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Diane van Es

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In this Dutch name, the surname is van Es, not Es.

Diane van Es
Van Es at the 2021 European Team Championships in Cluj-Napoca
Personal information
Full nameDiane Gabriëlla van Es
Born (1999-03-22) 22 March 1999 (age 25)
Rotterdam, Netherlands
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[1]
Sport
CountryNetherlands
SportAthletics
Event(s)Middle-, Long-distance running
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing the  Netherlands
European Championships
Silver medal – second place 2024 Rome 10,000 m
European U23 Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Bergen 5000 m
European Youth Olympic Festival
Gold medal – first place 2015 Tbilisi 3000 m
European Cross Country Championships
Gold medal – first place 2019 Lisbon U23 team
Silver medal – second place 2018 Tilburg U20 team

Diane Gabriëlla van Es (pronounced [diˈjaːnə ɣaːbriˈɛlaː vɑn ˈɛs]; born 22 March 1999)[2] is a Dutch middle- and long-distance runner. She won the silver medal in the 10,000 metres at the 2024 European Championships and the bronze medal in the 5000 metres at the 2021 European Under-23 Championships.

Van Es holds the European record in the 5 kilometres road with a time of 14:39 minutes set on 9 February 2025 and the Dutch record in the 10 kilometres road with a time of 30:29 minutes set on 12 February 2023. She won four national titles (5000 m, 10 km).

Career

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Diane van Es competed internationally at youth level, winning the 3000 metres at the 2015 European Youth Olympic Festival held in Tbilisi,[3] and placing 12th in that event at the 2017 European Under-20 Championships in Grosseto two years later.

In 2019, she represented Netherlands in the 5000 metres final at the European U23 Championships held in Gävle and was part of the gold medal-winning women's U23 Dutch team at the European Cross Country Championships in Lisbon.[4]

Van Es established herself in the senior ranks with a 5000 m win at the 2020 Dutch Athletics Championships.[5]

On 29 May 2021, she set a 5000 m personal best of 15:07.52 during the Next Generation Athletics meeting in Nijmegen, which qualified her for the postponed 2020 Tokyo Olympics.[6][7]

She won the silver medal in the 10,000 metres at the 2024 European Championships in Rome on 11 June 2024, running a personal best time of 30:57.24.[8][9]

Personal bests

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All information from World Athletics profile.[2]

Personal best times
Event Time Location Date Notes
1500 metres 4:09.74 Pfungstadt, Germany 26 July 2022
1500 metres short track 4:14.81 Dortmund, Germany 12 February 2022
3000 metres 8:49.55 Chorzów, Poland 6 August 2022
3000 metres short track 9:01.32 Apeldoorn, Netherlands 10 February 2021
5000 metres 15:07.52 Nijmegen, Netherlands 29 May 2021
5 kilometres road 14:39 Monaco 9 February 2025 AR
8 kilometres road 25:24 Apeldoorn, Netherlands 2 February 2020
10,000 metres 30:57.24 Rome, Italy 11 June 2024
10 kilometres road 30:29 Schoorl, Netherlands 12 February 2023 NR
15 kilometres road 47:51 Nijmegen, Netherlands 17 November 2024
10 miles road 53:02 Zaandam, Netherlands 17 September 2023
Half marathon 1:09:31 Barcelona, Spain 11 February 2024

Competition results

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Diane van Es finished fourth at the 2023 New York City Half Marathon as the second non-African woman. Pictured at the 2023 Dutch 10 km Championships.

All information from World Athletics profile.[2]

International competitions

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Representing the  Netherlands
Year Competition Venue Position Event Result Notes
2015 European Youth Olympic Festival Tbilisi, Georgia 1st 3000 m 9:58.49
2017 European U20 Championships Grosseto, Italy 12th 3000 m 9:55.43
2018 European Cross Country Championships Tilburg, Netherlands 29th U20 race 14:29
2nd U20 team 28 pts
2019 European U23 Championships Gävle, Sweden 13th 5000 m 16:09.28
European Cross Country Championships Lisbon, Portugal 11th U23 race 21:53
1st U23 team 17 pts
2021 European Team Championships First League Cluj-Napoca, Romania 3rd 3000 m 9:07.41 PB
European U23 Championships Bergen, Norway 3rd 5000 m 15:48.4-
Olympic Games Tokyo, Japan 33rd (h) 5000 m 15:47.01
European Cross Country Championships Lisbon, Portugal 43rd U23 race 22:25
2022 European Championships Munich, Germany 13th 5000 m 15:26.44
2023 World Championships Budapest, Hungary 13th 10,000 m 32:05.85
2024 European Championships Rome, Italy 2nd 10,000 m 30:57.24 PB
Olympic Games Paris, France 16th 10,000 m 31:25.51

National titles

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References

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  1. ^ "van Es Diane". olympics.com. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
  2. ^ a b c "Diane VAN ES – Athlete Profile". World Athletics. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
  3. ^ Athletics Results. Tbilisi2015. Retrieved on 6 August 2015.
  4. ^ SPAR European Cross Country Championships - Lisbon 2019 Results. European Athletics. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
  5. ^ 2020 Dutch Championships Results. Atletiek. Retrieved 5 June 2021.
  6. ^ "Results 5.000 m. Next Generation Atrhletics". Atletiek.nu. Retrieved 4 June 2021.
  7. ^ "Sport Studies student Diane van Es runs her way to the Olympics". The Hague University of Applied Sciences. 22 June 2022. Retrieved 22 June 2022.
  8. ^ Ingle, Sean. "Daryll Neita misses out on 200m gold by 0.01sec … after thinking she had won". The Guardian. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
  9. ^ Poole, Harry (11 June 2024). "'Distraught' Neita wins European 200m silver". BBC Sport. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
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