Lisanne de Witte (Dutch:[liˈsɑnədəˈʋɪtə]; 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 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.
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.
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.
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