Tessa van Schagen

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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[edit]

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[edit]

Outdoor[edit]

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[edit]

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

References[edit]

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

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