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Sifan Hassan ( om, Siifan Hassan; born 1 January 1993) is an
Ethiopian Ethiopians are the native inhabitants of Ethiopia, as well as the global diaspora of Ethiopia. Ethiopians constitute several component ethnic groups, many of which are closely related to ethnic groups in neighboring Eritrea and other parts of ...
-born
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middle- and
long-distance runner Long-distance running, or endurance running, is a form of continuous running over distances of at least . Physiologically, it is largely Aerobic exercise, aerobic in nature and requires endurance, stamina as well as mental strength. Within e ...
. She completed an unprecedented triple at the
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winning gold medals in both the
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and
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, and a bronze medal for the
1500 metres The 1500 metres or 1,500-metre run (typically pronounced 'fifteen-hundred metres') is the foremost middle distance track event in athletics. The distance has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896 and the World Championships in Athletic ...
. Hassan is the only athlete in Olympic history to win medals across a middle-distance event and both long-distance races in a single Games. She is only the second woman to complete an Olympic distance double. At the
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, Hassan took 1500m and 10,000m titles in
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, becoming the only athlete (male or female) in history to win both these events at a single World Championships or Olympic Games. She won a bronze at the 1500m in
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, and at the 5000m in
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when she also finished fifth for the 1500m. Hassan is a three-time World Indoor Championships medallist, winning gold at 1500m in
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as well as silver at
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and bronze for 1500m in
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. She earned six European medals (including two cross country titles), and one European indoor medal. She is also a three-time
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winner, having secured the 1500m/5000m double in
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. Hassan is the
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for both the one mile and 5 km road race, both set in 2019, as well as the
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, set in 2020. She held a world record at 10,000 m for two days in June 2021. She owns five European records (1500m, 3000m, 5000m, 10,000m,
half marathon A half marathon is a road running event of —half the distance of a marathon. It is common for a half marathon event to be held concurrently with a marathon or a 5K race, using almost the same course with a late start, an early finish or shortcu ...
) and three Dutch records.


Early life

Sifan Hassan was born in
Adama Adama ( Oromo: ' or ', Amharic: አዳማ), formerly Nazreth ( am, ናዝሬት), is a city in the central Oromia Region of Ethiopia. Located in the East Shewa Zone southeast of the capital, Addis Ababa, the city sits between the base of an ...
,
Oromia Oromia (Amharic: ) ( om, Oromiyaa) is a regional state in Ethiopia and the homeland of the Oromo people. The capital of Oromia is Addis Ababa. It is bordered by the Somali Region to the east; the Amhara Region, the Afar Region and the Benish ...
, Ethiopia and raised in the countryside of Kersa in the
Munesa Munesa is one of the Aanaas in the Oromia Regional State of Ethiopia. Part of the Arsi Zone located in the Great Rift Valley, Munesa is bordered on the south and west by the West Arsi Zone and Lake Langano, on the northwest by Batu Dugda, on the n ...
district of the
Arsi Zone Arsi ( om, Godina Arsii) is a zone in Oromia Region of Ethiopia, named after a clan of the Oromo, who inhabit in the area. Arsi is bordered on the south by Bale Zone, on the southwest by the West Arsi Zone, on the northwest by East Shewa Zone, ...
of Oromia. She was a recreational runner there. She left Ethiopia as a
refugee A refugee, conventionally speaking, is a displaced person who has crossed national borders and who cannot or is unwilling to return home due to well-founded fear of persecution.
and arrived in the
Netherlands ) , anthem = ( en, "William of Nassau") , image_map = , map_caption = , subdivision_type = Sovereign state , subdivision_name = Kingdom of the Netherlands , established_title = Before independence , established_date = Spanish Netherl ...
in 2008 at age fifteen. She began running while undertaking studies to become a nurse. Hassan became a Dutch citizen in 2013.


Career


2011–2012

Affiliated with Eindhoven Atletiek, Hassan entered the Eindhoven half marathon in 2011 and won the race with a time of 77:10 minutes. She was also runner-up at two cross country races (Sylvestercross and Mol Lotto Cross Cup). She won those races in 2012, as well as the 3000 m at the Leiden Gouden Spike meet.Sifan Hassan
Tilastopaja. Retrieved on 22 February 2014.


