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Pauline Hondema

Pauline Hondema
Pauline Hondema in 2021
Personal information
NationalityDutch
Born (2000-03-28) 28 March 2000 (age 24)
Height1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)[1]
Sport
SportAthletics
EventLong jump
Achievements and titles
Highest world ranking
  • No. 20 (long jump, 2025)[2]
  • No. 600 (overall, 2025)[2]
Personal best(s)Long jump: 6.76m (Kortrijk, 2023)

Pauline Hondema (pronounced [pʌuˈlinə ˈɦɔndəmaː]; born 28 March 2000) is a Dutch track and field athlete competing in the long jump. Her personal best is 6.76 metres set in 2023. She is also holding the Dutch indoor record of 6.70 metres set in 2025. Hondema won a silver medal in the First League of the 2021 European Athletics Team Championships. And she is a six-time national senior champion (three outdoor and three indoor titles).[2]

Career

Hondema mid-air at the 2021 European Team Championships in Cluj-Napoca, Romania

She won the Dutch national title for the first time in Apeldoorn in June 2022.[3]

2023

In February 2023, she won the Dutch national indoor title in Apeldoorn.[4]

In June 2023, she represented the Netherlands sat the 2023 European Games in Silesia.[5] In July 2023, she set a new personal best of 6.76 metres competing in Kortrijk, Belgium.[6] That month, she retained her Dutch national title in Breda.[7]

She competed at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest, missing the final by four centimetres.[8]

2024

In February 2024, she won the Dutch indoor title.[9]

In June 2024, she competed at the 2024 European Athletics Championships in Rome.[10] That month, she won her third consecutive Dutch national title.[11]

She competed in the long jump at the 2024 Paris Olympics.[12][13]

2025

On 9 February 2025, she improved the 38-year-old Dutch indoor record with a jump of 6.65 m,[14] further improved to 6.70 m less than a week later.[15] Later that month she won the Dutch indoor national title.[16] She was selected for the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Apeldoorn.[17]

Personal bests

Information from Hondema's World Athletics profile.[2]

Hondema's personal best results
Event Result Location Date Record Notes
60 metres 8.08 s i Apeldoorn, Netherlands 9 February 2019
Long jump outdoor 6.76 m Kortrijk, Belgium 8 July 2023 (Wind: +1.3 m/s)
indoor 6.70 m i Berlin, Germany 14 February 2025 NR

Competition results

Information from Hondema's World Athletics profile.[2]

International championships

Achievements at international championships representing the Netherlands
Year Competition Location Position Event Result
2021 European Team Championships – First League Cluj-Napoca, Romania 2nd Long jump 6.40 m
European U23 Championships Tallinn, Finland 10th Long jump 6.21 m
2023 European Games Chorzów, Poland 5th Long jump 6.49 m
European Team Championships – First Division
World Championships Budapest, Hungary 15th (h) Long jump 6.57 m
2024 European Championships Rome, Italy 13th (h) Long jump 6.63 m
Olympic Games Paris, France 14th (h) Long jump 6.55 m

Circuit wins

Hondema won the long jump at the following circuit meetings:

  • World Athletics Continental Tour
    • 2023 (3): Oordegem IFAM (6.53 m), Kortrijk Guldensporenmeeting (6.76 m PB), Banská Bystrica P-T-S meeting (6.42 m)
    • 2024 (2): Kortrijk (6.69 m), Tampere Motonet GP (6.47 m)

