Femke Bol (pronounced [ˈfɛmkə ˈbɔl] ; born 23 February 2000) is a Dutch track and field athlete who competes in hurdling and sprinting. She specialises in the 400 metres hurdles, where she is the 2023 World Champion, and in the 400 metres, where she is the 2024 World Indoor Champion and the short track world record holder. In the 4 × 400 metres relay, she is the 2023 World Champion and the 2024 World Indoor Champion with the Dutch women's team and the 2024 Olympic Champion with the Dutch mixed team.
Bol holds the world record in the 400 metres short track[note 1] with a time of 49.17 seconds set on 2 March 2024; the European record in the 400 metres hurdles with a time of 50.95 seconds set on 14 July 2024, making her the second-fastest woman of all time in the event; the European record in the mixed 4 × 400 metres relay with a time of 3:07.43 minutes set on 3 August 2024; and four Dutch records in individual events and relays. She also has world-best performances in the 300 metres hurdles and 500 metres short track.
She is a four-time medalist (one gold) at the Olympic Games, an eight-time medalist (four gold) at the World Championships (outdoor and indoor), a silver medalist at the World Relays, four-time champion in the Diamond League, a ten-time medalist (nine gold) at the European Championships (outdoor and indoor), a gold medalist at the European Games, and a ten-time medalist (five gold) at the Dutch Championships (outdoor and indoor).
Bol's highest World Athletics Rankings were No. 1 in the 400 metres hurdles in 2021–2024, No. 3 in the 400 metres in 2023 and 2024, and No. 2 of women overall in 2023 and 2024. She was European Athletics Rising Star of the Year in 2021 and European Athlete of the Year in 2022 and 2023.
- ^ de Voogt, Sam (7 August 2024). "Waarom Femke Bol een van de beste hordeloopsters is". NRC (in Dutch). Retrieved 31 August 2024.
Bol is sinds een groeispurt in haar tienerjaren 1,84 meter lang.
[Bol is 1.84 metres tall since a growth spurt in her teens.] - ^ Leseman, Dick (5 March 2021). "De Arnhemse jaren van Femke Bol; 'Slungelig meisje' is nu wereldtopper". De Gelderlander (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 5 March 2021. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
- ^ Diego Sampaolo, "Bol and Dos Santos among winners as meeting records fall in Bellinzona Archived 7 September 2023 at the Wayback Machine", World Athletics, 5 September 2023. Retrieved 9 September 2023.
- ^ "Werner Andrea trainde een jonge Femke Bol: ‘Ik zag vrij snel dat ze bijzonder was’ Archived 16 August 2023 at the Wayback Machine" (in Dutch), DeStadAmersfoort.nl, 14 August 2021. Retrieved 16 August 2023.
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- ^ "Femke Bol ziet trainer Peters na Olympische Spelen naar België vertrekken" (in Dutch), NOS, 5 July 2024. Retrieved 10 August 2024.
- ^ "After success in Switzerland, Meuwly is working his magic in the Netherlands". European Athletics. 23 March 2020. Archived from the original on 5 February 2022. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
- ^ "World Athletics to create new short track product to grow the sport", World Athletics, 23 May 2023. Retrieved 10 February 2024.
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