2013–2014

Hassan made her breakthrough in the 2013 season. She ran an
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best of 2:00.86 minutes to win at the
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and took wins in the 1500 m at the Nijmegen Global Athletics and
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meets. On the
2013 IAAF Diamond League The 2013 IAAF Diamond League is the fourth edition of the Diamond League, an annual series of fourteen one-day track and field meetings. The series began on 10 May in Doha, Qatar and ended on 6 September in Brussels, Belgium. Calendar Results ...
circuit she was runner-up in the 1500 m at Athletissima with a personal best of 4:03.73 minutes and was third at the
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3000 m with a best of 8:32.53 minutes – this time ranked her the fourth fastest runner in the world that year. Hassan became a Dutch citizen in November 2013, too late for competing at the 2013 World Championships, and the following month she made her first appearance for the Netherlands. At the 2013 European Cross Country Championships she won the gold medal in the under-23 category and helped the Dutch team to third in the rankings. She also won the Warandeloop and
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races that winter. At the beginning of 2014 she ran a world leading time of 8:45.32 minutes for the 3000 m at the
Weltklasse in Karlsruhe Indoor Meeting Karlsruhe, formerly known as BW-Bank Meeting, is an annual indoor track and field competition which takes place in January or February in Karlsruhe, Germany. The meeting was first held at the Europahalle in 1985 and is currently a ...
, then broke the Dutch record in the indoor 1500 m with a time of 4:05.34 minutes at the
Birmingham Indoor Grand Prix The Birmingham Indoor Grand Prix, formerly known as Aviva Indoor Grand Prix, is an annual indoor track and field competition which is held in mid-February at the Arena Birmingham in Birmingham, England. It is one of a handful of events to hold I ...
.


2015

At the 2015 World Championships in Beijing, Hassan won the bronze medal in the 1500 meters. She became the second female Dutch athlete ever to win a medal at the World Championships, after
Dafne Schippers Dafne Schippers (; born 15 June 1992) is a Dutch track and field athlete. She competes primarily in the sprints, having previously participated in the heptathlon. She is the 2015 and 2017 World Champion and won silver at the 2016 Summer Olym ...
. She was the third female Dutch winner at the
2015 European Cross Country Championships The 2015 European Cross Country Championships was the 22nd edition of the cross country running competition for European athletes. It was hosted in Hyères, France. The 2014 runner-up Ali Kaya (athlete), Ali Kaya took the men's senior title, ret ...
, following in the footsteps of fellow African migrants
Hilda Kibet Hilda Kibet (born 27 March 1981 in Keiyo District) is a Dutch runner of Kenyan birth. She is the sister of Sylvia Kibet and the niece of Lornah Kiplagat. She obtained Dutch nationality in October 2007. Kibet's longtime partner is Dutch marathon ...
and
Lornah Kiplagat Lornah Kiplagat (born 1 May 1974) is a Dutch professional long-distance runner. She was born in Kabiemit, Rift Valley Province, Kenya and came to the Netherlands in 1999. She gained Dutch citizenship in 2003 and has competed for the Netherlan ...
.


2016–2017

Hassan won her heat in the 1500 m in the
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in 4:06.64 before
Faith Kipyegon Faith Chepngetich Kipyegon (born 10 January 1994) is a Kenyan middle-distance runner specializing in the 1500 metres. A 2016 Rio Olympic and 2020 Tokyo Olympic champion with the Games record at the latter, she is the second woman in history t ...
. In the semifinals she placed second in 4:03.62 after
Genzebe Dibaba Genzebe Dibaba Keneni ( Oromo: ''Ganzabee Dibaabaa Qananii''; Amharic: ገንዘቤ ዲባባ ቀነኒ; born 8 February 1991) is an Ethiopian middle- and long-distance runner. A 1500 metres 2016 Rio Olympics silver medalist, she won a gold med ...
who won in 4:03.06. In the final Kipyegon took the Olympic gold medal with 4:08.92, Dibaba was the runner up with 4:10.27 and
Jennifer Simpson Jennifer Simpson (née Barringer; born August 23, 1986) is an American middle distance runner and steeplechaser. She represented the United States at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, 2012 London Olympics and 2016 Rio Olympics. She is a former American ...
took the bronze medal in 4:10.53. Hassan placed fifth in a time of 4:11.23. She finished fifth in the 1500 m at the 2017 World Athletics Championships and won the bronze medal in the 5000 metres event.


