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Diane van Es

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Diane van Es
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Diane Gabriëlla van Es (pronounced [diˈjaːnə ɣaːbriˈɛlaː vɑn ˈɛs]; born 22 March 1999)[2] is a Dutch middle- and long-distance runner. She won the silver medal in the 10,000 metres at the 2024 European Championships and the bronze medal in the 5000 metres at the 2021 European Under-23 Championships.

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Van Es holds the European record in the 5 kilometres road with a time of 14:39 minutes set on 9 February 2025 and the Dutch record in the 10 kilometres road with a time of 30:29 minutes set on 12 February 2023. She won four national titles (5000 m, 10 km).

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Career

Diane van Es competed internationally at youth level, winning the 3000 metres at the 2015 European Youth Olympic Festival held in Tbilisi,[3] and placing 12th in that event at the 2017 European Under-20 Championships in Grosseto two years later.

In 2019, she represented Netherlands in the 5000 metres final at the European U23 Championships held in Gävle and was part of the gold medal-winning women's U23 Dutch team at the European Cross Country Championships in Lisbon.[4]

Van Es established herself in the senior ranks with a 5000 m win at the 2020 Dutch Athletics Championships.[5]

On 29 May 2021, she set a 5000 m personal best of 15:07.52 during the Next Generation Athletics meeting in Nijmegen, which qualified her for the postponed 2020 Tokyo Olympics.[6][7]

She won the silver medal in the 10,000 metres at the 2024 European Championships in Rome on 11 June 2024, running a personal best time of 30:57.24.[8][9]

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Personal bests

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All information from World Athletics profile.[2]

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Competition results

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Diane van Es finished fourth at the 2023 New York City Half Marathon as the second non-African woman. Pictured at the 2023 Dutch 10 km Championships.

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