Femke Pluim
Appearance
Personal information | |
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Born | Gouda, Netherlands | 10 May 1994
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) |
Sport | |
Sport | Track and field |
Event | Pole vault |
Club | AAV'36 |
Coached by | Alex van Zutphen, Robbert-Jan Jansen |
Femke Pluim (pronounced [ˈfɛmkə ˈplœym]; born 10 May 1994) is a Dutch athlete whose specialty is pole vaulting.[1] She competed at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics in Beijing, without qualifying for the final. In addition she won the silver medal at the 2013 European Junior Championships.
Pluim started off as a gymnast before turning to athletics in 2011, first doing the sprints and only later the pole vault. Her personal bests in the event are 4.55 metres outdoors (Amsterdam 2015) and 4.47 metres indoors (Apeldoorn 2015).
Competition record
[edit]Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Notes |
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Representing the Netherlands | ||||
2013 | European Junior Championships | Rieti, Italy | 2nd | 4.25 m |
2015 | European Indoor Championships | Prague, Czech Republic | 16th (q) | 4.30 m |
European U23 Championships | Tallinn, Estonia | 4th | 4.25 m | |
World Championships | Beijing, China | 21st (q) | 4.30 m | |
2016 | European Championships | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 6th | 4.45 m |
Olympic Games | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 29th (q) | 4.15 m | |
2018 | European Championships | Berlin, Germany | 25th (q) | 4.20 m |
References
[edit]External links
[edit]- Femke Pluim at World Athletics
- Femke Pluim at Olympedia
- Femke Pluim at Olympics.com
- Femke Pluim at TeamNL (archive) (in Dutch)
- Femke Pluim at Atletiek.nl (archived) (in Dutch)
Categories:
- 1994 births
- Living people
- Dutch female pole vaulters
- Dutch Athletics Championships winners
- Dutch Indoor Athletics Championships winners
- World Athletics Championships athletes for the Netherlands
- Sportspeople from Gouda, South Holland
- Athletes from South Holland
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes for the Netherlands
- 21st-century Dutch sportswomen
- Dutch athletics biography stubs