2018

On 13 July, she broke the European record for 5000 metres by finishing second at the Rabat Diamond League in 14:22.34. A few days later, Hassan won the first Millicent Fawcett Mile at the 2018 London Anniversary Games in a time of 4:14.71, the fourth fastest result at the time. At the 2018 European Championships, she won a gold medal in the
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with the time 14:46:12, setting the new championships record. On 16 September, she broke the European record for the half marathon with a time of 65:15, winning the Copenhagen half marathon


2019

On 17 February, Hassan set the world record for a 5 km road race stopping the clock at 14m 44s in Monaco. The 5 km road race has been a world record event since 1 November 2017. At the
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in June, she broke a European 3000m record with a time of 8m 18.49s.


Mile world record

On 12 July, Hassan entered the
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at the Herculis meet in
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.
Olha Lyakhova Olha Oleksandrivna Lyakhova ( uk, Ольга Олександрівна Ляхова) (born 18 March 1992) is a Ukrainian middle-distance runner. She won bronze medals at the 2018 European Championships and 2019 European Indoor Championships. ...
was the pace setter, taking the field through the first two laps (measured at the start line, not the quarter-mile splits) in 64.26 and 63.94 (2:08.20). As is typical for Hassan, she was last off the start line, but over the next 150 metres, slowly eased herself around the field on the outside into the marking position behind Lyakhova.
Gabriela DeBues-Stafford Gabriela Maria DeBues-Stafford (née Stafford, born 13 September 1995) is a Canadian middle- and long-distance runner. A two-time Olympian, she placed fifth in the women's 1500 metres at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. DeBues-Stafford holds the NACA ...
soon moved through the field in between Hassan and Lyakhova for the next lap before Hassan and
Gudaf Tsegay Gudaf Tsegay Desta (born 23 January 1997) is an Ethiopian middle- and long-distance runner. She is the 2020 Tokyo Olympic bronze medallist in the women's 5000 metres. At the World Athletics Championships, she won a bronze for the 1500 metres i ...
separated from the field as the only chasers. Between 800 and 1000 metres, Lyakhova strained to keep on pace, but Hassan and Tsegay were moving forward. After Lyakhova stepped out, the two found themselves 15 metres ahead of the pack. At 1200 metres, Hassan was looking back at her close chaser Tsegay in 3:10.13 (a 61.93 lap). Hassan accelerated, opening a 5-metre gap over the next 100 metres. Continuing at this pace, she passed 1500 metres in about 3:55. Hassan covered the last 409.344 metres in 62.20, her final time of 4:12:33 breaking
Svetlana Masterkova Svetlana Aleksandrovna Masterkova (russian: Светлана Александровна Мастеркова; born 17 January 1968) is a Russian former middle-distance runner and former women's world record holder for the mile and the current 1 ...
's almost 23-year-old
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. The athletes trailing Hassan rewrote the all-time top 25 list, with
Laura Weightman Laura Weightman (born 1 July 1991) is a British Middle-distance running, middle-distance runner who competes in the 1500 metres and 5000 metres. She reached the 1500 metres final at the Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics, 2012 London Olympic ...
moving into position #15, DeBues-Stafford into #17, and after #5 all-time Tsegay faded into the pack she was followed by Rababe Arafi,
Axumawit Embaye Axumawit Alem Embaye (Amharic: አክሱማዊት አምባዬ; born 18 October 1994) is an Ethiopian middle-distance runner, who specialises in the 1500 metres. She is a two-time World Athletics Indoor Championships, World Indoor Championship si ...
, Winnie Nanyondo and
Ciara Mageean Ciara Mageean ( ) (born 12 March 1992) is a middle-distance runner from Portaferry in Northern Ireland who specialises in the 1500 metres. She is a three-time European Athletics Championship medallist at the event, with bronze in 2016 and silve ...
moving into positions #20–23. She was the double 2019 Diamond League champion, winning both the 1500 and 5000 metres Trophies. On 28 September, she became the 2019 World Champion in the 10,000 metres in her second race for that distance. Her first race at the event was in Stanford in a time of 31:18.12, just fast enough to achieve the qualifying standard for the World Championships. The winning time of 30:17.62 was the best time of the year on the track. Alina Reh (Germany) led the field after 3000 metres in 9:29.69. The front runner reached the halfway point in 15:32.70.
Letesenbet Gidey Letesenbet Gidey (Tigrinya: ለተሰንበት ግደይ, born 20 March 1998) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner who holds three world records plus one world best. A 10,000 metres 2020 Tokyo Olympic bronze medallist, at the World Athletics ...
finished in 30:21.23, with
Agnes Tirop Agnes Jebet Tirop (23 October 1995 – 13 October 2021) was a Kenyan professional long-distance runner. She won bronze medals in the 10,000 metres at the 2017 and 2019 World Athletics Championships. At the 2015 IAAF World Cross Country Champio ...
(Kenya) coming in third place in 30:25.50. The second half of the run was covered in 14:45. Hassan also won the 1500 metres race with a time of 3:51.95 (sixth place on the 1500 m all-time-list), setting a new Championships and
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record. The second-placed finisher was Faith Kipyegon in 3:54.22, a new Kenyan national record, and the third place went to
Gudaf Tsegay Gudaf Tsegay Desta (born 23 January 1997) is an Ethiopian middle- and long-distance runner. She is the 2020 Tokyo Olympic bronze medallist in the women's 5000 metres. At the World Athletics Championships, she won a bronze for the 1500 metres i ...
with 3:54.38.


