N'ketia Seedo (Dutch: [nəˈkeːtijaː ˈseːdoː]; born 7 June 2003) is a Dutch track and field athlete who competes in sprint races. She won the Dutch national indoor championships over 60 metres in 2020, 2022 and 2023.
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| Nationality | Dutch | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 7 June 2003 Utrecht, Netherlands | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Track and field | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | 60 m, 100 m, 200 m | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Early life
editN'ketia[note 1] Seedo is born on 7 June 2003 in Utrecht, Netherlands. She is of Surinamese descent.[3]
Career
editYouth
editSeedo was racing and beating senior athletes from an early age. She was 15 years old when she finished third at the Dutch indoor national championships 60 m race, behind Schippers and Jamile Samuel in 2019.[4]
She was runner-up in the 100 metres, running 11.40 seconds, at the 2019 European Athletics U20 Championships in Borås, Sweden, losing in a photo finish to Vittoria Fontana who was also clocked at 11.40 s. She also claimed a silver at that championships in the 4 × 100 m relay.[5]
Seedo won the Dutch 60 m indoor title for a second time in 7.24 seconds in 2020, the second-fastest time by a junior of all time.[6]
Junior
editSeedo won the Dutch 60 m indoor title for a third time in 2022.[4]
Seedo won bronze at the 2022 World Athletics U20 Championships in the 100 m at the Pascual Guerrero Stadium, in Cali in August 2022, running 11.16 s, a new national under-20 record, in the heats,[7] before going fractionally better running 11.15 s in the final.[8]
She was a member of the Dutch 4 × 100 m relay team that finished fifth at the 2022 European Athletics Championships in August 2022 in Munich.[9]
Senior
editSelected for the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest, she qualified for the semi-final of the 100 metres.[10]
She reached the semi-finals of the women's 60 metres at the 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Glasgow.[11]
She ran as part of the Dutch 4x100m relay team which qualified for the 2024 Paris Olympics at the 2024 World Relays Championships in Nassau, Bahamas.[12]
Personal bests
editInformation based on her World Athletics profile.[13]
Individual events
edit| Type | Event | Time (s) | Venue | Date | Notes |
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| Outdoor | 100 metres | 11.11 | Budapest, Hungary | 20 August 2023 | (Wind: -0.4 m/s) |
| 150 metres | 16.73 w | Lisse, Netherlands | 13 May 2023 | Wind-assisted: 2.6 m/s | |
| 200 metres | 23.44 | Oordegem, Belgium | 27 May 2023 | (Wind: 0.2 m/s) | |
| Indoor | 60 metres | 7.15 i | Düsseldorf, Germany | 4 February 2024 |
Team events
edit| Type | Event | Time (s) | Venue | Date | Notes |
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| Outdoor | 4 × 100 metres relay | 42.38 | London, United Kingdom | 23 July 2023 | Teamed with Marije van Hunenstijn, Jamile Samuel, and Tasa Jiya.[14] |
Notes
editReferences
edit- ^ "N'ketia Seedo", Instagram. Retrieved 24 October 2023.
- ^ "N'ketia Seedo" (in Dutch), Houseofsports.nl. Retrieved 24 October 2023.
- ^ "Video's - 15-jarige Seedo breekt records: "Naar de Olympische Spelen en goud halen" Suriname trots". 17 February 2019.
- ^ a b "N'ketia Seedo is terug: 'Wel aan mezelf getwijfeld'". rtvutrecht.nl.
- ^ "Who is N'ketia Seedo". Houseofsports.nl.
- ^ "SPRINT CANNON N'KETIA SEEDO INDOOR CHAMPION AT 60 METERS". ogcleanfuels.com.
- ^ "Qualifying action heats up and decathlon reaches crescendo on second morning in Cali". World Athletics.
- ^ "Day Three Report from the World Athletics Junior Championships Cali 2022". Watchathletics.com.
- ^ "Dutch relay teams at European Athletics Championships outside of medals at 4×100 meters". paudaul.com.
- ^ "Women's 100m Results: World Athletics Championships 2023". Watch Athletics. 21 August 2023. Retrieved 21 August 2023.
- ^ "Women's 60m Results - World Athletics Indoor Championships 2024". Watch Athletics. 2 March 2024. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
- ^ "Women 4x100m Results - World Athletics Relays Championships 2024". World Athletics. 5 May 2024. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
- ^ "N'Ketia Seedo", World Athletics, 2023. Retrieved 21 August 2023.
- ^ "Results 4 x 100m Relay Women[dead link]", Diamond League, 23 July 2023. Retrieved 24 October 2023.
External links
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- N'ketia Seedo at World Athletics
- N'ketia Seedo at the Royal Dutch Athletics Federation (in Dutch)
