Katrine Koch Jacobsen
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Danish |
| Born | 24 June 1999 |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
| Event | Hammer throw |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal bests | Hanmer: 74.22m (2022) NR |
Katrine Koch Jacobsen (born 24 June 1999) is a Danish hammer thrower. She holds Denmark's national record in the hammer throw and has competed at multiple major championships, including the 2024 Olympic Games. She won the hammer throw at the 2024 European Throwing Cup.[1]
Career
[edit]She won her first national title at the Danish Athletics Championships in August 2020, sign a throw of 60.97 metres.[2] She set a new Danish national record for the hammer throw in March 2021, recording a distance of 64.68 metres.[3] By September of that year she had extended that record a further eight times, culminating in breaking the 70 metres barrier.[4] She also retained her title at the Danish Athletics Championships in June 2021 in Odense.[5]
In June 2022, she broke the Danish national record for the tenth time in 15 months.[6] That month, she won her third consecutive national title in Aalborg with a throw of 71.06 metres.[7] She competed at the 2022 World Athletics Championships in the women's hammer in Eugene, Oregon, throwing 68.51 metres but nit qualifying for the final.[8] She also competed at the 2022 European Athletics Championships in Munich, Germany where she qualified for the final and placed tenth overall.[9]
She won the bronze medal at the 2023 European Throwing Cup with a distance of 71.08 metres in Portugal in March 2023.[10] She retained her national title at the 2023 Danish Athletics Championships in Aalborg in June 2023.[11] She competed at the 2023 World Championships in Budapest. Hungary in the women's hammer throw, qualifying for the final and finishing ninth overall.[12]
She won the 2024 European Throwing Cup in Portugal with a best throw of 71.95 metres.[13] She placed fifth overall at the 2024 European Athletics Championships in Rome, Italy, in the hammer throw.[14][15] She competed at the 2024 Paris Olympics and threw the automatic qualification distance for the final with the fifth longest distance in qualifying. She placed tenth overall in the final.[16][17]
References
[edit]- ^ "Katrine Koch Jacobsen". World Athletics. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
- ^ "Danish Athletics Championships". World Athletics. 14 August 2020. Retrieved 19 April 2025.
- ^ "After four years of training, Katrine is the longest-throwing woman in the country". dr.dk. 23 March 2021. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
- ^ "Hammer thrower breaks the Danish record for the ninth time this year". dr.dk. 19 Sep 2021. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
- ^ "Danish Championships". World Athletics. 26 June 2021. Retrieved 19 April 2025.
- ^ "Katrine throws the hammer a long way and sets her sights on the Olympics". dr.dk. 9 June 2022. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
- ^ "Danish Championships". World Athletics. 24 June 2022. Retrieved 19 April 2025.
- ^ "Women's Hammer Throw Results: World Athletics Championships 2022". Watch Athletics. 17 July 2022. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
- ^ "European Athletics Championships". World Athletics. 15 August 2022. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
- ^ "European Throwing Cup". 11 March 2023. Retrieved 19 April 2025.
- ^ "Danish Championships". World Athletics. 23 June 2023. Retrieved 19 April 2025.
- ^ "Hammer throw women". World Athletics. 23 August 2023. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
- ^ "European Throwing Cup". World Athletics. 10 March 2024.
- ^ "Katrine Koch Jacobsen finishes as number 5 in the EC final: 'I can do so much more'". dr.dk. 10 June 2024. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
- ^ "Women Hammer Throw Results - European Athletics Championships 2024". Watch Athletics. 10 June 2024. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
- ^ "Danish hammer thrower explodes in the Olympic final with the fifth longest throw". sportsilkeborg. 4 August 2024. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
- ^ "Women's Hammer Throw Results - Paris Olympic Games 2024 Athletics". Watch Athletics. 6 August 2024. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
