Personal information | |
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Born | Vlaardingen, Netherlands | 10 September 1992
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) |
Weight | 60 kg (132 lb) |
Life partner | Owen Westerhout (2014–2019)[1] |
Sport | |
Sport | Track and field |
Event | 400 metres |
Club | AV Trias |
Coached by | Sven Ootjers (2016–present)[2] |
Achievements and titles | |
Personal best | 400 m: 50.77 (2018) |
Medal record |
Lisanne de Witte (pronounced [liˈsɑnə də ˈʋɪtə]; born 10 September 1992) is a Dutch track and field athlete who competes in sprinting. She specialises in the 400 metres, where she held the Dutch record with her personal best time of 50.77 seconds from 2018 to 2021.
De Witte represented the Netherlands at the 2016, 2020, and 2024 Summer Olympics. She won bronze medals in the 400 m at the 2018 European Championships and 2019 European Indoor Championships. De Witte also won several international championship medals as part of Dutch women's 4 × 400 m relay teams, including gold medals at the 2023 World Championships and 2024 World Indoor Championships and a silver medal at the 2024 Summer Olympics. She won a total of eight Dutch national titles in the 200 m, 400 m, and 800 m.