Britt de Blaauw

Britt de Blaauw
Britt de Blaauw at the 2025 European Athletics U23 Championships in Bergen, Norway.
Personal information
Born (2004-04-22) 22 April 2004
Sport
SportAthletics
Event
Sprint
Achievements and titles
Personal bests100m: 11.48 (Hengelo, 2025)
200m: 23.30 (Geneva, 2025)
Medal record
Representing  Netherlands
European U20 Championships
Silver medal – second place2023 Jerusalem4 × 400 m relay

Britt de Blaauw (born 22 April 2004) is a Dutch sprinter. She competed for the Netherlands at the 2025 World Athletics Championships.[1]

Biography

She was a silver medalist in the relay at the 2023 European Athletics U20 Championships in Jerusalem, Israel. Their time of 3:33.33 was also a new national U20 record.[2]

She was selected for the Dutch team for the 2025 World Athletics Relays in China in May 2025, and ran as part of the 4 x 100 metres ream which qualified for the upcoming world championships.[3] She was a member of the Dutch 4 x 100 metres team which placed fourth at the 2025 European Athletics U23 Championships in Bergen, Norway.[4]

In August 2025 at the 2025 Memorial Van Damme she ran the Dutch national record in the Mixed 4 × 100 metres relay together with Elvis Afrifa, Minke Bisschops and Nsikak Ekpo with a time of 40.96 seconds.[5] She was selected for the Dutch team for the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan, running as part of the women's 4 x 100 metres relay team in September 2025, which did not qualify for the final.[6][7][8]

De Blaauw competed with the Dutch squad at the 2026 World Athletics Relays in Gaborone, Botswana.[9][10] On 25 July, she placed third behind Isabel van den Berg and Fenna Achterberg at the Dutch Championships in Hengelo over 100 metres with a time of 11.53 seconds.[11] She competed for the Netherlands at the 2026 European Athletics Championships in both the mixed and women's 4 x 100 metres relay events.[12][13]

Personal life

She studies Kinesiology at the VU University in Amsterdam.[14]

References

  1. ↑ "Britt de Blaauw". World Athletics. Retrieved 10 May 2025.
  2. ↑ "Britt de Blauw wint ZILVER met het nationale 4x400 team". PAC Rotterdam (in Dutch). 10 August 2023.
  3. ↑ "World Athletics Relays". World Athletics. 11 May 2025. Retrieved 20 September 2025.
  4. ↑ "European Athletics U23 Championships". World Athletics. 20 July 2025. Retrieved 20 September 2025.
  5. ↑ "4x100m Relay Mixed results". World Athletics. 22 August 2025. Retrieved 24 August 2025.
  6. ↑ "53 TeamNL atleten naar WK atletiek in Tokio". Atletiek.nl. 1 September 2025. Retrieved 1 September 2025.
  7. ↑ "World Athletics Championships, Tokyo 2025". World Athletics. 20 September 2025. Retrieved 20 September 2025.
  8. ↑ "Jessica Schilder wins gold in shot put, men's relay team advances to 4x400 meter finals, women also advance". Telegraaf. 20 September 2025. Retrieved 20 September 2025.
  9. ↑ "Athletics Federation announces TeamNL for the World Athletics Relays". atletiek.nl. 17 March 2026. Retrieved 17 March 2026.
  10. ↑ Roeske, Eric (3 May 2026). "World Relays: Goal of four World Championship tickets achieved in swinging Gaborone". Hardloopnetwerk. Retrieved 3 May 2026.
  11. ↑ "Sprint titles for fast Ekpo and Van den Berg, a disappointing farewell for De Witte". Nos.nl. 25 July 2026. Retrieved 26 July 2026.
  12. ↑ "Men's relay through to the 4×100 meter final. Women no final". hardloopnieuws.nl. 15 August 2026. Retrieved 15 August 2026.
  13. ↑ "Dutch athletes take 14 medals in most successful European Championship yet". NL Times. 17 August 2026. Retrieved 18 August 2026.
  14. ↑ "Een dag in Potchefstroom met Britt de Blaauw". Hardloopnetwerk (in Dutch). 4 December 2023. Retrieved 1 September 2025.
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