Dafne Schippers (; born 15 June 1992) is a Dutch retired

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athlete who competed in

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and the

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. She holds the European record in the 200 metres with a time of 21.63 seconds, making her the sixth-fastest woman of all time at this distance. She also holds the Dutch records in the

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and

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, and shares the Dutch records in the 60 metres indoor and

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. Schippers was the 200 m world champion at both the

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and the

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World Athletics Championships, the silver medalist in the 200 m at the 2016 Rio Olympics and the 200 m champion in the

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. Additionally, she won two silver and two bronze medals at world championships—heptathlon bronze in 2013; 100 m silver in 2015; indoor 60 m silver in 2016, and 100 m bronze in 2017—and five ( outdoor and

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) European titles. She won twenty-two Dutch titles ( outdoor and

). She was

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in 2014 and 2015. In 2023, Schippers announced her retirement as a professional athlete.

Early life

Dafne Schippers was born on 15 June 1992 in

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, the

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.Biografie
, Homepage Daphne Schippers. Retrieved on 3 June 2015. She started competing in athletics at the age of nine at the track and field club Hellas in Utrecht.

Career

Heptathlon

Schippers originally competed in the heptathlon and won gold medals at the

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and

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. At the 2010 World Junior Championships she also won a bronze in the

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relay with her teammates Loreanne Kuhurima, Eva Lubbers and

Jamile Samuel Jamile Samuel (born 24 April 1992) is a Dutch athlete sprinter, who specialises in the 100 and 200 metres. She won three bronze medals at the 2010 World Junior Championships in Athletics,World Championships A world championship is generally an international competition open to elite competitors from around the world, representing their nations, and winning such an event will be considered the highest or near highest achievement in the sport, game ...

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, South Korea, Schippers broke the Dutch national record in the 200 m in the heats in 22.69, before finishing ninth in the semifinals, missing the final by 0.04 seconds. The

team ( Kadene Vassell, Schippers, Anouk Hagen and Samuel) were eliminated in the heats in a national record of 43.44 seconds. Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics 5001 W heptathlon 100mH heat4

Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics 5001 W heptathlon 100mH heat4

In 2012, Schippers was invited to participate in the prestigious heptathlon

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, Austria, where she finished fifth. She also competed at the

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, Finland, finishing fifth at the 200 metres. The race was disappointing after she had won her heat in 23.01 s and recorded the fastest semi-final time of 22.70 s. The Dutch 4 × 100 m relay team ( Kadene Vassell, Schippers, Eva Lubbers and Samuel) were second in 42.80 s, a national record, behind the German team.Sailer leads Germany to relay glory
European Athletics, 1 July 2012 A year later, she started with third place at the Hypo-Meeting, with 6287 points. Next, she won gold in the 100 m and bronze in the

at the

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. At the subsequent 2013 World Championships in

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, Schippers won the bronze medal in the

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, collapsing over the line after taking a massive seven seconds off her personal best in the 800 metres to see off Briton

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and Germany's

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for the bronze.Report: Heptathlon 800m – Moscow 2013
International Association of Athletics Federations - IAAF, 14 August 2013 She became the first Dutch woman to win a medal in the heptathlon at the World Athletics Championships. Schippers improved the 200 m record during the heptathlon at the 2014 Hypo-Meeting in Götzis, her time of 22.35 s being one of the best 200 m performances ever in a heptathlon. She finished third at the hepthatlon with 6545 points, a new national record. At the European championships of 2014, Schippers won gold medals in the

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and the

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. The 4 × 100 m relay team, one of the favourites for the title, did not finish in the final due to a botched first baton change.

Shifting to sprinting

Her success at the 2014 European Athletics Championships prompted discussion over her long-term prospects and whether she should focus on sprinting, or continue her career in the heptathlon. In June 2015, Schippers announced via

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that she would focus on sprinting in the run-up to the

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, China and the

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(Brazil).

The 2015 season had started well with a win in the 60 m at the

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, Czechia. At the 2015 Beijing World Championships, Schippers won the silver medal in the

and gold in the

, just before Elaine Thompson.Report: women's 200m final – IAAF World Championships, Beijing 2015
International Association of Athletics Federations – IAAF, 28 August 2015 Her 200 m winning time of 21.63 seconds was a new European record and made her the third fastest woman in history over that distance. The Dutch 4 × 100 m relay team ( Nadine Visser, Schippers,

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and Samuel) finished fifth in 42.32 s, but was disqualified for a changeover infringement. In the heats the team had also run 42.32 s, a new national record.Report: women's 4x100m heats – IAAF World Championships, Beijing 2015
International Association of Athletics Federations - IAAF, 29 August 2015 Her stunning victory opened her up to scrutiny about possible doping. There were questions about the acne on Schippers back and face, which can be a sign of steroid abuse. Most insiders, however, dismissed those claims, pointing out that the acne was hereditary in the family and the fast track in Beijing. Next year, she won the

at the

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in Amsterdam with time of 10.90 s, by 3 tenths of a second. The Dutch team led by Schippers, with Samuel, Tessa van Schagen and anchor runner Naomi Sedney won the

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with a national record of 42.04 s. At the

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expectation was high that she would add an Olympic title to the gold medal at the 2015 World Championships, following in the footsteps of

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who had dominated the sprint events at the

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, winning four golds.Gold all the sweeter for Schippers after Rio heartbreak
International Association of Athletics Federations – IAAF, 13 August 2017 However, she finished fifth in the

final and won the silver medal in the

behind Elaine Thompson, who became the first woman for 28 years to complete the Olympic sprint double.Report: women's 200m final – Rio 2016 Olympic Games
International Association of Athletics Federations - IAAF, 17 August 2016 After defeat in the 200 m, Schippers remained forlorn on the side of the track for a while, took off her spikes and hurled them to one side in frustration. "I came here for gold", she told reporters, disappointment showing in her face. "I'm not happy with the silver." The Dutch relay team was eliminated in the heats due to a botched relay handover between Samuel and Schippers.

