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Eveline Saalberg

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Eveline Saalberg
Saalberg at the 2022 World Indoor Championships in Belgrade
Personal information
Born (1998-07-30) 30 July 1998 (age 26)
Arnhem, Netherlands
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Sport
SportTrack and field
Event(s)400 m, 4×400 m relay
Coached byLaurent Meuwly (since 2019)
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing the  Netherlands
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2024 Paris 4×400 m relay
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2023 Budapest 4×400 m relay
Silver medal – second place 2022 Eugene 4×400 m mixed
World Indoor Championships
Gold medal – first place 2024 Glasgow 4×400 m relay
Silver medal – second place 2022 Belgrade 4×400 m relay
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2022 Munich 4×400 m relay
Gold medal – first place 2024 Rome 4×400 m relay
European Indoor Championships
Gold medal – first place 2023 Istanbul 4×400 m relay

Eveline Saalberg (pronounced [eːvəˈlinə ˈsaːlbɛr(ə)x]; 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

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Eveline Saalberg was born on 30 July 1998[1] in Arnhem in the Netherlands.

At the age of eight, she started with athletics and became a member of the club GVAC in Veldhoven.[2] 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.[3] She combined all this with a board year as chair of the Student Athletics Association MSAV Uros.[4]

Senior career

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2019

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Saalberg during a training camp in South Tyrol in 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.[5] Afterwards, she stated that on a training holiday in South Tyrol, she could fully focus on the technique of hurdling.[6] 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.[7]

2020

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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

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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

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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

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Saalberg (left) with the women's 4 × 400 metres relay team at the 2023 European Indoor Championships

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

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Information from her World Athletics profile unless otherwise noted.[1]

Individual events

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Type Event Time (s) Venue Date
Outdoor 100 metres 11.80 Oordegem, Belgium 27 May 2023
150 metres 18.44 Lisse, Netherlands 18 May 2019
200 metres 23.39 La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland 14 August 2021
300 metres 37.09 Leuven, Belgium 7 August 2021
400 metres 50.95 La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland 14 July 2024
400 metres hurdles 58.86 The Hague, Netherlands 27 July 2019
Indoor 60 metres 7.75 i Apeldoorn, Netherlands 28 January 2023
200 metres short track 24.03 i Metz, France 3 February 2024
400 metres short track 52.54 i Apeldoorn, Netherlands 26 February 2022

Season's bests

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Year 200 m 200 m
sh 		400 m 400 m
sh
2013 26.25 – – –
2014 – – – 58.10
2015 – – 60.59 –
2016 – 26.97 – 60.16
2017 24.92 25.92 59.20 58.80
2018 24.88 – 56.64 58.74
2019 24.32 24.81 55.73 56.34
2020 – – 54.01 53.65
2021 23.39 24.48 52.19 53.79
2022 23.52 24.18 51.22 52.54
2023 23.56 24.17 52.08 53.06
2024 23.47 24.03 50.95 52.97

Key:   Lifetime best (in bold)

Team events

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Type Event Time (m:s) Venue Date Record Notes
Outdoor 4 × 400 m relay women 3:20.72 Budapest, Hungary 27 August 2023 NR Teamed with Lieke Klaver, Cathelijn Peeters, and Femke Bol.[8] Saalberg ran the first leg.[8]
4 × 400 m relay mixed 3:12.63 Eugene, OR, United States 15 July 2022 Teamed with Liemarvin Bonevacia, Lieke Klaver, and Tony van Diepen.[9] Saalberg's split time for the anchor leg was 52.43 seconds.[9]
Indoor 4 × 400 m relay short track women 3:25.66 i Istanbul, Turkey 5 March 2023 NR Third national team of all time.[10] Teamed with Lieke Klaver, Cathelijn Peeters, and Femke Bol.[11] Saalberg's split time for the second leg was 52.27 seconds.[11]

Competition results

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Information from her World Athletics profile unless otherwise noted.[1]

