Jessica Schilder

Jessica Schilder

Schilder with her bronze medal at the 2022 World Championships in Eugene, OR, USA
Personal information
Born	(1999-03-19) 19 March 1999 Volendam, Netherlands
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Sport
Country	Netherlands
Sport	Track and field
Event	Shot put
Achievements and titles
Highest world ranking	No. 2 (shot put, 2022) No. 55 (overall)
Personal bests	Shot put: 20.33 NR (2024) Indoors Shot put: 20.31i NR (2024)
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 2024 Rome Shot put

Jessica Schilder (Dutch: [ˈjɛsikaː ˈsxɪldər]; born 19 March 1999) is a Dutch track and field athlete competing in shot put. Her outdoors personal best is 20.33 m, which is a Dutch record, and her indoors personal best is 20.31 m. She is two-time bronze medalist at the world championships (outdoor and indoor) and a two-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. 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.

International competitions

Results representing the Netherlands

Year	Competition	Location	Position	Event	Result	Notes
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
	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
	World Championships	Budapest, Hungary	8th	Shot put	19.26 m
2024	World Indoor Championships	Glasgow, United Kingdom	5th	Shot put	19.37 m
	European Championships	Rome, Italy	1st	Shot put	18.77 m
	Summer Olympics	Paris, France	6th	Shot put	18.91 m

Personal bests

Outdoor

• Shot put – 20.33 m NR (Hengelo 7 July 2024)

Indoor

• Shot put - 20.31 m i NR (Apeldoorn 17 February 2024)

External links

• Jessica Schilder at World Athletics
• Jessica Schilder at Olympedia
• Jessica Schilder at Olympics.com
• Jessica Schilder at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics
• Jessica Schilder at TeamNL (archive) (in Dutch)
• Jessica Schilder at Atletiek.nl (in Dutch)