Nadine Broersen Explained

Birth Date:29 April 1990
Birth Place:Hoorn, Netherlands
Weight:63kg (139lb)
Country:Netherland
Sport:Athletics
Event:Heptathlon

Nadine Broersen (in Dutch; Flemish naːˈdinə ˈbrursən/; born 29 April 1990) is a Dutch track and field athlete, specializing in the heptathlon and high jump. She was the 2014 World Indoor pentathlon champion. Broersen competes for the track and field club AV Sprint in Breda.

Early career

Broersen is a member of the Dutch national combined events squad and trains at the Olympic Training centre in Papendal in the Netherlands since 2009. Because she was good in three essential events – 100 metres hurdles, high jump and the javelin throw – she was advised to specialize in the heptathlon,[1] despite her fear for the 800 metres.[2]

After decent results at the 2009 European Athletics Junior Championships, the 2011 European Athletics U23 Championships, and an 8th place at the prestigious Hypo-Meeting in Gotzis (Austria) in 2012, Broersen was selected to compete at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London in the women's heptathlon event, where she finished 13th with a personal best score of 6319 points.[3]

At the 2013 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Gothenburg (Sweden) she was on course for a medal in the pentathlon, but was disqualified for a lane violation in the final event, the 800m.[2] However, she finished 2nd at the Hypo-Meeting behind Brianne Theisen from Canada.[4] At the 2013 World Championships in Athletics in Moscow (Russia) she competed in the women's heptathlon, but did not start well, falling over the last hurdle in the 100 m hurdles. In the later disciplines however, she continued very strong and finished 10th, with her teammate Dafne Schippers finishing 3rd.[5] Had she not fallen at the hurdles, she probably would have finished on the podium.[2]

2014 World Indoor Champion

On March 7, 2014, Broersen won gold at the World Indoor championships in Sopot (Poland) in the indoor pentathlon, improving the national record of Karin Ruckstuhl with a score of 4830 points.[2] On the way to that result she also improved the national indoor record in the high jump, with a height of 1.93m.[2] That year she finished 4th at Gotzis, scoring 6536 points, which would have been a Dutch record, had Schippers not finished nine points ahead.[6]

She set her personal best at 6539 points, winning the heptathlon in Torun (Poland) in July 2014, just six points short of the national record set in March earlier that year by Schippers at Gotzis.[7] Later that year she won silver at the 2014 European Athletics Championships in Zurich (Switzerland) in the heptathlon behind France's Antoinette Nana Djimou,[8] breaking the outdoor national record in the high jump with 1.94m. That year she won the 2014 IAAF Combined Events Challenge.[9]

The next year, starting as one of the favourites at the 2015 European Athletics Indoor Championships, she had to give up due to an injured ankle incurred at the Dutch national indoor championships.[10] Nevertheless, outdoor she finished 3rd in Gotzis[11] and 4th at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics hepthatlon in Beijing (China).[12] Before the final 800 m event, she had been in 2nd place overall after a good javelin throw.[13]

In 2016, everything was focused on the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil).[14] At the 2016 European Athletics Championships in Amsterdam in her home country, Broersen, who moved from ninth on the first day to fourth after winning the long jump and coming third in the javelin, but was unable to run the final 800 metres event due to an illness.[15] [16] Her teammate Anouk Vetter won the heptathlon event with a new national record of 6626 points.[17] At the 2016 Summer Olympics she finished in a disappointing 13th place. Nevertheless, she made up the 2016 season by winning the heptathlon at the Décastar in Talence (France).[18]

Injuries and comeback

The 2017 season started with a 5th place at the 2017 European Athletics Indoor Championships pentathlon, but she had to abandon at the Hypo-Meeting in Gotzis, sparing her ankle.[19] At the World Championships heptathlon in London she had to abandon the event due to a hamstring injury, incurred at the long jump event.[20] In Talence that year she failed to record a legal leap in the long jump and subsequently dropped out; the third incomplete heptathlon of the season.[21]

In 2018 she could barely compete after she had torn the back cruciate ligament from her knee in November 2017 and a long rehabilitation followed.[22] The 2019 season was the year of a comeback, despite an hamstring injury at national indoor pentathlon championship in February.[23] At the Hypo-Meeting in Gotzis she finished 7th, and a month late she finished third at the Mehrkampf-Meeting Ratingen.[24] At the 2019 World Athletics Championships in Doha she finished sixth.[25]

Competition record

2009European Junior ChampionshipsNovi Sad, Serbia5thHeptathlon5456 pts
2011European U23 ChampionshipsOstrava, Czech Republic9thHeptathlon5740 pts
2012Hypo-MeetingGotzis, Austria8thHeptathlon6298 pts
Olympic GamesLondon, United Kingdom13thHeptathlon6319 pts
2013European Indoor ChampionshipsGothenburg, Sweden12thPentathlon3707 pts
Hypo-MeetingGotzis, Austriabgcolor=silver2ndHeptathlon6345 pts
World ChampionshipsMoscow, Russia10thHeptathlon6224 pts
2014World Indoor ChampionshipsSopot, Polandbgcolor=gold1stPentathlon4830 pts
Hypo-MeetingGotzis, Austria4thHeptathlon6536 pts
European Cup Combined Events Super LeagueTorun, Polandbgcolor=gold1stHeptathlon6539 pts (PB)
European ChampionshipsZürich, Switzerlandbgcolor=silver2ndHeptathlon6498 pts
2015European Indoor ChampionshipsPrague, Czech RepublicPentathlonDNF
Hypo-MeetingGotzis, Austria3rdHeptathlon6531 pts
World ChampionshipsBeijing, China4thHeptathlon6491 pts
2016European ChampionshipsAmsterdam, NetherlandsHeptathlonDNF
Olympic GamesRio de Janeiro, Brazil13thHeptathlon6300 pts
DécastarTalence, Francebgcolor=gold1stHeptathlon6377 pts
2017European Indoor ChampionshipsBelgrade, Serbia5thPentathlon4582 pts
World ChampionshipsLondon, United KingdomHeptathlonDNF
2019Hypo-MeetingGotzis, Austria7thHeptathlon6297 pts
Mehrkampf-MeetingRatingen, Germany3rdHeptathlon6232 pts
World ChampionshipsDoha, Qatar6thHeptathlon6392 pts
2021European Indoor ChampionshipsToruń, Poland10thPentathlon3556 pts
Olympic GamesTokyo, JapanHeptathlonDNF

