Jorinde van Klinken (; born 2 February 2000) is a Dutch track and field athlete competing in the shot put and discus throw.
Her personal best of 70.99m is the current (2026) Dutch record in the discus throw. She represented her country in the discus at the 2019 World Championships in Doha without reaching the final. In the same year, she won a gold medal in the shot put at the 2019 European U20 Championships. On 20 May 2021, she qualified for the Tokyo Olympics with a throw of 65.94m at the Tucson Elite Classic. She also represented the Netherlands at the 2024 Summer Olympics. (alternate link)
Education Van Klinken completed her undergraduate degree from Utrecht University in her home country. After that, she pursued her graduate degree in Global Management at Thunderbird School of Global Management at Arizona State University (ASU) in Phoenix, Arizona, USA where she represented the Sun Devils in both discus and shot put. She completed her college athletics eligibility at the University of Oregon where she graduated as a valedictorian with an accelerated MBA in Innovation and Entrepreneurship.
Career In May 2021, Van Klinken qualified for the Tokyo Olympics when she threw a personal best of 65.94 during the Tucson Elite Classic held in Tucson, USA. On 23 May 2021, at the USA Track Throws Festival, she threw the discus 70.22m which not only gave her a new personal best but also broke the Dutch national record and created a new world leading distance. With this throw she became the second European woman to cross the 70m mark in the 21st century after two-time Olympic Champion Sandra Perković and put her amongst the medal contenders at the Tokyo Olympics. In August 2022 Van Klinken won the bronze medal in shot put at the European Athletics Championships.
Personal life Jorinde van Klinken is vegan.
International competitions Representing the 2016World U20 ChampionshipsBydgoszcz, Poland16th (q)Shot put14.31 m10thDiscus throw49.15 m2017European U20 ChampionshipsGrosseto, Italy2ndShot put16.89 m6thDiscus throw51.53 m2018World U20 ChampionshipsTampere, Finland3rdShot put17.05 m7thDiscus throw50.61 mEuropean ChampionshipsBerlin, Germany20th (q)Discus throw54.33 m2019European Throwing Cup (U23)Šamorín, Slovakia1stShot put16.38 m3rdDiscus throw55.86 mEuropean U20 ChampionshipsBorås, Sweden1stShot put17.39 m15th (q)Discus throw47.67 mWorld ChampionshipsDoha, Qatar18th (q)Discus throw58.58 m2021European U23 ChampionshipsTallinn, Estonia1stDiscus throw63.02 mOlympic GamesTokyo, Japan14th (q)Discus throw61.15 m2022World ChampionshipsEugene, United States16th (q)Shot put18.19 m4thDiscus throw64.97 mEuropean ChampionshipsMunich, Germany3rdShot put18.94 m4thDiscus throw64.43 m2023World ChampionshipsBudapest, Hungary9thShot put19.05 m4thDiscus throw67.20 m2024World Indoor ChampionshipsGlasgow, United Kingdom16thShot put16.88 mEuropean ChampionshipsRome, Italy2ndShot put18.67 m2ndDiscus throw65.99 mOlympic GamesParis, France28th (q)Shot put16.35 m7thDiscus throw63.35 m2025European Indoor ChampionshipsApeldoorn, Netherlands8thShot put18.41 mWorld Indoor ChampionshipsNanjing, China12thShot put17.72 mWorld ChampionshipsTokyo, Japan2ndDiscus throw67.50 m2026World Indoor ChampionshipsToruń, Poland11thShot put18.06 mEuropean ChampionshipsBirmingham, United Kingdom2ndShot put19.64 m1stDiscus throw67.67 m Personal bests Outdoor Shot put – 19.64 m (Birmingham 10 August 2026) Discus throw – 70.99 m (Ramona 11 April 2026) Hammer throw – 58.15 m (Alphen aan den Rijn 29 June 2019) Indoor Shot put – 19.57 m (Albuquerque 11 February 2023)
References
External links
Jorinde van Klinken at Atletiek.nl (archived)