Katrine Koch Jacobsen Explained
Katrine Koch Jacobsen |
Nationality: | Danish |
Sport: | Athletics |
Event: | Hammer throw |
Birth Date: | 24 June 1999 |
Pb: | Hanmer: 74.22m (2022) NR |
Katrine Koch Jacobsen (born 24 June 1999) is a Danish hammer thrower. She holds Denmark's national record in the hammer throw.[1]
Career
She set a new Danish national record for the hammer throw in March 2021, recording a distance of 64.68 metres.[2] By September of that year she had extended that record a further eight times, culminating in breaking the 70 metres barrier.[3] In June 2022, she broke the Danish national record for the tenth time in 15 months.[4]
She competed at the 2022 World Athletics Championships in the women's hammer in Eugene, Oregon.[5] She competed at the 2022 European Athletics Championships in Munich.[6] She competed at the 2023 World Championships in Budapest in the women's hammer throw.[7]
She placed fifth overall at the 2024 European Athletics Championships in Rome in the hammer throw.[8] [9] She competed at the 2024 Paris Olympics and threw the automatic qualification distance for the final with the fifth longest distance in qualifying.[10]
Notes and References
- Web site: Katrine Koch Jacobsen. World Athletics. 4 August 2024.
- Web site: After four years of training, Katrine is the longest-throwing woman in the country. dr.dk. 4 August 2024. 23 March 2021.
- Web site: Hammer thrower breaks the Danish record for the ninth time this year. dr.dk. 4 August 2024. 19 Sep 2021.
- Web site: Katrine throws the hammer a long way and sets her sights on the Olympics. dr.dk. 4 August 2024. 9 June 2022.
- Web site: Watch Athletics. 4 August 2024. Women's Hammer Throw Results: World Athletics Championships 2022 . 17 July 2022.
- Web site: European Athletics Championships. World Athletics. 4 August 2024. 15 August 2022.
- Web site: World Athletics. 4 August 2024. Hammer throw women. 23 August 2023.
- Web site: Katrine Koch Jacobsen finishes as number 5 in the EC final: 'I can do so much more'. 10 June 2024. dr.dk. 4 August 2024.
- Web site: Watch Athletics. 4 August 2024. Women Hammer Throw Results - European Athletics Championships 2024 . 10 June 2024.
- Web site: Danish hammer thrower explodes in the Olympic final with the fifth longest throw. sportsilkeborg. 4 August 2024. 4 August 2024.