Jessica Schilder

Jessica Schilder at the 2022 Dutch National Athletics Championships.

Personal information

Born

19 March 1999 (age 24)
Volendam, Netherlands

Sport

Country

Netherlands

Sport

Track and field

Event

Shot put

Achievements and titles

Highest world ranking

No. 2 (shot put, 2022)^[1]
No. 55 (overall)^[2]

Personal bests

Shot put: 20.24 NR (2022)
Indoors
Shot put: 19.48 i (2022)

Medal record

Women's athletics

Representing the Netherlands
World Championships
	2022 Eugene	Shot put
World Indoor Championships
	2022 Belgrade	Shot put
European Championships
	2022 Munich	Shot put

Jessica Schilder (Dutch: [ˈjɛsikaː ˈsxɪldər]; born 19 March 1999) is a Dutch track and field athlete competing in shot put.^[3] Her outdoors personal best is 20.24 m, which is a Dutch record, and her indoors personal best is 19.48 m. She is two-time bronze medalist at the world championships (outdoor and indoor) and a one-time gold medalist at the European championships (outdoor).

Career

She competed in the women's shot put event at the 2021 European Athletics Indoor Championships.^[4] She also competed in the women's shot put in the 2020 Summer Olympics that was postponed to 2021 due to the coronavirus pandemic.

She won the bronze medal in the women's shot put event at the 2022 World Athletics Indoor Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia. In August 2022, Schilder won the gold medal in shot put at the European Athletics Championships.^[5]

International competitions

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing the Netherlands
2016	World U20 Championships	Bydgoszcz, Poland	12th	Shot put	14.34 m
2017	European U20 Championships	Grosseto, Italy	5th	Shot put	15.99 m
2018	World U20 Championships	Tampere, Finland	N/A	Shot put	NM
2019	European Throwing Cup (U23)	Šamorín, Slovakia	12th	Shot put	16.18 m
2019	European U23 Championships	Gävle, Sweden	5th	Shot put	16.51 m
2021	European Indoor Championships	Toruń, Poland	5th	Shot put	18.69 m
	European U23 Championships	Tallinn, Estonia	1st	Shot put	18.11 m
	Olympic Games	Tokyo, Japan	19th (q)	Shot put	17.74 m
2022	European Throwing Cup	Leiria, Portugal	2nd	Shot put	18.89 m NR
	World Indoor Championships	Belgrade, Serbia	3rd	Shot put	19.48 m
	World Championships	Eugene, United States	3rd	Shot put	19.77 m NR
	European Championships	Munich, Germany	1st	Shot put	20.24 m NR
2023	European Indoor Championships	Istanbul, Turkey	5th	Shot put	18.29 m
2023	World Championships	Budapest, Hungary	8th	Shot put	19.26 m;