Anne Luijten

Anne Luijten

Personal information
Nationality	Dutch
Born	(1994-04-14) 14 April 1994 (age 31)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	Long-distance running
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	10,000m: 33:33.40 (London, 2023) Half marathon: 1:10:39 (The Hague, 2024) Marathon: 2:26:36 (Amsterdam, 2023)

Anne Luijten (born 14 April 1994) is a Dutch long-distance runner. She has won Dutch national titles in the marathon and half marathon and competed in the marathon at the 2024 Olympic Games and the half marathon at the 2024 European Athletics Championships. ^[1]

Career

She won the Dutch national title in the marathon with the highest place finish by a Dutch athlete at the 2023 Rotterdam Marathon in April 2023, running 2:30:59; a personal best of over 5 minutes. ^[2] Later that year she also became Dutch champion in the half marathon with the highest Dutch finish at the 2023 Breda Half marathon, in 1:13:26. ^{[3] [4]} On 15 October 2023, she ran a personal best of 2:26:36 at the Amsterdam Marathon. ^[5]

She ran a half marathon personal best of 1:10:39 at the 2024 NN CPC Run The Hague Half Marathon in Den Haag. ^[6] She won the Dutch national title again with the highest place finish by a Dutch athlete at the 2024 Rotterdam Marathon in April 2024, running 2:28:47. ^{[7] [8] [9]} She competed in the half marathon at the 2024 European Athletics Championships in Rome, Italy. ^[10] She competed for the Netherlands at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, France. ^{[11] [12]}

She was the highest Dutch finisher at the Rotterdam Marathon again in April 2025. ^{[13] [14]} She was selected for the Dutch team for the marathon at the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan. ^[15]

Personal life

She is from Rijswijk, South Holland, in the Netherlands, and studied sociology at the University of Portland in the United States. ^[16] She was later based in Arnhem where she worked as a Management Advisor. ^[17] She married in 2023. ^[11]

References

1. "Anne Luijten". World Athletics. Retrieved 7 September 2025.
2. Mooiman, Ronald (18 April 2023). "Anne Luijten looks back on the Dutch title race in Rotterdam". inrijswijk.com. Retrieved 7 September 2025.
3. "Amgen Singelloop Breda". World Athletics. 1 October 2023. Retrieved 7 September 2025.
4. "Vincent Kibet wins the Breda Singelloop. Schutte and Luijten are Dutch champions (all results)". Hardloopnieuws. 1 October 2023. Retrieved 7 September 2025.
5. "Luijten pulls off a stunt with Olympic limit during Amsterdam Marathon". Hardloopnetwerk. 15 October 2023. Retrieved 7 September 2025.
6. Mooiman, Ronald (5 March 2025). "Anne Luijten starts again at the NN CPC Loop". inrijswijk.com. Retrieved 7 September 2025.
7. "NN Marathon Rotterdam". World Athletics. 14 April 2024. Retrieved 7 September 2025.
8. Pessink, Bert (15 April 2024). "Nageeye and Luijten win national marathon title in Rotterdam". Atletiek.nl.
9. "Anne Luijten wins Olympic marathon ticket: 'Rotterdam carried me across the finish line'". Sportniewus. 14 April 2024. Retrieved 7 September 2025.
10. "European Athletics Championships". World Athletics. 9 June 2024. Retrieved 7 September 2025.
11. "Marathon runner Anne Luijten ready for the Olympic Games after a tough year: 'An event I'll never forget'". Sportnieuws.nl. 23 May 2024. Retrieved 7 September 2025.
12. "The XXXIII Olympic Games". World Athletics. 11 June 2024. Retrieved 7 September 2025.
13. Vaselyne, John (13 April 2025). "Jackline Cherono reigns supreme in Rotterdam". Athletics.co.ke. Retrieved 7 September 2025.
14. "Anne Luijten: 'I'll continue'". Hardloopnieuws.nl. 28 April 2025. Retrieved 7 September 2025.
15. "53 TeamNL atleten naar WK atletiek in Tokio". Atletiek.nl. 1 September 2025. Retrieved 1 September 2025.
16. "Pilot in the Spotlight: Anne Luijten". upbeacon.com. 17 September 2014. Retrieved 7 September 2025.
17. Ludeke, Wim (27 April 2025). "Anne Luijten: 'Ik ga door'". Arnhemsports.nl. Retrieved 7 September 2025.