National championships

Achievements at national championships
Year Competition Location Position Event Result
2016 Dutch U18 Indoor Championships Apeldoorn – (h) 60 metres 8.34 s i
4th Long jump 5.42 m i
Dutch Championships Amsterdam 4th Long jump 5.80 m
Dutch U18 Championships Breda 2nd Long jump 5.69 m
2017 Dutch U20/U18 Championships – U18 Events Vught 1st Long jump 5.78 m
Dutch Championships Utrecht 7th Long jump 5.77 m
2018 Dutch U20 Indoor Championships Apeldoorn 2nd Long jump 5.79 m i
Dutch Indoor Championships Apeldoorn 7th Long jump 5.63 m i
Dutch U20 Championships Emmeloord 1st Long jump 5.98 m w
Dutch Championships Utrecht 10th Long jump 5.65 m
2019 Dutch U20 Indoor Championships Apeldoorn 1st Long jump 5.94 m i
– (sf) 60 metres 8.16 s i
Dutch Indoor Championships Apeldoorn 3rd Long jump 6.00 m i
Dutch U20 Championships Alphen aan den Rijn 1st Long jump 6.12 m
Dutch Championships The Hague 7th Long jump 6.04 m
2020 Dutch Indoor Championships Apeldoorn 3rd Long jump 6.03 m i
Dutch Championships Utrecht 2nd Long jump 6.09 m
2021 Dutch Indoor Championships Apeldoorn 2nd Long jump 6.41 m i
Dutch Championships Breda 3rd Long jump 6.14 m
2022 Dutch Indoor Championships Apeldoorn 2nd Long jump 6.27 m i
Dutch Championships Apeldoorn 1st Long jump 6.16 m
2023 Dutch Indoor Championships Apeldoorn 1st Long jump 6.48 m i
Dutch Championships Breda 1st Long jump 6.37 m
2024 Dutch Indoor Championships Apeldoorn 1st Long jump 6.54 m i
Dutch Championships Hengelo 1st Long jump 6.68 m w
2025 Dutch Indoor Championships Apeldoorn 1st Long jump 6.53 m i

References

  1. ^ "Hondema Pauline". Paris 2024 Olympics. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Pauline Hondema". World Athletics. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
  3. ^ "Pauline Hondema (Assendelft, Lycurgus) Dutch long jump champion". deorkaan. 24 June 2022. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
  4. ^ "Dutch Championship". World Athletics. 18 February 2023. Retrieved 26 February 2024.
  5. ^ "TeamNL wordt knap zesde op EK Landenteams". atletiek.nl (in Dutch). 25 June 2023. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
  6. ^ "Heel wat records gesneuveld op 26ste 'Moore' Guldensporenmeeting in Kortrijk". kw.be (in Dutch). 9 July 2023. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
  7. ^ "Dutch championships". World Athletics. 28 July 2023. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
  8. ^ "Hondema misses long jump final by 4 centimeters in World Cup debut". rtl.nl. 19 August 2023. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
  9. ^ "Rain of medals at the National Indoor Athletics Championships". rodi.nl. 21 February 2024. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
  10. ^ "Pauline Hondema just misses out: 6.63 meters not enough for a place in the final". nos.nl. 11 June 2024. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
  11. ^ "Sprinter Jiya and long jumper Hondema on course for Games with national titles". nos.nl. 30 June 2024. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
  12. ^ "Women's Long jump Results - Paris Olympic Games 2024 Athletics". Watch Athletics. 8 August 2024. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
  13. ^ "Atletiekvereniging Lycurgus eert leden die naar Olympische Spelen gaan". Rodi.nl. 8 July 2024. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
  14. ^ "Hondema heeft 'euforisch geluksgevoel' na verbeteren 38 jaar oud indoorrecord" [Hondema has 'euphoric feeling of happiness' after improving 38 year old indoor record]. NOS (in Dutch). 10 February 2025. Retrieved 10 February 2025.
  15. ^ "Opnieuw Nederlands record verspringen Hondema" [Another Dutch long jump record by Hondema]. NOS (in Dutch). 14 February 2025. Retrieved 15 February 2025.
  16. ^ Roeske, Eric (23 February 2025). "Dutch world-class athletes shine at National Indoor Championships". hardloopnetwerk.nl. Retrieved 25 February 2025.
  17. ^ "46 TeamNL atleten in actie tijdens EK Indoor Atletiek in Apeldoorn". Atletiek.nl. 25 February 2025. Retrieved 25 February 2025.
Quelle: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pauline_Hondema