Tessa van Schagen

Dutch sprinter

Tessa van Schagen
Tessa van Schagen in 2016
Personal information
NationalityDutch
Born (1994-02-02) 2 February 1994 (age 30)
Leiden, Netherlands
Height1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight64 kg (141 lb)
Sport
Country Netherlands
SportTrack and field
EventSprint
ClubLeiden Atletiek
Coached byMartijn de Lange
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing the  Netherlands
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2016 Amsterdam 4 x 100 m relay

Tessa Johanna van Schagen (born 2 February 1994) is a Dutch athlete who specialises in sprinting.[1] She competed in the 4 × 100 m event at the 2016 European Championships in Amsterdam, Netherlands, where she won the gold medal.

International competitions

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing the  Netherlands
2011 European Youth Olympic Festival Trabzon, Turkey 7th 100 m 12.13
1st 4 × 100 m relay 45.93
2012 World Junior Championships Barcelona, Spain 6th 4 × 100 m relay 45.22
2013 European Junior Championships Rieti, Italy 3rd 200 m 23.65
3rd 4 × 100 m relay 44.22
2014 European Championships Zürich, Switzerland 3rd (h) 4 × 100 m relay 42.771
2015 European U23 Championships Tallinn, Estonia 4th 200 m 23.59
4th 4 × 100 m relay 44.46
2016 European Championships Amsterdam, Netherlands 7th 200 m 23.03
1st 4 × 100 m relay 42.04
Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 50th (h) 200 m 23.41
2017 World Championships London, United Kingdom 8th 4 × 100 m relay 43.07

1Did not finish in the final

Personal bests

Outdoor

Event Record Wind Venue Date
100 metres 11.65 s -0.6 Zürich 28 August 2014
200 metres 22.86 s +0.4 Amsterdam 19 June 2016

Indoor

Event Record Venue Date
200 metres 23.52 s Apeldoorn 22 February 2015

References

  1. ^ "Tessa van Schagen". IAAF. Retrieved 9 July 2016.

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