| Myrte van der Schoot | |
| Nationality: | Dutch |
| Birth Date: | 16 April 2004 |
| Height: | 1.80 m[1] |
| Country: | Netherlands |
| Sport: | Track and field |
| Event: | 400 m, 4×400 m relay, long jump |
| Club: | Gooise Atletiek Club[2] |
| Show-Medals: | yes |
Myrte van der Schoot (pronounced as /nl/; born 16 April 2004) is a Dutch track and field athlete who competes in sprinting and long jump.[3] In the 4 × 400 metres relay, she is the 2024 World Indoor Champion with the Dutch women's team.
As a teenager, Van der Schoot competed in several different track and field events. She specialised in the 400 m and long jump, winning Dutch U18 and U20 national titles in both.[4]
At the 2023 European U20 Championships in Jerusalem, Israel, Van der Schoot won a silver medal in the 4 × 400 metres relay and a bronze medal in the 400 metres.[3]
At the 2024 World Indoor Championships in Glasgow, United Kingdom, she ran in the heats of the 4 × 400 metres relay, helping the Dutch women's team qualify for the finals,[3] where the team won the gold medal.[5]
At the 2024 European Championships in Rome, Italy, she ran in the heats of the 4 × 400 metres relay, helping the Dutch women's team qualify for the finals,[3] where the team won the gold medal.
Information from her World Athletics profile unless otherwise noted.[3]
| Type | Event | Result | Venue | Date | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outdoor | 100 metres | 12.49 s | Huizen, Netherlands | 2 October 2022 | (Wind: +0.8 m/s) | |
| 200 metres | 24.32 s | Apeldoorn, Netherlands | 2 June 2024 | (Wind: -0.1 m/s) | ||
| 300 metres | 38.77 s | Lisse, Netherlands | 13 May 2023 | |||
| 400 metres | 52.48 s | Hengelo, Netherlands | 30 June 2024 | |||
| Long jump | 6.18 m | Huizen, Netherlands | 17 July 2022 | (Wind: +1.1 m/s) | ||
| Vught, Netherlands | 20 May 2023 | (Wind: +1.5 m/s) | ||||
| 6.25 m | Vught, Netherlands | 26 May 2022 | Wind assisted +2.6 m/s | |||
| Indoor | 400 metres short track | 52.81 s | Apeldoorn, Netherlands | 17 February 2024 |
| Type | Event | Time (min:s) | Venue | Date | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outdoor | 4 × 400 metres relay women | 3:25.99 | Rome, Italy | 11 June 2024 | Teamed with Eveline Saalberg, Anne van de Wiel, and Lisanne de Witte. Van der Schoot's split time for the third leg was 51.16 s.[6] | |
| Indoor | 4 × 400 metres relay short track women | 3:27.70 | Glasgow, United Kingdom | 3 March 2024 | Teamed with Eveline Saalberg, Lisanne de Witte, and Femke Bol. Van der Schoot's split time for the first leg was 52.81 s.[7] |
Information from her World Athletics profile unless otherwise noted.[3]
| Year | 400 m | Long jump | Overall | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 299[8] | |||
| 2023 | 196[9] | 226[10] | 2594[11] | |
| 2024 | 116[12] | 304[13] | 1719[14] |
| 2023 | European U20 Championships | Jerusalem, Israel | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:33.33 | |
| 3rd | 400 m | 52.85 | |||||
| 2024 | World Indoor Championships | Glasgow, United Kingdom | bgcolor=gold | 1st | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:27.70 | [15] |
| World Relays | Nassau, Bahamas | 10th[16] (h) | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:28:10 | |||
| European Championships | Rome, Italy | bgcolor=gold | 1st | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:25:99 | [17] | |
| Olympic Games | Paris, France | 6th (h) | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:25.03 |
| 2018 | Dutch U18 Championships | Emmeloord | 6th | 400 m | 59.66 | ||
| 2019 | Dutch U18 Championships | Alphen aan de Rijn | bgcolor=gold | 1st | 400 m | 57.03 | |
| 2020 | Dutch U18 Indoor Championships | Apeldoorn | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | 400 m | 57.15 | |
| Dutch Championships | Utrecht | 7th | 400 m | 56.72 | |||
| Dutch U18 Championships | Amersfoort | bgcolor=gold | 1st | 400 m | 57.36 | ||
| 2021 | Dutch Indoor Championships | Apeldoorn | 13th (h) | 400 m | 57.19 | ||
| Dutch Championships | Breda | 10th (sf) | 400 m | 54.66 | |||
| 6th | Long jump | 5.81 m | |||||
| Dutch U18 Championships | Amersfoort | bgcolor=gold | 1st | Long jump | 5.76 m | ||
| bgcolor=gold | 1st | 400 m | 55.87 | ||||
| 2022 | Dutch U20 Indoor Championships | Apeldoorn | bgcolor=gold | 1st | Long jump | 6.07 m | |
| bgcolor=gold | 1st | 400 m | 55.15 | ||||
| Dutch Indoor Championships | Apeldoorn | 10th (h) | 400 m | 55.00 | |||
| 7th | Long jump | 5.84 m | |||||
| Dutch U20 Championships | Amsterdam | bgcolor=gold | 1st | Long jump | 6.00 m | ||
| bgcolor=gold | 1st | 400 m | 54.37 | ||||
| Dutch Championships | Apeldoorn | 5th | 400 m | 54.64 | |||
| 2023 | Dutch U20 Indoor Championships | Apeldoorn | bgcolor=gold | 1st | 400 m | 54.29 | |
| bgcolor=gold | 1st | Long jump | 6.04 m | ||||
| Dutch Indoor Championships | Apeldoorn | 7th (h) | 400 m | 53.63 | |||
| 3rd | Long jump | 6.02 m | |||||
| Dutch U20 Championships | Bergen op Zoom | bgcolor=gold | 1st | Long jump | 6.04 m | ||
| bgcolor=gold | 1st | 400 m | 52.88 | ||||
| Dutch Championships | Breda | 4th | 400 m | 53.47 | |||
| 2024 | Dutch U20 Indoor Championships | Apeldoorn | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | 400 m | 52.92 | |
| Dutch Indoor Championships | Apeldoorn | – (f) | 400 m | 52.81 | [18] | ||
| Dutch Championships | Hengelo | 3rd | 400 m | 52.48 |