Have a look at the age, height and partner of Lieke Klaver
Lieke Klaver is a Dutch Olympic sprinter who is being dubbed as the s*xiest sprinter, find out more about her and the reason behind her reputation below.
The Dutch track and field star initially went viral online back in the Tokyo Olympics in 2020 despite failing to win a medal.
Who is Netherlands athlete Lieke Klaver, bio, age, height, weight, partner, records, net worth and Instagram
Klaver is currently competing in the mixed and women’s relay races for the Netherlands at the Paris 2024 Olympics.
Lieke Klaver dubbed as the world’s sexiest sprinter
As Lieke Klaver tears up the tracks at the Olympics, she has also found herself recurrently trending on social media. Despite not having her own TikTok account, she regularly trends on the platform. TikTokers have been going crazy with hashtagging her name in various posts in admiration of her looks. This trending popularity on social media has now led to her being dubbed as the world’s s*xiest sprinter.
Lieke Klaver bio
Lieke Klaver is a Dutch track and field athlete who was born on August 20, 1998 in Velsen-Zuid, Netherlands. She competes in sprinting and specializes in the 200 metres and in the 400 metres. Klaver is currently the 2023 World Champion and the 2024 World Indoor Champion with the Dutch women’s team in the 4 × 400 metres relay.
She is dating fellow dutch athlete Terrence Agard. She has a net worth of $100,000-1 million.
Lieke Klaver. NED. Born: 20.08.1998. Age: 25 years 306 days. Height: 184 cm. Weight: 70 kg
Age and height
Lieke Klaver is currently 25 years old and stands at a height of 1.82 m.
Education
Lieke attended the HAN University of Applied Sciences.
Career and achievements
Lieke Klaver started running at the young age of nine and has since been an Olympic finalist on two occasions. Klaver once shared in an interview how she initially had “no interest in athletics” until her mother convinced her to “give it a try”. She added:
I really wanted to dance but my mother thought, ‘You are always running with your brother so you two can take up athletics? At first, I was focused on the 100m and 200m events, but due to my height, my coach said to try the 400m.”
Klaver became a member of the athletics club Streker Atletiek Vereniging in Grootebroek at the young age of 8. Throughout her career, Klaver has won various medals and achievements at both the youth and senior national and international events. She notably, won the gold medal in the European Indoor Championships back in 2021 and 2023 in the 4x400m relay. She also won the gold in the same event at the European Championships back in 2022.
Lieke Klaver has already started this year with several wins. Klaver won the 400 m short track races at the 2024 Czech Indoor Gala in Ostrava, Czech Republic as well as at the 2024 Copernicus Cup in Torún, Poland. Following the wins, Klaver became the overall winner in the 400 m of the 2024 World Athletics Indoor Tour. She also won a silver medal at the 2024 Dutch Indoor Championships and another silver in the 400 metres short track at the 2024 World Indoor Championships in Glasgow.
Rankings and personal bests
Given below is Lieke Klaver highest world rankings:
- 3 (400 m, 2024)
- 13 (200 m, 2024)
- 55 (overall, 2024)
Given below is Lieke Klaver’s personal bests:
- 100 m: 11.33 (2023)
- 200 m: 22.46 (2023)
- 400 m: 49.58 (2024)
- Short track; 200 m: 22.81 i (2024)
- 400 m: 50.10 i (2024)
Lieke Klaver has an Instagram account with the handle @liekeklaver, where she has a massive following of over 794K followers. She regularly posts phots of herself in races and training, as well as photos with her friends and her travels.