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| Born | 1 September 2004 | ||||||||||||||
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Vanessa Mercera (born 1 September 2004) is a Dutch sprinter and multi-event athlete.[1]
Biography
[edit]From Curacao, she is a student at Kansas State University in the United States.[2] She had a seventh-place finish in pentathlon at the 2026 NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships.[3] In May, Mercera set a school record with 55.39 seconds for a first-place finish in the 400 metres hurdles at the 2026 Big 12 Conference Championships.[4] In June, she was a semi-finalist in the 400 m hurdles at the 2026 NCAA Outdoor Championships. [5] In July, she placed third in the final of the 400 m hurdles at the Dutch Championships in Hengelo.[6]
Mercera was selected to represent the Netherlands at the 2026 European Athletics Championships in Birmingham, running as part of the women's 4 × 400 metres team as they qualified for the final from the preliminary round, with the team going on to win the gold medal in the final.[7][8][9][10]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Vanessa Mercera". World Athletics. Retrieved 16 August 2026.
- ↑ "Top Performance Vanessa Mercera". antilliaansdagblad.com. 2 Mar 2026. Retrieved 14 August 2026.
- ↑ "NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships". World Athletics. Retrieved 14 August 2026.
- ↑ Kinander, Jason (17 May 2026). "Three K-State track and field athletes win Big 12 outdoor titles". wibw.com. Retrieved 14 August 2026.
- ↑ "NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships". World Athletics. Retrieved 14 August 2026.
- ↑ "Dutch Championships". World Athletics. Retrieved 14 August 2026.
- ↑ Roeske August 6, 2026, Eric. "Our European Athletics Championships prediction: The Netherlands wins five gold medals in Birmingham". Hardloop Netwerk. Retrieved 9 August 2026.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ↑ "Six athletes with Curaçao roots named to Dutch team for European Championships". deporteawe.com. Jul 31, 2026. Retrieved 14 August 2026.
- ↑ "European Athletics Championships". World Athletics. Retrieved 14 August 2026.
- ↑ "Dutch athletes take 14 medals in most successful European Championship yet". NL Times. 17 August 2026. Retrieved 18 August 2026.
