About Femke Bol
Femke Broeders-Bol (pronounced [ˈfɛmkə] [ˈbrudərs] [bɔl]; née Bol; born 23 February 2000) is a Dutch track and field athlete who has competed in sprinting, middle-distance running, and hurdling. Up to 2025, she specialized in the 400 metres hurdles, where she is the 2023 and 2025 World Champion, and in the 400 metres, where she is the 2024 World Indoor Champion and the short track world record holder. Since 2026, she has been specializing in the 800 metres. In the 4 × 400 metres relay, she is the 2023 World Champion and the 2024 World Indoor Champion with the Dutch women's team and the 2024 Olympic Champion with the Dutch mixed team. Broeders-Bol holds the world record in the 400 metres short track with a time of 49.17 seconds set on 2 March 2024; the European record in the 400 metres hurdles with a time of 50.95 seconds set on 14 July 2024, making her the second-fastest woman of all time in the event; the European record in the mixed 4 × 400 metres relay with a time of 3:07.43 minutes set on 3 August 2024; and six Dutch records in individual events and relays. She also has world-best performances in the 300 metres hurdles and 500 metres short track, and previously had a world best performance in the mixed 4 × 400 metres relay short track. She is a four-time medalist (one gold) at the Olympic Games, an eleven-time medalist (five gold) at the World Championships (outdoor and indoor), a silver medalist at the World Relays, five-time champion in the Diamond League, a twelve-time medalist (eleven gold) at the European Championships (outdoor and indoor), a gold medalist at the European Games, and an eleven-time medalist (five gold) at the Dutch Championships (outdoor and indoor). Broeders-Bol's highest World Athletics Rankings were No. 1 in the 400 metres hurdles in 2021–2026, No. 3 in the 400 metres in 2023 and 2024, No. 6 in the 800 metres in 2026, and No. 2 of women overall in 2023, 2024, and 2026. She was European Athletics Rising Star of the Year in 2021 and European Athlete of the Year in 2022, 2023 and 2025. That's still what I like so much about it." In 2014, she transferred to another local club, AV Altis, where her coach discovered her talent for longer sprints. She won five national youth titles in the 400 m (outdoor and indoor) between 2015 and 2017, and four junior titles in 2018 and 2019 (400 m outdoor, indoor, and hurdles). In 2019, her last year as a junior competitor, she claimed her first national title (indoor 400 m) in a senior competition.
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