2020–2021

On 10 October, Hassan set a European record for the women's 10,000 metres in a time of 29:36.67, breaking mark set by Great Britain's
Paula Radcliffe Paula Jane Radcliffe MBE (born 17 December 1973) is a former British long-distance runner. She is a three-time winner of the London Marathon (2002, 2003, 2005), three-time New York Marathon champion (2004, 2007, 2008), and 2002 Chicago Maratho ...
in 2002 by more than 24 seconds. On 6 June 2021, she bettered her performance at the event to set a world record of 29m 06.82s in
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, beating 2016 record of Ethiopian
Almaz Ayana Almaz Ayana Eba ( om, Almaaz Ayyanaa Eebbaa; am, አልማዝ አያና ኤባ, born 21 November 1991) is an Ethiopian female long-distance runner. She won the gold medal in the 10,000 metres and bronze for the 5000 metres at the 2016 Rio Oly ...
by more than 10 seconds. Hassan lost the record two days later, however, when Ethiopia's
Letesenbet Gidey Letesenbet Gidey (Tigrinya: ለተሰንበት ግደይ, born 20 March 1998) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner who holds three world records plus one world best. A 10,000 metres 2020 Tokyo Olympic bronze medallist, at the World Athletics ...
achieved a time of 29m 01.03s at the same stadium. Hassan won gold in the
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and
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at the delayed
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. She also won bronze in the
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. She became the only athlete ever to medal in the 1500, 5000, and 10,000 metres events at the same Olympics. Her 5000m winning time was 14:36.79 ahead of Hellen Obiri from Kenya with 14:38.36, while
Gudaf Tsegay Gudaf Tsegay Desta (born 23 January 1997) is an Ethiopian middle- and long-distance runner. She is the 2020 Tokyo Olympic bronze medallist in the women's 5000 metres. At the World Athletics Championships, she won a bronze for the 1500 metres i ...
from Ethiopia won a bronze medal in a time of 14:38.87. Her gold medal win made her the first Dutch woman with an Olympic athletics medal in a long-distance event. She was the first non-Kenyan or Ethiopian athlete to win the event since
Gabriela Szabo Gabriela Szabo (, hu, Szabó Gabriella; born 14 November 1975) is a retired Romanian runner. She competed in the 1500 m and 5000 m events at the 1996 and 2000 Olympics and won a gold, a silver and a bronze medal. Szabo is a three-time world c ...
won in the
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.


