Eveline Saalberg

Eveline Saalberg (born 30 July 1998) is a Dutch sprinter who specialises in the 400 metres.
As part of the Dutch women's and mixed 4 × 400 metres relay team, she won a gold medal at the 2023 World Championships, two silver medals at the world championships (outdoor and indoor), and two gold medals at the European Championships (outdoor and indoor). Individually, she won two gold medals, one silver medal, and one bronze medal at the Dutch championships (outdoor and indoor).
Early life
Eveline Saalberg was born on 30 July 1998 in Arnhem in the Netherlands.
At the age of eight, she started with athletics and became a member of the club GVAC in Veldhoven. In the youth categories she competed in, she won several medals at Dutch junior championships.
During her student days, Saalberg distinguished herself by becoming a multiple Dutch student champion. She combined all this with a board year as chair of the Student Athletics Association MSAV Uros.
Senior career
2019
Saalberg experienced her breakthrough at the 2019 Dutch Athletics Championships in The Hague in July. Completely against expectations, she won the title in the 400 m hurdles there. She went under the minute for the first time with a time of 58.86 s. Afterwards, she stated that on a training holiday in South Tyrol, she could fully focus on the technique of hurdling. In the autumn of 2019, Saalberg joined the training group of athletics coach Laurent Meuwly to train at the National Sports Centre Papendal alongside Eva Hovenkamp and Femke Bol.
2020
At the Dutch Indoor Championships in February 2020, Saalberg won the bronze medal in the 400 m at 53.65 s. At the Dutch Championships in August, she won the silver medal in the 400 m at 54.16 s.
2021
In May 2021, Saalberg competed at the World Athletics Relays as a member of the Netherlands team in the women's 4 × 400 metres relay and mixed 4 × 400 metres relay. In the women's relay, she ran in the heats, and the Netherlands finished fourth in the final. In the mixed relay, she ran in the final, and the Netherlands finished eighth.
2022
At the World Indoor Championships in March 2022, Saalberg competed in the heats and final of the women's 4 × 400 metres relay, and the Netherlands won the silver medal.
In July, she competed at the World Championships. In the mixed 4 × 400 metres relay, she ran in the heats, and the Netherlands won the silver medal in the final. In the women's 400 metres, she ran 52.59 s in the heats and did not advance to the semi-finals.
In August, she competed at the European Championships. In the women's 400 metres, she ran 51.81 s in the heats to advance to the semi-finals. She ran 52.45 s in the semi-finals and did not advance to the final. In the women's 4 × 400 metres relay, she ran in the final, and the Netherlands won the gold medal.
2023
At the European Indoor Championships in March 2023, Saalberg ran in the final of the women's 4 × 400 metres relay, and the Netherlands won the gold medal.
In August, she competed at the World Championships. She ran in the heats and final of the women's 4 × 400 metres relay, and the Netherlands won the gold medal.
Personal bests
Information from her World Athletics profile unless otherwise noted.
Individual events
Season's bests
Key:
Team events
Competition results
Information from her World Athletics profile unless otherwise noted.
International competitions
National championships
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References
External links
1998 births
21st-century Dutch women
Athletes (track and field) at the 2023 European Games
Dutch Athletics Championships winners
Dutch female hurdlers
Dutch female sprinters
European Athletics Championships winners
European Athletics Indoor Championships winners
European Games competitors for the Netherlands
Living people
Sportspeople from Arnhem
World Athletics Championships athletes for the Netherlands
World Athletics Championships winners
World Athletics Indoor Championships medalists