Lieke Klaver

Lieke Klaver
Klaver at the 2023 European Indoor Championships in Istanbul
Personal information
Born (1998-08-20) 20 August 1998
Velsen-Zuid, Netherlands
Height1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Sport
SportTrack and field
Event(s)100 m, 200 m, 400 m, 4 × 100 m relay, 4 × 400 m relay
ClubStreker Atletiek Vereniging
Coached byLaurent Meuwly
Achievements and titles
Highest world ranking
  • No. 3 (400 m, 2024)
  • No. 13 (200 m, 2024)
  • No. 55 (overall, 2024)
Personal bests
  • 100 m: 11.33 (2023)
  • 200 m: 22.46 (2023)
  • 400 m: 49.58 (2024)
  • Short track
  • 200 m: 22.81 i (2024)
  • 400 m: 50.10 i (2024)
Medal record summary
Women's athletics
Representing  Netherlands
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 1 1 0
World Championships 1 1 0
World Indoor Championships 1 2 0
World Relays 0 1 0
European Championships 2 0 2
European Indoor Championships 4 1 0
European Games 2 0 0
Total 11 6 2
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
200 m 1 0 0
400 m 1 2 1
4 × 100 m relay 1 0 0
4 × 400 m relay 7 2 0
4 × 400 m mixed 1 2 1
Total 11 6 2

Lieke Klaver (pronounced [ˈlikə ˈklaːvər]; born 20 August 1998) is a Dutch track and field athlete who competes in sprinting. She specializes in the 200 metres and in the 400 metres. In the 4 × 400 metres relay, she is the 2023 World Champion and the 2024 World Indoor Champion with the Dutch women's team and the 2024 Olympic Champion with the Dutch mixed team.

Klaver represented the Netherlands at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. She won silver medals in the 400 metres short track at the 2024 World Indoor Championships and at the 2023 European Indoor Championships and a bronze medal in the 400 metres at the 2024 European Championships. She also took four national titles (outdoor and indoor).

She has won eleven major medals as part of the Dutch 4 × 400 m relay teams, either women's or mixed, including silver for the mixed relays at the 2022 World Championships and the 2024 World Athletics Relays and gold for the women's relays at the 2023 World Championships and 2024 World Indoor Championships.