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Alida van Daalen

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Alida van Daalen
Van Daalen in 2022
Personal information
NationalityDutch
Born (2002-04-12) 12 April 2002 (age 24)
Rotterdam, Netherlands
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)[1]
Sport
SportAthletics
Events
Shot Put, Discus
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Netherlands
European U23 Championships
Gold medal – first place2023 EspooShot put
Gold medal – first place2023 EspooDiscus throw
European U20 Championships
Gold medal – first place2019 BoråsDiscus throw
Silver medal – second place2021 TallinnShot put
Silver medal – second place2021 TallinnDiscus throw
European U18 Championships
Silver medal – second place2018 GyőrDiscus throw
Bronze medal – third place2018 GyőrShot put

Alida van Daalen (Dutch: [aːˈlidaː vɑn ˈdaːlə(n)]; born 12 April 2002) is a Dutch track and field athlete who competes in shot put and discus.[2]

Early life

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Alida van Daalen was born on 12 April 2002.[2] She is the daughter of Dutch Olympic athlete Jacqueline Goormachtigh.[3]

Van Daalen was brought up in initially in Suriname, but lives with the pigment disease vitiligo, which causes her skin to show white spots and does not tolerate the sun well, and her family relocated to Rotterdam.[4]

In 2022, she started at the University of Florida in the United States and began competing for the Florida Gators. She won the shot put at the SEC Indoor Championships and SEC Outdoor Championships and placed fourth at NCAA Division I Indoor Championships and NCAA Outdoor Championships.[5]

Career

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Van Daalen competed at the 2018 Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires, Argentina.[6] She then won bronze in the shot put and silver in the discus, at the 2018 European Athletics U18 Championships in Győr.[7]

Competing at the 2021 European Athletics U20 Championships in Tallinn, Estonia, she won the silver medal in the shot put and the discus events.[8]

Competing at the European Athletics U23 Championships in Espoo, Finland, she won the gold medal in both the shot put and the discus events.[9] She won the shot put with a European U23 leading distance of 18.32m.[10] She was selected for the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest in August 2023.[11]

She competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris in the shot put and discus.[12][13]

She set a meeting record of 65.24 metres to win the discus at the 2025 SEC Championships in May 2025.[14] In September 2025, she competed at the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan, reaching the final and placing eleventh overall.[15][16]

On 9 April 2026 in Ramona, Oklahoma, she set a new personal best for the discus throw of 67.99 metres.[17] On 12 April, she improved again to 69.17m in Ramona.[18] In May, she won the discus throw at the SEC Championships, before throwing 69.31m in the NCAA East Regional at Lexington, to move to third on the all-time collegiate list behind Jorinde van Klinken and Jayden Ulrich.[19][20] On 13 June, she set a new meeting record to win the women’s discus with a throw of 65.98 meters at the 2026 NCAA Outdoor Championships.[21] On 3 July, she placed third overall in the discus throw at the 2026 Prefontaine Classic.[22]

Statistics

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Information based on her World Athletics profile unless noted otherwise.[2]

Personal bests

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Outdoor
Indoor

International competitions

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Representing the  Netherlands
YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventResultNotes
2017 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival Győr, Hungary 1st Shot put (3 kg) 16.23 m
2nd Discus throw 48.82 m
2018 European U18 Championships Győr, Hungary 3rd Shot put (3kg) 17.08 m
2nd Discus throw 52.93 m
Summer Youth Olympics Buenos Aires, Argentina 4th Discus throw 47.33 m
53.07 m
2019 European U20 Championships Borås, Sweden 1st Discus throw 55.92 m
2021 European Throwing Cup Split, Croatia 17th[23] Discus throw 54.99 m
European U20 Championships Tallinn, Estonia 2nd Discus throw 55.63 m
2nd Shot put 16.56 m
2022 European Throwing Cup, U23 Events Leiria, Portugal 5th Shot put 15.80 m
2nd Discus throw 55.02 m
European Championships Munich, Germany 18th[24] Discus throw 56.05 m
2023 European U23 Championships Espoo, Finland 1st Shot put 18.32 m
1st Discus throw 56.77 m
World Championships Budapest, Hungary 19th (q) Shot put 17.93 m
2024 Olympic Games Paris, France 26th (q) Shot put 16.53 m
16th (q) Discus throw 62.19 m
2025 World Championships Tokyo, Japan 9th Discus throw 62.24 m

