Sofie Dokter
Dutch track and field athlete (born 2002)
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Sofie Dokter (pronounced [soːˈfi ˈdɔktər]; born 19 December 2002) is a Dutch track and field athlete who competes in the combined events. She is the reigning World Indoor Champion in the pentathlon, having won the title at the 2026 World Indoor Championships. She was a bronze medalist at the 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships and the silver medalist in the pentathlon at the 2025 European Indoor Championships.
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Sofie Dokter in 2023 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 19 December 2002 Groningen, Netherlands |
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1] |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
Event | Combined events |
She was a silver medalist in the heptathlon at the 2021 European Athletics U20 Championships and the 2023 European Athletics U23 Championships. In 2024 became a three time national champion in the pentathlon. In 2022, she was also national champion in the heptathlon.[2]
Early life and background
Dokter was born in Groningen. Her father Erik and mother Hendrike were keen proponents of athletics. Sofie first took part in an athletics event aged four and first attended athletics club aged six. Her younger sister Julia Dokter is also a track and field athlete.[3][4]
Dokter is a student at Wageningen University as of 2022.[5]
Career
2021
In her last junior year, Dokter was a silver medalist in the heptathlon at the 2021 European Athletics U20 Championships held in Tallinn.[6]
2022
In her first senior year, Dokter became 2022 Dutch national champion indoors and out.[7] That year, she was named ‘rookie of the meet’ at the Hypo-Meeting in Götzis, where she broke the 6,000 point barrier for the first time in the heptathlon.[8]
Dokter was selected to represent the Netherlands at the 2022 European Athletics Championships where she competed in the heptathlon.[9] Of the three Dutch women who started, she was the only woman who finished the event, finishing thirteenth overall.[10][11]
2023
In February 2023 Dokter scored 4603 in the pentathlon to win the Dutch national title.[12] She became an automatic qualifier for the 2023 European Athletics Indoor Championships held in Istanbul.[13] She finished fourth overall at the end of the pentathlon.[14]
In May 2023 she finished seventh overall in the heptathlon at the Hypo-Meeting in Gotzis.[15] In July 2023, she won silver at the 2023 European Athletics U23 Championships in Espoo, Finland in the Heptathlon.[16]
She was selected for the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest, and finished eleventh in the heptathlon.[17]
2024
In February 2024, Dokter won the Dutch Indoor Combined Events Championships in Apeldoorn, with 4553 points.[18] On 1 March 2024, she was a bronze medalist at the 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships. Her tally included a huge personal best in the final event, the 800 metres of 2:11.89 min and a final tally of 4.571 points.[19]
In June 2024, she finished in fifth place overall in the heptathlon at the 2024 European Athletics Championships in Rome,[20] and in August she achieved sixth place overall in the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics with a new personal best of 6,452 points.[21]
2025
She finished third in the high jump at the Dutch Indoor Athletics Championships with a clearance of 1.82 metres.[22] She was selected for the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Apeldoorn, where she won the silver medal with a personal best pentathlon tally of 4826 points, only four points away from the Dutch national record of Nadine Broersen.[23][24][25]
She finished in second place overall in the heptathlon at the Hypo-Meeting in Götzis, Austria, on 1 June 2025 with a tally of 6576 points.[26][27] She placed sixth overall in September competing at the 2025 World Championships in Tokyo, Japan.[28][29]
2026
Dokter won the gold medal in pentathlon at the 2026 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Poland in March 2026, achieving a personal best score of 4888 points to win ahead of the heptathlon gold and silver medalists from the 2025 World Championships, Anna Hall and Kate O'Connor. Dokter led from the second event onwards, having cleared 1.87 metres, and also produced the best mark of the in the long jump of 6.52 m, with 8.19 in the 60 m hurdles, and 13.92m in the shot put. With a seven second advantage over Hall heading into the 800 m, Doktor ran 2:12.27 to trail Hall home less than six behind her to secure the victory.[30][31]
Competition results
All information from World Athletics profile.[2]
International competitions
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | European U20 Championships | Tallinn, Estonia | 2nd | Heptathlon | 5878 pts | |
| 2022 | European Championships | Munich, Germany | 13th | Heptathlon | 5811 pts | |
| 2023 | European Indoor Championships | Istanbul, Turkey | 4th | Pentathlon | 4499 pts | |
| European U23 Championships | Espoo, Finland | 2nd | Heptathlon | 6256 pts | ||
| World Championships | Budapest, Hungary | 11th | Heptathlon | 6192 pts | ||
| 2024 | World Indoor Championships | Glasgow, Great Britain | 3rd | Pentathlon | 4571 pts | |
| European Championships | Rome, Italy | 5th | Heptathlon | 6418 pts | PB | |
| Olympic Games | Paris, France | 6th | Heptathlon | 6452 pts | PB | |
| 2025 | European Indoor Championships | Apeldoorn, Netherlands | 2nd | Pentathlon | 4826 pts | PB |
| World Championships | Tokyo, Japan | 6th | Heptathlon | 6432 pts | ||
| 2026 | World Indoor Championships | Toruń, Poland | 1st | Pentathlon | 4888 pts | NR |
Personal bests
Information from her World Athletics profile unless otherwise noted.[2]
Individual events
| Event | Result | Venue | Date | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 200 metres | 23.46 s | Götzis, Austria | 31 May 2025 | (Wind: +0.7 m/s) |
| 800 metres | 2:10.88 min | Götzis, Austria | 1 June 2025 | |
| 800 metres short track | 2:11.89 min i | Glasgow, United Kingdom | 1 March 2024 | |
| 60 metres hurdles | 8.19 s i | Toruń, Poland | 22 March 2026 | |
| 100 metres hurdles | 13.50 s | Götzis, Austria | 31 May 2025 | (Wind: -0.2 m/s) |
| High jump | 1.89 m | Espoo, Finland | 13 July 2023 | |
| Long jump | 6.61 m i | Apeldoorn, Netherlands | 9 March 2025 | |
| Shot put | 14.17 m | Götzis, Austria | 31 May 2025 | |
| Javelin throw | 47.17 m | Rome, Italy | 8 June 2024 |
Combined events
| Event | Result | Venue | Date | Notes | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heptathlon | 6576 pts | Götzis, Austria | 31 May–1 June 2025 | ||||||||||||||
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| Pentathlon short track | 4888 pts i | Toruń, Poland | 22 March 2026 | ||||||||||||||
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Team events
| Event | Result | Venue | Date | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 × 100 metres relay | 46.30 s | The Hague, Netherlands | 19 May 2024 | Teamed with Emy Guikema, Annabel Paul, and Lea Jurdzinski of Rotterdam Atletiek.[32] |
