Lisanne de Witte
De Witte at the 2018 European Championships
Personal information
Born (1992-09-10) 10 September 1992
Vlaardingen, Netherlands
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight60 kg (132 lb)
Life partnerOwen Westerhout (2014–2019)[1]
Sport
SportTrack and field
Event400 metres
ClubAV Trias
Coached bySven Ootjers (2016–now)[2]
Achievements and titles
Personal best400 m: 50.77 (2018)
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing the  Netherlands
World Championships
Gold medal – first place2023 Budapest4×400 m relay
World Indoor Championships
Silver medal – second place2022 Belgrade4×400 m relay
European Championships
Gold medal – first place2022 Munich4×400 m relay
Bronze medal – third place2018 Berlin400 m
European Indoor Championships
Gold medal – first place2021 Toruń4×400 m relay
Bronze medal – third place2019 Glasgow400 m

Lisanne de Witte (Dutch: [liˈsɑnə də ˈʋɪtə]; born 10 September 1992) is a Dutch track and field athlete who competes in sprinting. She specialises in the 400 metres, where she held the Dutch record with her personal best time of 50.77 seconds from 2018 to 2021.

De Witte won bronze medals in the 400 m at the 2018 European Championships and 2019 European Indoor Championships. She also won four major medals as part of Dutch women's 4 × 400 m relay team, including the gold medal at the 2023 World Championships where she ran in the heats. And she has a combined total of eight Dutch national titles in the 200 m, 400 m, and 800 m.

De Witte represented the Netherlands at the 2016 Rio Olympics and 2020 Tokyo Olympics, competing in the 4 × 400 m relays and in the individual 400 m at the latter.

Early life

Lisanne de Witte was born on 10 September 1992[3] in Vlaardingen in the Netherlands.

She has a three-year-younger sister Laura de Witte, who is also a 400 metres sprinter.

Career

Sisters Lisanne (L) and Laura de Witte (R) competed in the women's 4 × 400 m relay at the 2016 Rio Olympics.
Lieke Klaver (R) passes the baton to Lisanne de Witte (L) in the women's 4 × 400 m relay at Doha 2019.

De Witte represented the Netherlands at the 2016 Rio Olympics, where she competed in the 4 × 400 metres relay.[3] The women's team set a new Dutch record with a time of 3:26.98 minutes in the heats, but they did not advance to the final.

In the 2018 European Championships, De Witte won a bronze medal in the 400 metres[3] and broke the national record with a time of 50.77 seconds, which remained the fastest Dutch time until 2021.

In the 2019 European Indoor Championships, she won another bronze medal in the 400 metres with a time of 52.34 seconds.[3]

De Witte represented the Netherlands again at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics that were postponed to 2021. She competed individually in the 400 metres, where she ran 51.68 seconds in the heats and qualified for the semi-finals, but she did not advance to the finals.[3] She also competed in the 4 × 400 metres relay. De Witte raced in the women's event where the Dutch team set two national records, 3:24.01 minutes in the heats and 3:23.74 minutes in the final, where they became sixth. She also raced in the heats of the mixed event, where the team also set a Dutch record of 3:10.69 minutes,[3] but De Witte was replaced in the final where the Dutch record was already broken.

Personal bests

Information from her World Athletics profile unless otherwise noted.[3]

Individual events

Type Event Time (m:)s Venue Date Record Notes
Outdoor 400 metres 50.77 Berlin, Germany 11 August 2018 (NR) The Dutch record was broken by Femke Bol on 29 May 2021.[4]
600 metres 1:28.13 Lisse, Netherlands 26 August 2018
Indoor 200 metres 23.67 i Apeldoorn, Netherlands 17 February 2019
400 metres 51.90 i Toruń, Poland 8 February 2020
500 metres 1:09.87 i Boston, MA, USA 4 February 2023

Progression

  Lifetime best

Year 400 m 400 m
indoor
2009 56.1657.72
2010 55.9658.99
2011 54.5955.97
2012 53.9254.73
2013 52.9255.68
2014 –52.61
2015 52.53–
2016 52.1452.49
2017 51.7152.43
2018 50.7754.10
2019 51.3052.34
2020 –51.90
2021 51.6852.82
2022 52.7152.65
2023 52.2352.61

