SCHILDER Jessica

World Junior Championships

Year	Location	Shot Put
2018	Tampere, FIN	Qual. (NM)

Legend
SF - Semifinal, QF - Quarterfinal, 1R - 1st Round, Qual. - Qualification, QR - Qualification Round, DNF - Did Not Finish, DNS - Did Not Start, DQ - Disqualified, NM - No Mark, [Relay athlete without time] - Did not run in final

Watching TV. (hva.nl, 08 Mar 2021)

Athlete

Marketing Management - Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences, Netherlands

Dutch, English

AV Hera [Heerhugowaard, NED]

Hans Arnhard

She began athletics at age seven. Her first club was AV Edam in the Netherlands. (becomegladiator.com, 01 Mar 2021; nieuw-volendam.nl, 05 Mar 2021)

She wanted to join friends who already participated in athletics. She decided to focus on shot put after competing at her first Dutch national championships. "After a number of training sessions and competitions I turned out to have a talent for the throwing section. But the choice to really focus on shot put wasn't made yet. In 2013 my trainer, Hans Arnhard, and I decided to participate at the NK in the Olympic stadium in Amsterdam. This was my first Dutch championship and we left with the thought, 'We'll see how far we get'. During this NK, I actually found out that I was really good at shot put." (becomegladiator.com, 01 Mar 2021)

To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (becomegladiator.com, 01 Mar 2021)

She trains six days a week for a total of 18-22 hours. (becomegladiator.com, 01 Mar 2021; sport.talentboek.nl, 14 Jul 2019)

Winning silver at the 2015 European Youth Olympic Festival [EYOF] in Tbilisi, Georgia. (becomegladiator.com, 01 Mar 2021)

New Zealand shot putter Valerie Adams, German shot putter Christina Schwanitz. (stadskrant.net, 11 Jul 2018)

She listens to pop music during competitions. (stadskrant.net, 11 Jul 2018)

"I don't just give up. I keep going until I reach my goal. With strength training I have sometimes been on the verge of crying because it is so hard. It is not fun, but then I think about my goal." (stadskrant.net, 11 Jul 2018)