Audrey Jacobs

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Audrey Jacobs
Personal information
Born (2004-03-21) 21 March 2004 (age 21)
Sport
Sport Athletics
Event Hammer throw
Achievements and titles
Personal bestHammer: 64.94 m (2025)

Audrey Jacobs (born 21 March 2004) is a Dutch track and field athlete. In 2022 and 2023 she won Dutch national championships in the Hammer throw. [1]

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Early life

From Veldhoven in the Netherlands, Jacobs studied at Valuascollege in Venlo before studying in the United States at the University of California, Berkeley, where she worked with throws coach Mohamad Saatara. [2] [3] [4]

Career

She won the hammer throw at the 2022 Dutch Athletics Championships in June 2022. [5] In August 2022 Jacobs finished seventh at the 2022 World Athletics U20 Championships in the women's hammer throw event with a distance of 60.83 metres in Cali, Colombia. [6]

She recorded a personal best distance of 64.57 metres in May 2023 in Sacramento, California. [7] She represented her country in the women's hammer at the 2023 European Athletics Team Championships First Division in Silesia, Poland, in June 2023. [8] She recorded a distance of 63.77 metres at the 2023 NCAA final in Texas in June 2023. [9] She retained her Dutch national title in Breda in July 2023. [10] She finished eighth at the 2023 European Athletics U20 Championships in August 2023, in Jerusalem, Israel. [11]

In April 2024, injuries received following an automotor vehicle accident ruled her out of competetive action for the rest of the year. [12] She returned to competing in March 2025 and later that season qualified for the 2025 NCAA Championships with a fifth place finish and throw of 65.94 metres at the West Regionals. [13] At the NCAA Championships in June, she qualified for the final in Eugene, Oregon, placing eighteenth in the hammer throw. [14] The following month, she was named in the Dutch team for the 2025 European Athletics U23 Championships in Bergen, Norway. [15]

References

  1. ↑ "Audrey Jacobs". World Athletics. 4 June 2023.
  2. ↑ McCauley, Janie (5 June 2024). "Throwing coach Mo Saatara has built a close-knit program of student-athletes and pros in California". apnews. Retrieved 9 July 2025.
  3. ↑ "Audrey Jacobs Dutch Hammer Throw Champion for the second time". omroepvenlo.nl. 29 July 2023. Retrieved 9 July 2025.
  4. ↑ "Zilver voor 17-jarige Audrey Jacobs (5vwo) op NK kogelslingeren". ogvo.nl. 27 June 2021. Retrieved 9 July 2025.
  5. ↑ "Senioren Vrouwen Hammer throw". Atletiek.nu. 26 June 2022. Retrieved 7 April 2024.
  6. ↑ "Hammer Throw women". World athletics. 5 August 2022. Retrieved 7 April 2023.
  7. ↑ "ANNA PURCHASE AND AUDREY JACOBS 1ST AND 8TH PLACE WOMEN'S HAMMER THROW - NCAA D1 WEST OUTDOOR PRELIMINARY ROUND 2023". Runners Space. 25 May 2023. Retrieved 7 April 2024.
  8. ↑ "European Athletics Team Championships First Division". World Athletics. 23 June 2024. Retrieved 7 April 2024.
  9. ↑ Faraudo, Jeff (9 June 2023). "Cal Track & Field: Anna Purchase Third in Hammer Throw at NCAA Meet". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 7 April 2024.
  10. ↑ "Dutch Championships". World Athletics. 28 July 2023. Retrieved 7 April 2024.
  11. ↑ "Results: European Athletics U20 Championships 2023". Watch Athletics. 10 August 2023. Retrieved 7 April 2024.
  12. ↑ @Audrey Jacobs; (20 April 2024). "So sadly my season got cut a little short..." – via Instagram.
  13. ↑ Faraudo, Jeff (31 May 2025). "Valentina Savva, Mykolas Alekna Lead 8 Cal Qualifiers to NCAA Track". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 16 July 2025.
  14. ↑ "NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships". World Athletics. 13 June 2025. Retrieved 9 July 2025.
  15. ↑ "40 TeamNL atleten in actie op EK U23 in Bergen". atletiek.nl. 8 July 2025. Retrieved 9 July 2025.
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