VETTER Anouk

Date of Birth: 4 Feb 1993

Age: 28

Gender: Female

Place of birth: AMSTERDAM

Birth Country:

Netherlands

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Athletics	Women's Heptathlon	2

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Olympic Stadium - Track	Women's Heptathlon 100m Hurdles - Heat 3	Finished
	Olympic Stadium - High Jump B	Women's Heptathlon High Jump - Group A	Finished
	Olympic Stadium - Shot Put B	Women's Heptathlon Shot Put - Group B	Finished
	Olympic Stadium - Track	Women's Heptathlon 200m - Heat 3	Finished
	Olympic Stadium - Long Jump B	Women's Heptathlon Long Jump - Group B	Finished
	Olympic Stadium - Long Throws	Women's Heptathlon Javelin Throw - Group B	Finished
	Olympic Stadium - Track	Women's Heptathlon 800m - Heat 2	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Olympic Games

Year	Location	Heptathlon
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	10th (6394)

World Athletics Championships

Year	Location	Heptathlon
2019	Doha, QAT	DNF
2017	London, GBR	3rd (6636)
2015	Beijing, CHN	12th (6267)

European Championships

Year	Location	Heptathlon
2018	Berlin, GER	5th (6414)

World Challenge - Ten best performances since 2020

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location	Result
9	2019	100m Hurdles	World Challenge	Hengelo, NED	13.70

World Combined Events Challenge

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
1	Heptathlon	2017	Talence, FRA	6363
2	Heptathlon	2021	Gotzis, AUT	6536
3	Heptathlon	2017	London, GBR	6636
4	Heptathlon	2018	Gotzis, AUT	6426
5	Heptathlon	2018	Berlin, GER	6414
7	Heptathlon	2017	Gotzis, AUT	6497
DNF	Heptathlon	2019	Doha, QAT	DNF
DNF	Heptathlon	2019	Talence, FRA	DNF

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

Occupation:

Environmental Studies, Geography, Urban Planning - Radboud University, Nijmegen, NED

Partner Niek van Venrooij

Languages spoken:

AV Sprint [Breda, NED]

Ronald Vetter [personal, father], NED

Sporting relatives:

Her mother Gerda Blokziel was a national champion in javelin in the Netherlands, and her father Ronald has coached athletics. Her partner Niek van Venrooij has represented the Netherlands in rowing. (anoukvetter.nl, 25 Nov 2014; losseveter.nl, 15 Dec 2011; spelersvrouw.nl, 24 Jul 2019; telegraaf.nl, 22 Feb 2020)

A foot injury prevented her from finishing the pentathlon event at the 2019 European Indoor Championships in Glasgow, Sctoland. (volkskrant.nl, 01 Mar 2019)

She withdrew from the 2013 European U23 Championships in Tampere, Finland, after suffering an injury during the long jump event of the heptathlon. (atletiek.nl, 14 Jul 2013)

She took up athletics at age six, but grew bored and quit to focus on ballet and gymnastics only to return to the sport at age nine. (anoukvetter.nl, 25 Nov 2014; worldathletics.org, 19 Dec 2017)

She followed her parents into the sport. "I grew up on the track, running around from the age of four and five playing on the high jump mat." (anoukvetter.nl, 25 Nov 2014; worldathletics.org, 19 Dec 2017)

To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (telegraaf.nl, 22 Feb 2020)

Winning gold in heptathlon at the 2016 European Championships in Amsterdam, Netherlands, and winning bronze in the same event at the 2017 World Championships in London, England. (volkskrant.nl, 21 Feb 2020; worldathletics.org, 19 Dec 2017)

Swedish heptathlete Carolina Kluft. (worldathletics.org, 19 Dec 2017)

Her parents. (volkskrant.nl, 21 Feb 2020)

She was named 2015 Sportswoman of the Year in Breda, Netherlands. (bredavandaag.nl, 29 Jan 2016)

General Interest

General
OVERCOMING PRESSURE
After the 2019 World Championships in Doha, Qatar, where she withdrew before the last event because of fatigue, she decided to start working with a psychologist to learn how to handle pressure better. "I reached the bottom last year [2019]. I have never felt so unhappy and so ashamed. I can't look at pictures of me from the world championships. I am shocked by that scary, empty look in my eyes. Sometimes I think: 'Why did I make it so difficult, how could something like this happen to me?' The world championships in Doha were the last straw. But I hadn't been happy on the track for a year. I managed to regain myself and I am proud of that. Last summer [2019] I saw everything in grey, things were only negative. I had to realise that it is not so intense, that I made the sport more important that it is good for me. I was always like a stressed chicken I will keep that a bit, but I am a really different now, I feel happy. I don't have to play anymore." (telegraaf.nl, 22 Feb 2020; helden.media, 21 Jan 2020)

FATHERLY SUPPORT
In 2012 she returned to being coached by her father. "That coaching change was a really good step. My father knows me best. He told me: 'I don't want you to be good as a junior, I want you to be good as a senior. Take your time'." (worldathletics.org, 19 Dec 2017)

Social Media

https://www.facebook.com/anouk.vetter
https://instagram.com/anoukvetter
https://twitter.com/AnoukVetter
Athlete Website: http://www.anoukvetter.nl/

Legend

:: Silver Medal
:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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