Emma Oosterwegel Explained

Emma Oosterwegel
Birth Date:	29 June 1998
Birth Place:	Deventer, Netherlands
Country:	Netherlands
Sport:	Athletics
Club:	AV Daventria 1906
Coach:	Ronald Vetter, Elliott Thijssen, Kees Betlem

Emma Oosterwegel (in Dutch; Flemish ˈɛmaː ˈoːstərˌʋeːɣəl/; born 29 June 1998)^[1] 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.^[2]

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.^[3]

Statistics

International competitions

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
2021	Olympic Games	Tokyo, Japan	3rd	Heptathlon	6590 pts
2022	World Championships	Eugene, OR, United States	7th	Heptathlon	6440 pts
	European Championships	Munich, Germany	–	Heptathlon
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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Emma OOSTERWEGEL – Athlete Profile . . 1 January 2023.
2. Web site: Heptathlon Summary Points (Tokyo 2020) . olympics.com . 5 August 2021 . 5 August 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210805124136/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/athletics/summary-points-women-s-heptathlon.htm . dead .
3. Web site: Emma Oosterwegel maakte fysiek en mentaal een grote ontwikkeling door | Hardloopnetwerk.