Team events

Type Event Time m:s Venue Date Record Notes
Outdoor 4 × 400 m relay women 3:20.87 München, Germany 20 August 2022 (NR) Teamed with Eveline Saalberg, Lieke Klaver, and Femke Bol. De Witte's split time for the third leg was 51.26 seconds. The Dutch record was broken on 27 August 2023.
4 × 400 m relay mixed 3:10.69 Tokyo, Japan 30 July 2021 (NR) Teamed with Jochem Dobber, Lieke Klaver, and Ramsey Angela. The Dutch record was broken on 31 July 2021.
Indoor 4 × 400 m relay women 3:27.15 i Toruń, Poland 7 March 2021 (NR) Teamed with Lieke Klaver, Marit Dopheide, and Femke Bol. The Dutch record was broken on 5 March 2023.
Distance medley relay 10:49.39 i Boston, MA, USA 28 January 2017 Teamed with Esther Guerrero, Anna Silvander, and Sarah McDonald.[5]

Competition results

Information from her World Athletics profile unless otherwise noted.[3]

International competitions

Representing the  Netherlands
YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventTimeNotes
2011 European Junior Championships Tallinn, Estonia 4th 4 × 400 m relay 3:37.44
2013 European Team Championships, First League Dublin, Ireland 4th 4 × 400 m relay 3:39.19
European U23 Championships Tampere, Finland 8th 400 m 53.97
2014 World Indoor Championships Sopot, Poland – (sf) 400 m i DQ
2015 European Team Championships, First League Heraklion, Greece 3rd 4 × 400 m relay 3:33.30
2016 World Indoor Championships Portland, OR, United States 10th (sf) 400 m i 53.35
European Championships Amsterdam, Netherlands 9th (sf) 400 m 52.37
6th 4 × 400 m relay 3:29.23
Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 11th (h) 4 × 400 m relay 3:26.98 NR
2017 European Indoor Championships Belgrade, Serbia 16th 400 m i 54.81 (h: 53.61)
European Team Championships, Super League Villeneuve-d'Ascq, France 1st 400 m 51.71
6th 4 × 400 m relay 3:31.79
World Championships London, United Kingdom 30th (h) 400 m 52.48
– (h) 4 × 400 m relay DQ
2018 European Championships Berlin, Germany 3rd 400 m 50.77 NR
Continental Cup Ostrava, Czech Republic 4th 400 m 51.51 [note 1]
– (f) 4 × 400 m mixed DQ
2019 European Indoor Championships Glasgow, Scotland 3rd 400 m i 52.34
World Relays Yokohama, Japan 7th 4 × 400 m relay 3:29.03 (1st in Final B)
European Team Championships, First League Sandnes, Norway 1st 400 m 52.05
World Championships Doha, Qatar 11th (sf) 400 m 51.41
7th 4 × 400 m relay 3:27.89 [note 2]
2021 European Indoor Championships Toruń, Poland 12th (sf) 400 m i 53.10
1st 4 × 400 m relay i 3:27.15 EL CR NR
World Relays Chorzów, Poland 4th 4 × 400 m relay 3:30.12 [note 3]
Olympic Games Tokyo, Japan 24th (sf) 400 m 52.09 (h: 51.68)
6th 4 × 400 m relay 3:23.74 NR
4th 4 × 400 m mixed 3:10.69 NR[note 4]
2022 World Indoor Championships Belgrade, Serbia 2nd 4 × 400 m relay i 3:28.57 SB
European Championships Munich, Germany 1st 4 × 400 m relay 3:20.87 EL NR
2023 European Indoor Championships Istanbul, Turkey 18th (h) 400 m i 53.61
World Championships Budapest, Hungary 5th (h) 4 × 400 m relay 3:23.75

National titles

Notes

  1. ↑ Representing Europe.
  2. ↑ Dutch team ran 3:27.40 in the heats.
  3. ↑ Dutch team ran 3:28.40 in the heats.
  4. ↑ Time from the heats; De Witte was replaced in the final.

References

  1. ↑ "Owen Westerhout snel in spoor van vriendin". Noordhollands Dagblad (in Dutch). 19 February 2019. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
  2. ↑ "Sven Ootjers laat zijn atleten excelleren". Hardloopnetwerk (in Dutch). 12 August 2018. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Lisanne de Witte". IAAF. Retrieved 9 March 2014.
  4. ↑ "Bol haalt in België twee tienden van Nederlandse record op 400 meter af" (in Dutch), NOS, 2021. Retrieved 6 September 2023.
  5. ↑ "Start Lists: New Balance Indoor Grand Prix 2017", Watch Athletics, 27 January 2017. Retrieved 7 September 2023.
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