| Sofie Dokter | |
| Birth Date: | 19 December 2002 |
| Birth Place: | Groningen, Netherlands |
| Sport: | Athletics |
| Event: | Combined events |
Sofie Dokter (in Dutch; Flemish pronounced as /soːˈfi ˈdɔktər/; born 19 December 2002) is a Dutch track and field athlete who competes in the combined events. She was a bronze medalist in the pentathlon at the 2024 World Indoor Championships.
She was a silver medalist in the heptathlon at the 2021 European Athletics U20 Championships and the 2023 European Athletics U23 Championships. In 2024 became a three time national champion in the pentathlon. In 2022, she was also national champion in the heptathlon.[1]
Dokter was born in Groningen. Her father Erik and mother Hendrike were keen proponents of athletics. Sofie first took part in an athletics event aged four and first attended athletics club aged six. Her younger sister Julia Dokter is also a track and field athlete.[2] [3]
Dokter is a student at Wageningen University as of 2022.[4]
In her last junior year, Dokter was a silver medalist in the heptathlon at the 2021 European Athletics U20 Championships held in Tallinn.[5]
In her first senior year, Dokter became 2022 Dutch national champion indoors and out.[6] That year, she was named ‘rookie of the meet’ at the Hypo-Meeting in Götzis, where she broke the 6,000 point barrier for the first time in the heptathlon.[7]
Dokter was selected to represent the Netherlands at the 2022 European Athletics Championships where she competed in the heptathlon.[8] Of the three Dutch women who started, she was the only woman who finished the event, finishing thirteenth overall.[9] [10]
In February 2023 Dokter scored 4603 in the pentathlon to win the Dutch national title.[11] She became an automatic qualifier for the 2023 European Athletics Indoor Championships held in Istanbul.[12] She finished fourth overall at the end of the pentathlon.[13]
In May 2023 she finished seventh overall in the heptathlon at the Hypo-Meeting in Gotzis.[14] In July 2023, she won silver at the 2023 European Athletics U23 Championships in Espoo, Finland in the Heptathlon.[15]
She was selected for the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest, and finished eleventh in the heptathlon.[16]
In February 2024, Dokter won the Dutch Indoor Combined Events Championships in Apeldoorn, with 4553 points.[17] On 1 March 2024, she was a bronze medalist at the 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships. Her tally included a huge personal best in the final event, the 800 metres of 2:11.89 min and a final tally of 4.571 points.[18]
In June 2024, she finished in fifth place overall in the heptathlon at the 2024 European Athletics Championships in Rome,[19] and in August she achieved sixth place overall in the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics with a new personal best of 6,452 points.[20]
Information from her World Athletics profile unless otherwise noted.
| Event | Result | Venue | Date | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 200 metres | 23.68 s | Götzis, Austria | 27 May 2023 | (Wind: +1.9 m/s) | |
| 800 metres | 2:11.89 min | Glasgow, United Kingdom | 1 March 2024 | ||
| 800 metres short track | |||||
| 60 metres hurdles | 8.29 s | Glasgow, United Kingdom | 1 March 2024 | ||
| 100 metres hurdles | 13.51 s | Götzis, Austria | 27 May 2023 | (Wind: +1.2 m/s) | |
| High jump | 1.89 m | Espoo, Finland | 13 July 2023 | ||
| Long jump | 6.31 m | Apeldoorn, Netherlands | 18 February 2024 | ||
| Shot put | 13.97 m | Paris, France | 8 August 2024 | ||
| Javelin throw | 47.17 m | Rome, Italy | 8 June 2024 |
| Event | Result | Venue | Date | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heptathlon | 6452 pts | Paris, France | 8 - 9 August 2024 | |
| Pentathlon short track | 4603 pts | Apeldoorn, Netherlands | 4 February 2023 | |