Andrea Bouma
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 Andrea Bouma in 2021 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nationality | Dutch | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 6 November 1999 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Track and Field | ||||||||||||||||||||
Event | 400 metres | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Andrea Bouma (Dutch: [ɑnˈdreːjaː ˈbʌumaː]; born 6 November 1999)[1] is a Dutch athlete who competes as a sprinter. She has competed for the Netherlands in the 4 x 400 metres relay in a multiple number of major championships, winning a gold medal at the 2022 European Athletics Championships and a silver medal at the 2022 World Athletics Indoor Championships.[2]
Bouma competed at the 2016 World U20 Championships in the women's 200 metres. She ran 24.19 s in the heats to advance to the semi-finals. She then ran 24.19 s in the semi-finals and did not advance to the final.[3]
At the 2020 Dutch Championships, Bouma won the gold medal in the 400 metres with a time of 53.87 s.[4][5]
In April 2021, she was included in the Dutch squad for the World Athletics Relays, held in Silesia.[6] She was selected as part of the relay pool for the Dutch team at the delayed 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan, in 2021.[7]
Bouma competed at the World Indoor Championships in Belgrade in March 2022. She ran in the heats of the women's 4 × 400 m relay, as the Netherlands went on to win the silver medal in the final.[8] In June 2020, Bouma won the silver medal in the 400 metres at the Dutch Championships with a time of 53.61 seconds to finish runner-up to Hanneke Oosterwegel.[9]
In July 2022, Bouma competed at the World Championships in Eugene, Oregon. She ran in the heats of the women's 4 × 100 m relay, but the Netherlands did not advance to the final.[1] In August 2022, Bouma competed at the European Championships in Munich, Germany. She ran in the heats of the women's 4 × 400 m relay, helping the Netherlands qualify for the final where they won ultimately the gold medal.[1]
