N'ketia Seedo (Dutch: [nəˈkeːtiaː 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 edit
N'ketia[note 1] Seedo is born on 7 June 2003 in Utrecht, Netherlands. She is of Surinamese descent.[3]
Career edit
Youth edit
Seedo 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 edit
Seedo 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 edit
Selected 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 edit
Information 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 edit
References 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", Diamond League, 23 July 2023. Retrieved 24 October 2023.
External links edit
- N'ketia Seedo at World Athletics
- N'ketia Seedo at the Royal Dutch Athletics Federation (in Dutch)
