hassan Maureen Koster 16:00 W 60mh Semi finals Nadine Visser 16:05 W High Jump Qualification 16:10 W Long Jump Pentathlon Nadine Broersen Anouk Vetter 16:15 W Pole Vault Qualification Femke Pluim 16:25 M 60mh Semi finals Gregory Sedoc 16:50 M 400 meters Semi finals Terrence Agard Bjorn Blauwhof Liemarvin Bonevacia 17:10 W 400 meters Semi finals Madiea Ghafoor 17:25 M Shot Put Final 17:35 W 800 meters Pentathlon Nadine Broersen Anouk Vetter 17:55 M Long Jump Final 18:00 M 3000 meters Round 1 18:35 W 60mh Final Nadine Visser 18:55 M 60mh Final Gregory Sedoc * entries in italics dependent on earlier rounds / qualifications - 7 - Day 3: Saturday, March 7 Time Gender Event Round Dutch Athletes * 10:00 W 60 meters Round 1 Jamile Samuel Dafne Schippers 10:05 W Triple Jump Qualification 10:21 M 60 meters Round 1 Brian Mariano 10:49 M 60 meters Heptathlon Pieter Braun Eelco Sintnicolaas 11:10 M High Jump Qualification 11:15 W 1500 meters Round 1 Sifan Hassan Maureen Koster 11:50 M 1500 meters Round 1 12:00 M Long Jump Heptathlon Pieter Braun Eelco Sintnicolaas 16:30 W High Jump Final 16:35 M Shot Put Heptathlon Pieter Braun Eelco Sintnicolaas 16:45 W Long Jump Final 17:00 M Pole Vault Final 18:00 W 800 meters Semi finals 18:15 W Shot Put Final 18:25 M 800 meters Semi finals Thijmen Kupers 18:30 M High Jump Hepathlon Pieter Braun Eelco Sintnicolaas 18:40 M Triple Jump Final 18:50 W 3000 meters Final Sifan Hassan Maureen Koster 19:10 W 400 meters Final Madiea Ghafoor 19:30 M 400 meters Final Terrence Agard Bjorn Blauwhof Liemarvin Bonevacia 19:45 M 3000 meters Final * entries in italics dependent on earlier rounds / qualifications - 8 - Day 4: Sunday, March 8 Time Gender Event Round Dutch Athletes * 11:30 M 60mh Heptatlon Pieter Braun Eelco Sintnicolaas 12:40 M Pole Vault Heptatlon Pieter Braun Eelco Sintnicolaas 14:40 W 60 meters Semi finals Jamile Samuel Dafne Schippers 14:57 M 60 meters Semi finals Brian Mariano 15:12 W 800 meters Final 15:30 M 800 meters Final Thijmen Kupers 15:40 M High Jump Final 15:45 M 1000 meters Heptathlon Pieter Braun Eelco Sintnicolaas 16:05 W Pole Vault Final Femke Pluim 16:10 W 1500 meter Final Sifan Hassan Maureen Koster 16:25 W Triple Jump Final 16:30 M 1500 meters Final 16:55 W 60 meters Final Jamile Samuel Dafne Schippers 17:15 M 60 meters Final Brian Mariano 17:35 W 4x400 meters Final 17:55 M 4x400