Naomi Sedney (born 17 December 1994) is a Dutch sprinter. She has been most successful as the anchor of the Dutch Relay team and is co-holder of the national record 4 × 100 m relay. In 2022 her younger sister Zoë Sedney joined her in the Dutch Relay team.

Early career

Sedney started competing in Athletics at the age of eight at the track and field club ARV Ilion in Zoetermeer. Her introduction to the international field was in at the 2011 European Youth Olympic Festival in

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where she represented the Netherlands, winning

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in the

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with the Dutch Relay team ( Tessa van Schagen, Sedney, Sacha van Agt and Nadine Visser). A year later she competed at the 2012 World Junior Championships in

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, placing sixth in the 4 × 100 meters relay with the Dutch team (Schagen, Sedney, Miquella Lobo and Marloes Duijn). In 2013 she won

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with the Dutch relay team (Schagen, Sedney, Van Agt and Eefje Boons) at the European Junior Championships in

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Breakthrough at senior level

In 2015 Sedney improved her personal best at the

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to 11.34 (+1,8 m/s) at the FBK Games in

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on 24 May; this turned out to be enough to qualify for the 100 metres and the 4 × 100 metres relay at both the 2015 European U23 Championships in

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and the

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(China). At the European U23 Championships she finished fourth in both the 100 metres with a time of 11,62 and the relay with the Dutch team (Schagen, Van Agt, Sedney and Boons). At the World Championships Sedney stranded in the heats of the 100 metres, finishing fourth in her heat. The Dutch 4 × 100 meters relay team (Visser, Dafne Schippers, Sedney and Jamile Samuel) finished fifth in 42.32, but was disqualified for a changeover infringement.Report: women’s 4x100m final – IAAF World Championships, Beijing 2015
International Association of Athletics Federations - IAAF, 29 August 2015 In the heats the team had also run 42.32, a new national record.Report: women’s 4x100m heats – IAAF World Championships, Beijing 2015
International Association of Athletics Federations - IAAF, 29 August 2015 In 2016 Sedney competed at the

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in both the 100 metres and the 4 × 100 metres relay. In the

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she made it to the semi-finals where her time of 11.44 was not enough to advance to the finals. The Dutch relay team led by Schippers, with Samuel, Van Schagen and Sedney as anchor runner won the

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with a national record of 42.04.Three golds leave Poland top of the final medals table
European Athletics, 10 July 2016 At the

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Sedney was selected for the Dutch relay team, they were eliminated in the heats due to a botched relay handover between Samuel and Schippers. In 2017 Sedney was part of the 4 × 100 metres Dutch Relay team ( Madiea Ghafoor, Schippers, Sedney, Samuel) at

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where they finished 8th. Individually Sedney competed in the 100 metres, where she stranded in the heats finishing 30th. In 2018 Sedney won

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with the 4 × 100 m relay team (

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, Schippers, Samuel and Sedney)at the

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at the Olympiastadion in

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. Individually she competed in the 100 metres, where she made it to the semi-finals finishing 18th overall. In 2019 at the 2019 World Championships in

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was part of the Dutch 4 × 100 metres Relay Team ( Nargélis Statia Pieter, Van Hunenstijn, Samuel, Sedney). They stranded in the heats, finishing 9th overall. In 2021 Sedney became national indoor champion 60 m in a time of 7.28, hereby qualifying for her first international indoor championships. At the

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in Toruń, Poland Sedney made it to the semi-finals finishing 18th overall. Outdoor Sedney competed with the Dutch relay team in both the World Relays in Chorzów, Poland and her second

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. In Poland the Dutch team (Samuel, Schippers, Visser, Sedney) became third after a bad handover between Vissers and Sedney eliminated their chances for the gold. At the Olympics a failed handover between Visser and Schippers in the final lead to a DNF for the Dutch relay team (Visser, Schippers, Van Hunnestijn, Sedney). In 2022 Sedney competed in both the

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and the

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. In Eugene the Dutch 4 × 100 metres relay team ( Andrea Bouma, Zoë Sedney, Minke Bisschops and Naomi Sedney) stranded in the heats, finishing 6th in their heat and 13th overall. In Munich the Dutch 4 × 100 metres relay team ( N'Ketia Seedo, Zoë Sedney, Samuel and Naomi Sedney) finished 5th overall. In 2023 Sedney wasn't selected to compete in an international tournament. With a 100 meters seasons best of 11.41 she was the 7th best in the Dutch Rankings. In 2024 Sedney was selected for the Dutch 4 x 100 meters replay team for both the

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and the Olympics Games in

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. She did not run but was in the stands cheering on her team mates.

International competitions

Personal bests

Outdoor *

– 11.24 (+0.2 m/s Gainesville 2018) *

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– 23.42 (-0.50 m/s, Tübingen 2017) Indoor *

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– 7.22 (Apeldoorn 2018) *

– 23.46 (Apeldoorn 2016)

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Sedney, Naomi 1994 births Living people Dutch female sprinters Dutch Athletics Championships winners Dutch Indoor Athletics Championships winners Sportspeople from Zoetermeer World Athletics Championships athletes for the Netherlands European Athletics Championships medalists Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for the Netherlands Olympic female sprinters Athletes from South Holland 21st-century Dutch sportswomen