Maureen Koster

Maureen Koster

Maureen Koster in 2016
Personal information
Born (1992-07-03) 3 July 1992
Gouda, Netherlands
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 12 in)
Weight 57 kg (126 lb)
Sport
Sport Athletics
Event(s) 1500 m, 5000 m
Club Phanos
Coached by Bert Koster, Grete Koens

Maureen Koster (born 3 July 1992) is a Dutch middle-distance runner who competes in track and cross country running events. She won the bronze medal in the 3000 metres at the 2015 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Prague.[1]

She was born in Gouda. Se represented her country at the 2010 World Junior Championships in Athletics and the 2013 World Championships in Athletics.[2] She ran in the under-23 section at the 2013 and 2014 European Cross Country Championships, winning a team bronze on the first attempt and coming fifth individually in the latter edition.[3][4] She also ran in 1500 m at the 2014 European Athletics Championships, but failed to make the final.[5]

Competition record

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing the  Netherlands
2009 European Youth Olympic Festival Trabzon, Turkey 9th 1500 m 4:30.45
2010 World Junior Championships Moncton, Canada 21st (h) 1500 m 4:22.08
2011 European Junior Championships Tallinn, Estonia 1500 m DNF
2013 European U23 Championships Tampere, Finland 4th (h) 1500 m 4:15.001
World Championships Moscow, Russia 17th (sf) 1500 m 4:08.15
2014 European Championships Zürich, Switzerland 17th (h) 1500 m 4:15.11
2015 European Indoor Championships Prague, Czech Republic 3rd 3000 m 8:51.64
World Championships Beijing, China 9th (sf) 1500 m 4:10.95
5000 m DNF
2016 World Indoor Championships Portland, United States 4th 3000 m 8:56.44
Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 32nd (h) 1500 m 4:13.15

1Did not finish in the final

Personal bests

Outdoor

Indoor

References

  1. "Hardloopster Koster verrast op EK indoor atletiek, wint brons". nrc.nl. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
  2. Maureen Koster. Atletiekunie. Retrieved on 2015-03-08.
  3. U23 Women Final - U23 Women. European Athletics. Retrieved on 2015-03-08.
  4. U23 Women Final - Sun, Dec 14 9:32. European Athletics. Retrieved on 2014-12-14.
  5. 2014 European Championships Women's 1500 metres qualifying. European Athletics. Retrieved on 2015-03-08.
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