2022

This season was worse for Hassan as competing at the
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in
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she finished sixth in the
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and fourth in the
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.


Coach

Beginning in 2016, Hassan was coached by
Alberto Salazar Alberto Salazar (born August 7, 1958) is an American former track coach and long-distance runner. Born in Cuba, Salazar immigrated to the United States as a child with his family, living in Connecticut and then in Wayland, Massachusetts, whe ...
at the
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. In 2019 Salazar began serving a four-year ban from athletics for doping violations dating from before he started coaching Hassan. In 2021 he was suspended for life by the
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for sexual misconduct. Hassan's current coach is Tim Rowberry who began coaching her in July 2018. Rowberry was also the coach of runner
Yomif Kejelcha Yomif Kejelcha Atomsa (born 1 August 1997) is an Ethiopian distance runner. He won a silver medal in the men’s 10,000 metres at the 2019 World Athletics Championships in Doha, Qatar. On 3 March 2019, Kejelcha broke the indoor mile world record ...
, Hassan's training partner until his recent departure to Adidas.


Achievements

Information from
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profile unless otherwise noted.


Personal bests


International competitions


Circuit wins and titles

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Overall winner 1500 m:
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*
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Champion 1500 m:
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* Diamond League Champion 5000 m:
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(2) 1500 m: Paris Meeting Areva,
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**
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(2) 1500 m: Birmingham British Grand Prix, Lausanne Athletissima **
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(2) 1500 m: Rome Golden Gala,
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; (1) 3000 m: Birmingham British Grand Prix **
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(1) One mile: London Anniversary Games; (1) 1500 m: Birmingham British Grand Prix **
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(1) 3000 m: Palo Alto Prefontaine Classic; (1) One mile: Monaco Herculis ( ); (1) 1500 m:
Zürich Weltklasse , neighboring_municipalities = Adliswil, Dübendorf, Fällanden, Kilchberg, Maur, Oberengstringen, Opfikon, Regensdorf, Rümlang, Schlieren, Stallikon, Uitikon, Urdorf, Wallisellen, Zollikon , twintowns = Kunming, San Francisco Zürich () ...
; (1) 5000 m: Brussels Memorial Van Damme **
2020 2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global Social impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, social and Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of events, COVID- ...
(1) One hour: Brussels Memorial Van Damme **
2021 File:2021 collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: the James Webb Space Telescope was launched in 2021; Protesters in Yangon, Myanmar following the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état, coup d'état; A civil demonstration against the October–November 2021 ...
(1) 1500 m: Rome Golden Gala in Florence; (1) 5000 m: Eugene Prefontaine Classic; (1) One mile: Brussels Memorial Van Damme


National championships

* Dutch Indoor Championships ** 800 m (1): 2016 ** 1500 m (1): 2015


References


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hassan, Sifan 1993 births World Athletics Championships winners Diamond League winners IAAF Continental Cup winners World Athletics Indoor Championships winners World Athletics Championships medalists European Athletics Championships medalists European Cross Country Championships winners Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics World Athletics Championships athletes for the Netherlands Olympic athletes of the Netherlands Dutch female long-distance runners Dutch female middle-distance runners Ethiopian female long-distance runners Ethiopian female middle-distance runners Dutch female cross country runners Ethiopian female cross country runners Dutch people of Ethiopian descent Ethiopian emigrants to the Netherlands Living people Sportspeople from Oromia Region Oromo people Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for the Netherlands Olympic gold medalists in athletics (track and field) Olympic bronze medalists for the Netherlands Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field)