Alida van Daalen

In this Dutch name, the surname is van Daalen, not Daalen.
Alida van Daalen
Alida van Daalen in 2022
Personal information
NationalityDutch
Born (2002-04-12) 12 April 2002 (age 22)
Rotterdam, Netherlands
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)[1]
Sport
SportAthletics
Event(s)Shot Put, Discus
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Netherlands
European U23 Championships
Gold medal – first place 2023 Espoo Shot put
Gold medal – first place 2023 Espoo Discus throw
European U20 Championships
Gold medal – first place 2019 Borås Discus throw
Silver medal – second place 2021 Tallinn Shot put
Silver medal – second place 2021 Tallinn Discus throw
European U18 Championships
Silver medal – second place 2018 Győr Discus throw
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Győr Shot put

Alida van Daalen (Dutch: [aːˈlidaː vɑn ˈdaːlə(n)]; born 12 April 2002) is a Dutch track and field athlete who competes in shot put and discus.[2]

Early life

Alida van Daalen was born on 12 April 2002.[2] She is the daughter of Dutch Olympic athlete Jacqueline Goormachtigh.[3]

Van Daalen was brought up in initially in Suriname, but lives with the pigment disease vitiligo, which causes her skin to show white spots and does not tolerate the sun well, and her family relocated to Rotterdam.[4]

In 2022, she started at the University of Florida in the United States and began competing for the Florida Gators. She won the shot put at the SEC Indoor Championships and SEC Outdoor Championships and placed fourth at NCAA Division 1 Indoor Championships and NCAA Outdoor Championships.[5]

Career

Van Daalen competed at the 2018 Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires, Argentina.[6] She then won bronze in the shot put and silver in the discus, at the 2018 European Athletics U18 Championships in Győr.[7]

Competing at the 2021 European Athletics U20 Championships in Tallinn, Estonia, she won the silver medal in the shot put and the discus events.[8]

Competing at the European Athletics U23 Championships in Espoo, Finland, she won the gold medal in both the shot put and the discus events.[9] She won the shot put with a European U23 leading distance of 18.32m.[10] She was selected for the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest in August 2023.[11]

She competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris in the shot put and discus.[12][13]

Statistics

Information based on her World Athletics profile unless noted otherwise.[2]

Personal bests

Outdoor
Indoor

International competitions

Representing the  Netherlands
Year Competition Venue Position Event Result Notes
2017 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival Győr, Hungary 1st Shot put (3 kg) 16.23 m
2nd Discus throw 48.82 m
2018 European U18 Championships Győr, Hungary 3rd Shot put (3kg) 17.08 m
2nd Discus throw 52.93 m
Summer Youth Olympics Buenos Aires, Argentina 4th Discus throw 47.33 m
53.07 m
2019 European U20 Championships Borås, Sweden 1st Discus throw 55.92 m
2021 European Throwing Cup Split, Croatia 17th[15] Discus throw 54.99 m
European U20 Championships Tallinn, Estonia 2nd Discus throw 55.63 m
2nd Shot put 16.56 m
2022 European Throwing Cup, U23 Events Leiria, Portugal 5th Shot put 15.80 m
2nd Discus throw 55.02 m
European Championships Munich, Germany 18th[16] Discus throw 56.05 m
2023 European U23 Championships Espoo, Finland 1st Shot put 18.32 m
1st Discus throw 56.77 m
World Championships Budapest, Hungary 19th (q) Shot put 17.93 m
2024 Olympic Games Paris, France 26th (q) Shot put 16.53 m
16th (q) Discus throw 62.19 m

References

  1. ^ "van Daalen Alida". Paris 2024 Olympics. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
  2. ^ a b c "Alida Van Daalen". World Athletics. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
  3. ^ Carter, Scott (April 3, 2023). "Gators Newcomer Van Daalen an Instant Hit". Florida Gators. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
  4. ^ "Alice Van Daalen". voro.nl. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
  5. ^ Morton, Arik (July 16, 2023). "Alida van Daalen Wins Gold in Two Events at U23 European Championships". Florida Gators. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
  6. ^ "Alida van Daalen at Youth Olympic Games: No medal, but an adventure ahead". Rijnmond.nl. October 15, 2018. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
  7. ^ "European Championship U18 Queen Alida van Daalen turns tension into success". Atletiek.nl. July 10, 2018. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
  8. ^ Piest, Tijn (September 2, 2021). "CTS talent Alida van Daalen: 'Two silver medals crown the season'". hardloopnetwerk.nl. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
  9. ^ "After double gold in Espoo, Van Daalen is standing tall both on and off the track". european-athletics. 19 July 2023. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
  10. ^ Goss, Symone (July 13, 2023). "Alida Van Daalen wins Shot Put with European U23 leading mark of 18.32m". World-Track. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
  11. ^ "World Athletics Championships Budapest: Sifan Hassan and Femke Bol Lead Strong Netherlands Team". Watch Athletics. 4 August 2023. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
  12. ^ "Women's Discus Throw Results - Paris Olympic Games 2024 Athletics". Watch Attletics. 5 August 2024. Retrieved 28 August 2024.
  13. ^ "Women's Shot Put Results - Paris Olympic Games 2024 Athletics". Watch Attletics. 9 August 2024. Retrieved 28 August 2024.
  14. ^ "Van Daalen plaatst zich met discus voor Spelen op veld waar onlangs wereldrecord sneuvelde" (in Dutch), NOS, 22 April 2024. Retrieved 23 April 2024.
  15. ^ "European Throwing Cup Results 2021", European Athletic Association, 2021. Archived 25 May 2021 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
  16. ^ "European Championships Munich 2022 Women's Discus Throw Qualification Results", European Athletic Association, 2022. Archived 16 August 2022 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 17 August 2023.