Personal bests

Outdoor

Event Result Wind (m/s) Venue Date
100 m hurdles13.39 s0,0Gotzis, Austria31 May 2014
High jump1.94 mZürich, Switzerland14 August 2014
Shot put15.14 mLeiden, Netherlands17 June 2017
200 metres24.57 s+1,9Gotzis, Austria31 May 2014
Long jump6.39 m0.0Breda, Netherlands28 June 2014
Javelin throw54.97 mGotzis, Austria27 May 2012
800 metres2:11.11 m:sGotzis, Austria1 June 2014
Heptathlon 6539 ptsTorun, Poland7 July 2014

Indoor

Event Result Venue Date
60 m hurdles8.31 sPrague, Czech Republic6 March 2015
High jump1.93 mSopot, Poland7 March 2014
Shot put14.93 mSheffield, United Kingdom26 January 2014
Long jump6.24 mApeldoorn, Netherlands25 January 2015
800 metres2:14.97 m:sSopot, Poland7 March 2014
Pentathlon4830 pts (NR)Sopot, Poland7 March 2014

Notes and References

  1. https://www.iaaf.org/news/feature/nadine-broersen-heptathlon-pentathlon After world indoor gold, Broersen is now focused on bigger challenges
  2. https://www.iaaf.org/competitions/iaaf-world-indoor-championships/iaaf-world-indoor-championships-2014-4952/news/feature/women/pentathlon Broersen follows in famous Dutch footsteps, bridging a 25-year gap
  3. Web site: Women's Heptathlon. London2012.com. August 3, 2012.
  4. https://www.iaaf.org/news/report/canadas-warner-and-theisen-triumph-in-gotzis Canada's Warner and Theisen triumph in Gotzis
  5. Web site: Schippers zakt naar derde plek . nusport.nl. 13 August 2013. August 13, 2013. nl.
  6. https://www.iaaf.org/news/report/hypo-meeting-gotzis-hardee-johnson-thompson Hardee back on top, Johnson-Thompson breaks through in Gotzis
  7. https://www.iaaf.org/news/report/european-cup-combined-events-broersen-sintnic Double Dutch win for Broersen and Sintnicolaas in Torun
  8. https://www.iaaf.org/competitions/iaaf-world-championships/15th-iaaf-world-championships-4875)/news/amp/european-champs-2014-decathlon-heptathlon Krauchanka and Nana Djimou win European combined events titles
  9. https://www.iaaf.org/competitions/iaaf-combined-events-challenge/news/combined-events-challenge-2014-winners Freimuth and Broersen confirmed winners of the 2014 IAAF Combined Events Challenge
  10. Geblesseerde Broersen moet strijd staken, NOS News, 3 March 2015
  11. Brons voor meerkampster Broersen in Götzis, NOS News, 31 May 2015
  12. https://www.iaaf.org/competitions/iaaf-world-championships/15th-iaaf-world-championships-4875/news/report/women/heptathlon/800-metres Report: women's heptathlon 800m – IAAF World Championships, Beijing 2015
  13. https://www.iaaf.org/competitions/iaaf-world-championships/15th-iaaf-world-championships-4875/news/report/women/heptathlon/javelin-throw Report: women's heptathlon javelin – IAAF World Championships, Beijing 2015
  14. Broersen wil een record én een medaille in Rio, NOS News, 12 February 2016
  15. http://www.european-athletics.org/competitions/european-athletics-championships/news/article=vetter-betters-schippers-with-third-dutch-gold-the-championships/ Vetter betters Schippers with third Dutch gold of the Championships
  16. Broersen meldt zich af voor 800 meter, NOS News, 9 July 2016
  17. https://www.iaaf.org/news/report/vetter-wins-european-heptathlon-title Vetter claims European heptathlon title with Dutch record
  18. https://www.iaaf.org/news/report/kasyanov-broersen-win-talence-combined-events Kasyanov and Broersen prevail in Talence thrillers
  19. Nadine Broersen geeft op in Götzis, NOS News, 27 May 2017
  20. Nadine Broersen staakt zevenkamp op WK atletiek: 'Uithuilen en weer doorgaan', Omroep Brabant, 6 August 2017
  21. https://www.iaaf.org/news/report/warner-vetter-win-2017-decastar Warner and Vetter prevail in Talence
  22. Balende Nadine Broersen zegt 'met pijn in het hart' af voor EK atletiek, Omroep Brabant, 31 July 2018
  23. Nadine Broersen haakt weer geblesseerd af, maar blijft hoop houden op meerkampglorie, De Volkskrant, 3 February 2019
  24. https://www.iaaf.org/news/report/stadtwerke-ratingen-mehrkampf-2019-kazmirek-p Olympic standard for Kazmirek and Austrian record for Preiner in Ratingen
  25. Broersen sluit zevenkamp af met knappe zesde plek, Oosterwegel zevende, Algemeen Dagblad, 3 October 2019