References

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  1. ↑ "van DAALEN Alida". Paris 2024 Olympics. Archived from the original on 30 July 2024. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
  2. 1 2 3 "Alida Van Daalen". World Athletics. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
  3. ↑ Carter, Scott (April 3, 2023). "Gators Newcomer Van Daalen an Instant Hit". Florida Gators. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
  4. ↑ "Alice Van Daalen". voro.nl. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
  5. ↑ Morton, Arik (July 16, 2023). "Alida van Daalen Wins Gold in Two Events at U23 European Championships". Florida Gators. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
  6. ↑ "Alida van Daalen at Youth Olympic Games: No medal, but an adventure ahead". Rijnmond.nl. October 15, 2018. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
  7. ↑ "European Championship U18 Queen Alida van Daalen turns tension into success". Atletiek.nl. July 10, 2018. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
  8. ↑ Piest, Tijn (September 2, 2021). "CTS talent Alida van Daalen: 'Two silver medals crown the season'". hardloopnetwerk.nl. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
  9. ↑ "After double gold in Espoo, Van Daalen is standing tall both on and off the track". european-athletics. 19 July 2023. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
  10. ↑ Goss, Symone (July 13, 2023). "Alida Van Daalen wins Shot Put with European U23 leading mark of 18.32m". World-Track. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
  11. ↑ "World Athletics Championships Budapest: Sifan Hassan and Femke Bol Lead Strong Netherlands Team". Watch Athletics. 4 August 2023. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
  12. ↑ "Women's Discus Throw Results - Paris Olympic Games 2024 Athletics". Watch Attletics. 5 August 2024. Retrieved 28 August 2024.
  13. ↑ "Women's Shot Put Results - Paris Olympic Games 2024 Athletics". Watch Attletics. 9 August 2024. Retrieved 28 August 2024.
  14. ↑ Woods, David (18 May 2025). "JAMEESIA FORD, JORDAN ANTHONY RUN BLAZING DOUBLES; GEORGIA WOMEN, ARKANSAS MEN WIN SEC TITLES". Runnerspace. Retrieved 18 May 2025.
  15. ↑ "World Athletics Championships, Tokyo 2025". World Athletics. 13 September 2025. Retrieved 13 September 2025.
  16. ↑ "53 TeamNL atleten naar WK atletiek in Tokio". Atletiek.nl. 1 September 2025. Retrieved 1 September 2025.
  17. ↑ "Denny and Richter reach 74 metres in Ramona". World Athletics. 9 April 2026. Retrieved 10 April 2026.
  18. ↑ Mills, Steven (12 April 2026). "Van Klinken and Okoye break national discus records in Ramona". European Athletics. Retrieved 12 April 2026.
  19. ↑ "ARKANSAS MEN, FLORIDA WOMEN CELEBRATE SEC TEAM TITLES". Dye Stat. 17 May 2026. Retrieved 17 May 2026.
  20. ↑ "NCAA EAST: ALIDA VAN DAALEN UNCORKS BIG THROW IN DISCUS TO ADVANCE TO EUGENE". Dyestat. 31 May 2026. Retrieved 31 May 2026.
  21. ↑ "ALIDA VAN DAALEN CHAMPION WOMEN'S DISCUS THROW - MEET RECORD - NCAA D1 OUTDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS 2026". Dyestat. 13 June 2026. Retrieved 14 June 2026.
  22. ↑ Johnson, Robert; Gault, Jonathan (4 July 2026). "Fireworks at Pre: Hiltz Stuns Kipyegon, High Schooler Taylor Rips 19.75 on the 4th of July". Lets Run. Retrieved 5 June 2026.
  23. ↑ "European Throwing Cup Results 2021", European Athletic Association, 2021. Archived 25 May 2021 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
  24. ↑ "European Championships Munich 2022 Women's Discus Throw Qualification Results", European Athletic Association, 2022. Archived 16 August 2022 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
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