Change of coaches

After the disappointment of Rio, Schippers decided to change. She parted with Bart Bennema as her coach, who had overseen her transition from an outstanding heptathlete, winning bronze in the World Championships Moscow 2013, into a successful 100 m and 200 m sprinter. Both felt that she had to try a different approach to progress, and so she decided to join U.S. coach and sprint guru

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and focus on the

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in London, to defend her world title in the

. After winning the bronze in the

, she won the 200 m title, joining Jamaican

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and USA's

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as the only athletes to successfully defend a world title in the event. "It's a great feeling to be world champion for the second time," she said. "I was a bit nervous beforehand, but I'm a final runner, and bring my best in finals, so I'm very grateful for the experience today. There were so many Dutch fans in the stadium, all wearing orange. To win this two times in a row is brilliant." The Dutch 4 × 100 m relay team ( Madiea Ghafoor, Schippers, Sedney, Samuel) finished 8th. For the 2018 season, the focus for the "Flying Dutchwoman of the sprints" was on the

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at the Olympiastadion in Berlin. However, it was British sprinter Dina Asher-Smith who became the star of the sprint there, winning gold on both the 100 m and 200 m, as well as the 4 × 100 m relay. Schippers won a bronze in the 100 m and a silver in the 200 m. The

team with Schippers,

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, Samuel and Sedney also finished second. Due to the disappointing results, the collaboration between Schippers and Reider came under scrutiny. Although Reider did prepare her for her special second world title at 200 m and bronze at 100 m at the 2017 World Championships, many other races looked rigid and she had lost her most important weapon, the 'acceleration' in the end. Due to increased power training she became more muscular, but on the track this did not lead to improvements. She could not improve her 2015 top chrono's. Reider suddenly left the

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in the Netherlands in November 2018, and Schippers returned to her first coach, Bart Bennema.Schippers keert terug bij sprintcoach Bennema
NOS News, 28 November 2018 Schippers won a silver in the 60 m at the

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. At the 2019 World Championships in

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, Schippers had to withdraw before the final of the

with an adductor problem. She subsequently withdrew from the 200 m and the 4 × 100 m relay. In September 2023, Schippers announced her retirement as a professional athlete.

After retirement

Schippers was a commentator for

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at the 2024 World Indoor Championships in Glasgow, United Kingdom. In March 2024, she became the tournament director of the

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, Netherlands.

Personal bests

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indoor – 7.00 (

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2016) = :*

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indoor – 8.18 (

2012) *

– 10.81 (-0.3) (

2015) *

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– 16.93 (+2.0) (

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2013) *

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– 21.63 (+0.2) (

2015) European record, sixth-fastest athlete of all time *

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– 13.13 (-1.2 m/s,

2014) *

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– 1.80 m (

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2012) ** High jump indoor - 1.74 m (

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2009) *

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– 6.78 m (+0.0 m/s,

2014) ** Long jump indoor – 6.48 m (

2015) *

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– 14.66 m (

2015) ** Shot put indoor – 13.91 m (

2012) *

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– 42.82 m (

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2014) *

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– 6545 pts (

2014) previous *

– 42.04 (

2016)

Competition results

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International competitions

¹Did not finish in the final
²Did not start in the final

Circuit win and titles

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Overall 200 m Diamond Race Title: Diamond League plain icon

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(2): Lausanne Athletissima ( relay), Glasgow Grand Prix (200 m, ) **

(2): London Anniversary Games (100 m, NR), Brussels Memorial Van Damme (200 m) **

(4): Oslo Bislett Games (200 m, ), Monaco Herculis (100 m), London (200 m), Paris Meeting (200 m) **

(3): Rome Golden Gala (100 m), Oslo (200 m), Lausanne (200 m, ) **

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(3): Oslo (200 m, SB), Lausanne ( relay) **

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(1): Gateshead Grand Prix ( relay)

National titles

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: 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2019, 2021, 2022 **

: 2012, 2014 *

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: 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019 ** Long jump: 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015

Recognition

Dafne Schippersbrug wide shot looking north

She was the Dutch Women's Athlete of the Year in 2011–2017; the European Women's Athlete of the Month in July 2014, May 2015, August 2015, February 2016, and May 2016; the European Women's Athlete of the Year in 2014 and 2015; and Dutch Sportswoman of the Year in 2015 and 2017. She received the Membership of Merit of the

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in 2016. The Dafne Schippersbrug (Dafne Schippers Bridge) in Utrecht, where Schippers grew up, was opened in April 2017, and named in her honour.Bridge named after athlete Dafne Schippers opens in Utrecht
Dutch News, 3 April 2017

References

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