International competitions

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Representing the  Netherlands
Year Competition Venue Position Event Time Notes
2021 World Relays Chorzów, Poland 4th 4 × 400 m relay 3:28.40 [note 1]
8th 4 × 400 m mixed 3:21.02
2022 World Indoor Championships Belgrade, Serbia 2nd 4 × 400 m relay 3:28.57
World Championships Eugene, OR, United States 32nd 400 m 52.59
2nd 4 × 400 m mixed 3:12.63 [note 2]
European Championships Munich, Germany 19th 400 m 52.45
2023 European Indoor Championships Istanbul, Turkey 1st 4 × 400 m relay 3:25.66 CR NR
European Games Chorzów, Poland 8th 4 x 400 m mixed 3:20.40
European Team Championships First Division
World Championships Budapest, Hungary 1st 4 × 400 m relay 3:20.72 WL NR
2024 World Indoor Championships Glasgow, United Kingdom 3rd (h) 4 × 400 m relay 3:27.70
European Championships Rome, Italy 8th (h) 4 × 400 m relay 3:25.99
Olympic Games Paris, France 6th (h) 4 × 400 m relay 3:25.03

National championships

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Year Competition Venue Position Event Time
2013 Dutch U18 Championships Eindhoven 6th in semifinal 100 m 12.88
5th in heats 200 m 26.25
2014 Dutch U18 Indoor Championships Apeldoorn 2nd 400 m sh 58.10 i
2015 Dutch U18 Championships Breda 7th in semifinal 400 m 60.62
2017 Dutch U20/U18 Championships, U20 Events Vught 3rd 200 m 24.92
Dutch Championships Utrecht 3rd in semifinal 200 m 25.17
2018 Dutch Championships Utrecht 3rd in semifinal 200 m 24.88
2019 Dutch Indoor Championships Apeldoorn 5th 200 m sh 24.91 i
Dutch Championships The Hague 1st 400 m hurdles 58.86
2020 Dutch Indoor Championships Apeldoorn 3rd 400 m sh 53.65 i
Dutch Championships Utrecht 2nd 400 m 54.16
2021 Dutch Indoor Championships Apeldoorn 4th 400 m sh 53.79 i
Dutch Championships Breda 7th 400 m 53.91
2022 Dutch Indoor Championships Apeldoorn 4th 400 m sh 52.69 i
Dutch Championships Apeldoorn 6th 200 m 23.76
2023 Dutch Indoor Championships Apeldoorn 5th 400 m sh 53.20 i
Dutch Championships Breda 1st 400 m 52.20
2024 Dutch Indoor Championships Apeldoorn 4th 400 m sh 53.51 i
Dutch Championships Hengelo 2nd 400 m 52.46

Notes

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  1. ^ Time from the heats. Saalberg was replaced in the final.
  2. ^ Time from the heats. Saalberg was replaced in the final.

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Eveline Saalberg Athlete Profile". iaaf.org. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
  2. ^ "‘Ik weet dat de zenuwen mij helpen’" (in Dutch), Veldhovens Weekblad, 11 September 2022. Retrieved 2 October 2023.
  3. ^ "De dames van atletiekvereniging Uros waren on fire op het NSK Indoor Atletiek | SUSA flexibel studentenwerk". www.susa.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 31 March 2020.
  4. ^ "Maastrichtse Studenten Atletiekvereniging Uros". uros.nl (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 27 February 2021. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
  5. ^ "Vetter wint tweede Nederlandse titel in twee dagen, zevende NK-goud Nugter". nos.nl (in Dutch). 27 July 2019. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
  6. ^ "Vessemse Eveline Saalberg Nederlands kampioene 400 meter horden". ed.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 13 November 2020.
  7. ^ Robert Misset (18 March 2020). "Op atletiekbaan Papendal wordt wél getraind". de Volkskrant (in Dutch). Retrieved 31 March 2020.
  8. ^ a b "Results 4 x 400 Metres Relay Women - Final (revised)", World Athletics, 27 August 2023. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
  9. ^ a b "Results 4 x 400 Metres Relay Mixed - Round 1", World Athletics, 15 July 2022. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
  10. ^ All Time Top List 4x400 Metres Relay women, World Athletics, 2023. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
  11. ^ a b "Results Book European Athletics Indoor Championships Istanbul 2023", European Athletics, 2023. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
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