Jessica Schilder ( ; born 19 March 1999) is a Dutch track and field athlete competing in shot put. She is the 2025 World Champion and the Dutch record holder with a throw of 21.09 m from 2026. She is four-time medalist (one gold) at the World Championships (outdoor and indoor) and a three-time gold medalist at the European Championships (outdoor and indoor). Her highest World Athletics Rankings are No. 1 in shot put in 2026 and No. 5 of women overall in 2026.
Career Schilder competed in the women's shot put event at the 2021 European Athletics Indoor Championships. She also competed in the women's shot put in the delayed 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, that was postponed to July 2021 due to the coronavirus pandemic, but did not qualify for the final.
She won the bronze medal in the women's shot put event at the 2022 World Athletics Indoor Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia. In August 2022, Schilder won the gold medal in shot put at the European Athletics Championships. She won the bronze medal at the 2022 World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon, with a national record throw of 19.77 metres.
Schilder won the gold medal in the shot put at the 2024 European Athletics Championships in Rome, Italy. She competed at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, France, placing sixth in the women's shot put final.
She won the gold medal in the shot put at the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Apeldoorn. She was the silver medalist in shot put at the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Nanjing, China in March 2025, and the gold medalist at the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan.
In March 2026, she equalled her own national record of 20.69 metres at the ISTAF Indoor meeting in Berlin.
Schilder set a new national record of 21.09 metres at the Shanghai Diamond League on 4 June 2026.
On 10 August 2026, Schilder won the gold medal in the shot put at the European Championships in Birmingham, England, with a throw of 20.73 metres.
Personal bests Outdoor Shot put – 21.09 m (Shanghai 16 May 2026) Indoor"Jessica Schilder", World Athletics. Retrieved 21 June 2026. Shot put - 20.69 m (Apeldoorn 9 March 2025, Berlin 6 March 2026)
International competitions +Results representing the YearCompetitionLocationPositionResultNotes2016World U20 ChampionshipsBydgoszcz, Poland12th14.34 m2017European U20 ChampionshipsGrosseto, Italy5th15.99 m2018World U20 ChampionshipsTampere, FinlandN/A2019European Throwing Cup (U23)Šamorín, Slovakia12th16.18 mEuropean U23 ChampionshipsGävle, Sweden5th16.51 m2021European Indoor ChampionshipsToruń, Poland5th18.69 mEuropean Team Championships, 1st LeagueCluj-Napoca, Romania5th16.42 mEuropean U23 ChampionshipsTallinn, Estonia1st18.11 mOlympic GamesTokyo, Japan19th (q)17.74 m2022European Throwing CupLeiria, Portugal2nd18.89 mWorld Indoor ChampionshipsBelgrade, Serbia3rd19.48 mWorld ChampionshipsEugene, United States3rd19.77 mEuropean ChampionshipsMunich, Germany1st20.24 m2023European Indoor ChampionshipsIstanbul, Turkey5th18.29 mWorld ChampionshipsBudapest, Hungary8th19.26 m2024World Indoor ChampionshipsGlasgow, United Kingdom5th19.37 mEuropean ChampionshipsRome, Italy1st18.77 mSummer OlympicsParis, France6th18.91 m 2025 European Indoor Championships Apeldoorn, Netherlands 1st 20.69 m World Indoor Championships Nanjing, China 2nd 20.07 m European Team Championships First DivisionMadrid, Spain 1st 20.14 m World Championships Tokyo, Japan 1st 20.29 m2026 World Indoor Championships Toruń, Poland 4th 19.63 mEuropean ChampionshipsBirmingham, United Kingdom1st20.73 m
Circuit wins and titles
Diamond League shot put champion: 2025 2025: Xiamen, Monaco, Chorzów, Zürich 2026: Shanghai, Stockholm
References
External links
Jessica Schilder at Atletiek.nl (archived)