Emma Oosterwegel

Emma Oosterwegel
Oosterwegel in 2018
Personal information
Born (1998-06-29) 29 June 1998
Deventer, Netherlands
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Sport
CountryNetherlands
SportAthletics
Event
Heptathlon
ClubAV Daventria 1906
Coached byRonald Vetter, Elliott Thijssen, Kees Betlem
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Netherlands
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place2020 TokyoHeptathlon
European Championships
Silver medal – second place2026 BirminghamHeptathlon

Emma Oosterwegel (Dutch: [ˈɛmaː ˈʔoːstərˌʋeːɣəl]; born 29 June 1998)[2] is a Dutch track and field athlete competing in the combined events. She won the bronze medal in the heptathlon at the delayed 2020 Tokyo Olympics[3][4] and silver at the 2026 European Championships.[5][6]

Oosterwegel has won four Dutch national titles, mostly in the pentathlon.

She was born in Deventer, and is a Soil, Water and Atmosphere student at Wageningen University.[7]

Statistics

International competitions

Representing the  Netherlands
YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventResult
2013 European Youth Olympic Festival Utrecht, Netherlands 13th (q) Javelin throw (500 g) 42.80 m
2016 World U20 Championships Bydgoszcz, Poland 18th (q) Javelin throw 49.73 m
13th Heptathlon 5461 pts
2017 European U20 Championships Grosseto, Italy 8th Javelin throw 48.08 m
2019 European U23 Championships Gävle, Sweden 4th Heptathlon 6072 pts
World Championships Doha, Qatar 7th Heptathlon 6250 pts PB
2021 Olympic Games Tokyo, Japan 3rd Heptathlon 6590 pts PB
2022 World Championships Eugene, OR, United States 7th Heptathlon 6440 pts SB
European Championships Munich, Germany – Heptathlon DNF
2023 World Championships Budapest, Hungary 5th Heptathlon 6464 pts
2024 Olympic Games Paris, France 7th Heptathlon 6386 pts
2025 European Indoor Championships Apeldoorn, Netherlands 9th Pentathlon 4400 pts
World Championships Tokyo, Japan 9th Heptathlon 6381 pts
2026 European Championships Birmingham, United Kingdom 2nd Heptathlon 6713 pts

Personal bests

Indoors

National titles

References

  1. ↑ "OOSTERWEGEL Emma". Paris 2024 Olympics. Archived from the original on 30 July 2024. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
  2. ↑ "Emma OOSTERWEGEL – Athlete Profile". World Athletics. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
  3. ↑ "Heptathlon Summary Points". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Archived from the original on 5 August 2021. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
  4. ↑ "Sublieme Emma Oosterwegel verrast met olympisch brons op zevenkamp". Saliand 747 (in Dutch). 9 August 2021. Retrieved 17 August 2026.
  5. ↑ "Oosterwegel en Dokter op EK-podium bij zevenkamp, goud gaat naar Ierse O'Connor". NOS (in Dutch). 15 August 2026. Retrieved 17 August 2026.
  6. ↑ "EK atletiek 2026: Emma Oosterwegel en Sofie Dokter zorgen voor Nederlands succes op de zevenkamp met zilver en brons". Eurosport (in Dutch). 15 August 2026. Retrieved 17 August 2026.
  7. ↑ "Emma Oosterwegel maakte fysiek en mentaal een grote ontwikkeling door | Hardloopnetwerk". 17 June 2020.


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