Maureen Koster

Maureen Koster
	Maureen Koster in 2016
Personal information
Born	3 July 1992 (age 32); Gouda, Netherlands
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Weight	57 kg (126 lb)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	1500 m, 5000 m
Club	Phanos
Coached by	Bert Koster, Grete Koens
Medal record
European Indoor Championships

Maureen Koster (pronounced [mʌuˈreːŋ ˈkɔstər]; born 3 July 1992) is a Dutch middle-distance runner who competes in track and cross country running events. She won the bronze medal in the 3000 metres at the 2015 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Prague,^[1] which later became a silver medal after Yelena Korobkina was disqualified for doping.

She was born in Gouda. Se represented her country at the 2010 World Junior Championships in Athletics and the 2013 World Championships in Athletics.^[2] She ran in the under-23 section at the 2013 and 2014 European Cross Country Championships, winning a team bronze on the first attempt and coming fifth individually in the latter edition.^[3]^[4] She also ran in 1500 m at the 2014 European Athletics Championships, but failed to make the final.^[5]

Personal bests

Outdoor

Indoor

Achievements in international competitions representing the Netherlands
Year	Competition	Location	Position	Event	Time
2009	European Youth Olympic Festival	Trabzon, Turkey	9th	1500 m	4:30.45
2010	World Junior Championships	Moncton, Canada	21st (h)	1500 m	4:22.08
2011	European Junior Championships	Tallinn, Estonia	–	1500 m	DNF
2013	European U23 Championships	Tampere, Finland	4th (h)	1500 m	4:15.00¹
2013	World Championships	Moscow, Russia	17th (sf)	1500 m	4:08.15
2014	European Championships	Zürich, Switzerland	17th (h)	1500 m	4:15.11
2015	European Indoor Championships	Prague, Czech Republic	2nd	3000 m	8:51.64
	World Championships	Beijing, China	9th (sf)	1500 m	4:10.95
	World Championships	Beijing, China	–	5000 m	DNF
2016	World Indoor Championships	Portland, Oregon United States	4th	3000 m	8:56.44
2016	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	32nd (h)	1500 m	4:13.15
2017	European Indoor Championships	Belgrade, Serbia	4th	3000 m	8:48.99
2018	European Championships	Berlin, Germany	8th	5000 m	15:21.64
2019	European Indoor Championships	Glasgow, United Kingdom	6th	3000 m	8:56.22
2019	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	–	5000 m	DNF
2021	European Indoor Championships	Toruń, Poland	8th (h)	3000 m	8:56.91¹
2022	World Championships	Eugene, Oregon, United States	21st (h)	5000 m	15:18.17
2022	European Championships	Munich, Germany	4th	5000 m	15:03.29
2023	European Indoor Championships	Istanbul, Turkey	6th	3000 m	8:47.17
2023	World Championships	Budapest, Hungary	12th	5000 m	15:00.78
2024	European Championships	Rome, Italy	4th	5000 m	14:44.46
2024	Olympic Games	Paris, France	19th (h)	5000 m	15:03.66

¹Did not finish in the final

^ "Hardloopster Koster verrast op EK indoor atletiek, wint brons". nrc.nl. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
^ Maureen Koster. Atletiekunie. Retrieved on 8 March 2015.
^ U23 Women Final - U23 Women Archived 18 February 2015 at the Wayback Machine. European Athletics. Retrieved on 8 March 2015.
^ U23 Women Final - Sun, Dec 14 9:32. European Athletics. Retrieved on 14 December 2014.
^ 2014 European Championships Women's 1500 metres qualifying Archived 13 August 2014 at the Wayback Machine. European Athletics. Retrieved on 8 March 2015.