Naomi Sedney (born 17 December 1994) is a Dutch sprinter. She has been most successful as the anchor of the Dutch Relay team and is co-holder of the national record 4 x 100 m relay. In 2022 her younger sister Zoë Sedney joined her in the Dutch Relay team.

Early career

Sedney started competing in Athletics at the age of eight at the track and field club ARV Ilion in Zoetermeer. Her introduction to the international field was in at the 2011 European Youth Olympic Festival in

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where she represented the Netherlands, winning

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in the

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with the Dutch Relay team (

Tessa van Schagen Tessa Johanna van Schagen (born 2 February 1994) is a Dutch athlete who specialises in sprinting Sprinting is running over a short distance at the top-most speed of the body in a limited period of time. It is used in many sports that inco ...

, Sedney, Sacha van Agt and

Nadine Visser Nadine Visser (born 9 February 1995) is a Dutch athlete. She originally specialised in the heptathlon, but eventually switched to high hurdles (60 m hurdles indoor, and 100 m hurdles outdoor). Visser is the 2017 European Athletics U23 Champion ...

). A year later she competed at the 2012 World Junior Championships in

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, placing sixth in the 4 x 100 meters relay with the Dutch team (Schagen, Sedney, Miquella Lobo and Marloes Duijn). In 2013 she won

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with the Dutch relay team (Schagen, Sedney, Van Agt and

Eefje Boons Eefje Boons (born 18 July 1994) is a Dutch hurdler. She competed in the women's 100 metres hurdles at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics. Her personal bests are 12.86 seconds in the 100 metres hurdles (+1.7 m/s, Guadalajara 2018) and 8.1 ...

) at the European Junior Championships in

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Breakthrough at senior level

In 2015 Sedney improved her personal best at the

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to 11.34 (+1,8 m/s) at the

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on 24 May; this turned out to be enough to qualify for the 100 metres and the 4 x 100 metres relay at both the 2015 European U23 Championships in

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and the

2015 World Championships in Athletics The 2015 IAAF World Championships ( zh, 第十五届世界田径锦标赛), the fifteenth edition of the IAAF World Championships, were held from 22 to 30 August at the National Stadium in Beijing, China. Forty-three nations won medals, 144 of ...

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(China). At the European U23 Championships she finished fourth in both the 100 metres with a time of 11,62 and the relay with the Dutch team (Schagen, Van Agt, Sedney and Boons). At the World Championships Sedney stranded in the heats of the 100 metres, finishing fourth in her heat. The Dutch 4 × 100 meters relay team (Visser,

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, Sedney and

Jamile Samuel Jamile Samuel (born 24 April 1992) is a Dutch Track and field, athlete Sprint (running), sprinter, who specialises in the 100 metres, 100 and 200 metres. She won three bronze medals at the 2010 World Junior Championships in Athletics,Report: women’s 4x100m final – IAAF World Championships, Beijing 2015
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in both the 100 metres and the 4 x 100 metres relay. In the

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she made it to the semi-finals where her time of 11.44 was not enough to advance to the finals. The Dutch relay team led by Schippers, with Samuel, Van Schagen and Sedney as anchor runner won the 4 x 100 meters relay with a national record of 42.04.Three golds leave Poland top of the final medals table
European Athletics, 10 July 2016 At the

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Sedney was selected for the Dutch relay team, they were eliminated in the heats due to a botched relay handover between Samuel and Schippers. In 2017 Sedney was part of the 4 x 100 metres Dutch Relay team (

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, Schippers, Sedney, Samuel) at

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where they finished 8th. Individually Sedney competed in the 100 metres, where she stranded in the heats finishing 30th. In 2018 Sedney won

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with the 4 x 100 m relay team (

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, Schippers, Samuel and Sedney)at the

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at the

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. Individually she competed in the 100 metres, where she made it to the semi-finals finishing 18th overall. In 2019 at the 2019 World Championships in

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was part of the Dutch 4 x 100 metres Relay Team ( Nargélis Statia Pieter, Van Hunenstijn, Samuel, Sedney). They stranded in the heats, finishing 9th overall. In 2021 Sedney became national indoor champion 60m in a time of 7.28, hereby qualifying for her first international indoor championships. At the

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in Toruń, Poland Sedney made it to the semi-finals finishing 18th overal. Outdoor Sedney competed with the Dutch relay team in both the World Relays in Chorzów, Poland and her second

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. In Poland the Dutch team (Samuel, Schippers, Visser, Sedney) became third after a bad handover between Vissers and Sedney eliminated their chances for the gold. At the Olympics a failed handover between Visser and Schippers in the final lead to a DNF for the Dutch relay team (Visser, Schippers, Van Hunnestijn, Sedney).

International competitions

Personal bests

Outdoor *

– 11.24 (+0.2 m/s Gainesville 2018) *

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– 23.42 (-0.50 m/s, Tübingen 2017) Indoor *

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– 7.22 (Apeldoorn 2018) *

– 23.46 (Apeldoorn 2016)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sedney, Naomi 1994 births Living people Dutch female sprinters People from Zoetermeer World Athletics Championships athletes for the Netherlands European Athletics Championships medalists Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for the Netherlands Olympic female sprinters Sportspeople from South Holland 21st-century Dutch women