Zoë Sedney

Zoë Frederique Sedney (Dutch: [ˈzoːeː freːdəˈrɪk ˈsɛtni]; born 15 December 2001) is a Dutch athlete who competes in the hurdles, 100 metres, 200 metres, 400 metres and 4 × 100 metres relay. Sedney's success started in 2017 at the European Youth Olympic Festival. She broke through at senior level in 2021 competing in both the European Indoor Championships and the Olympic Games. In 2022, she became part of the 4 × 100 metres Dutch relay team, competing together with her older sister Naomi Sedney.

Zoë Sedney
Photo of Zoë Sedney in orange and blue sportswear looking up
Sedney at the 2022 World Indoor Championships in Belgrade
Personal information
Full nameZoë Frederique Sedney
Born (2001-12-15) 15 December 2001
Zoetermeer, Netherlands
Height1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Sport
SportAthletics
Event(s)60 m, 100 m, 200 m, 400 m, 60 m hurdles, 100 m hurdles, 4 × 100 m relay
ClubRotterdam Atletiek
Coached by
  • Bart Bennema (2021–2022)
  • Brendan Troost (until 2021; since 2022)
  • Laurent Meuwly (since 2022)
Achievements and titles
Highest world ranking
  • No. 19 (100 m hurdles, 2022)
  • No. 133 (200 m, 2020)
  • No. 154 (400 m, 2023)
  • No. 156 (100 m, 2023)
  • No. 270 (overall, 2022)
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Netherlands
European U20 Championships
Silver medal – second place2019 Borås4 × 100 m relay
European U18 Championships
Silver medal – second place2018 Gyor100 m hurdles
European Youth Olympic Festival
Gold medal – first place2017 Győr100 m hurdles
Gold medal – first place2017 Győr200 m
Silver medal – second place2017 Győr4 × 100 m relay

Early life

Zoë Frederique Sedney was born on 15 December 2001 in Zoetermeer, Netherlands.[1][2] She has two older sisters, of whom Naomi also became a sprinter, and a younger sister.[3]

At the age of five, Sedney joined track and field club ARV Ilion in Zoetermeer. Until the age of 14, she combined athletics with playing field hockey at hockey club MHCZ in Zoetermeer.[3]

Youth and junior career

At the age of 15, Sedney decided to solely focus on athletics, a decision which paid off with qualifications on four individual disciplines (100 metres, 200 metres, 400 metres, and 100 metres hurdles) at the European Youth Olympic Festival in Győr, Hungary.[4] Sedney ended up competing in the 200 metres and 100 metres hurdles, winning gold in both disciplines.[5] At the same competition, she also competed with the Dutch relay team (Sedney, Minke Bisschops, Suzanne Libbers, and Anna Roelofs), winning silver in the 4 × 100 metres relay.[6]

In 2018, Sedney went back to Győr, this time to compete in European U18 Championships. Sedney competed in the 100 metres hurdles, winning silver in 13.34 s.[7]

In 2019, Sedney dealt with a hamstring injury,[8] complicating her preparations for the European U20 Championships in Borås, Sweden. Sedney ended up competing in the 200 metres where she ended up in 10th place and in the 4 × 100 metres relay where she won silver with the Dutch relay team (Bisschops, Sedney, Demi van den Wildenberg, and N'ketia Seedo).[9][10]

2020 was the last year Sedney competed as a junior, she ended her junior career with 3 junior national titles in the 100 metres hurdles, 100 metres and 200 metres. She was called "the uncrowned queen of the national junior championships", becoming Junior National Champion 20 times and winning silver three times and bronze twice during her time as a junior.[11]

Senior career

In 2021, Sedney competed in her first international senior competition at the European Indoor Championships in Toruń, Poland. There she made it to the finals of the 60 metres hurdles and finished in 7th place in 8.00 s.[12] In the summer of 2021, Sedney competed in the 100 metres hurdles in both the European U23 Championships in Tallinn, Estonia and her first Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan. In the European U23 Championships Sedney finished 4th in 13.14 s.[13] In her first Olympic Games, Sedney finished 7th in her heat in 13.03 s. This was not enough for a place in the semi-finals as Sedney needed a time of 13.00 s to go through to the next round. Sedney had the 24th time overall in the heats.[14]

Photo of Zoë Sedney and three other competitors sprinting during a relay race
Sedney (right) during the 4 × 100 metres at the 2022 European Athletics Championships in Munich

Sedney started 2022 winning races at the World Athletics Indoor Tour in Birmingham and Madrid, and becoming national indoor champion on the 60 m hurdles.[15] In March, Sedney represented the Netherlands in the World Indoor Championships in Belgrade, Serbia. She placed for the finals after winning her semi-final in 7.95 s.[16] In the finals, Sedney finished 6th in 8.07 s.[17] In the outdoor season, Sedney competed in both the World Championships in Eugene and the European Championships in Munich. In Eugene, Sedney finished 6th in her heat of the 60 metres hurdles in 13.38 s. This was not enough to progress to the semi finals.[18] In the 4 × 100 metres relay, the Dutch team (Andrea Bouma, Zoë Sedney, Bisschops, and Naomi Sedney) stranded in the heats as well, finishing 6th in their heat.[19] In Munich, Sedney competed in de hurdles and relay as well. In the hurdles, Sedney finished 7th in her semi-final after a fall during her practise starts.[20] In the relay the 4 × 100 metres, Dutch team (Seedo, Zoë Sedney, Jamile Samuel, and Naomi Sedney) finished 5th overall.[21]

In 2023, Sedney went to her second European Indoor Championships, this time in Istanbul. Sedney stranded in the semi-finals of the 60 metres hurdles, finishing 10th overall in 8.06 s.[1] After the indoor season, Sedney changed her focus from the short hurdles to the 400 metres. Sedney stated she had less joy in hurdles and decided with her coaches (Laurent Meuwly and Brendan Troost) to make the switch.[22] Sedney debuted on the 400 metres at the preprogramme of the Fanny Blankers-Koen Games, setting a personal best of 52.85 s.[23] Throughout the season, Sedney went on to improve her personal best numerous times. At the 2023 European Athletics U23 Championships in Espoo, she improved her personal best to 52.02 s finishing 4th. Sedney went with the 4 × 400 metres relay team to the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest, but did not run. She was in the stands cheering on the Dutch team (Eveline Saalberg, Lieke Klaver, Cathelijn Peeters, and Femke Bol) as they won the gold.[24]

Personal bests

Information from her World Athletics profile unless otherwise noted.[1]

Outdoor

Indoor

Competition results

Information from her World Athletics profile unless otherwise noted.[1]

World Athletics Rankings

Highest overall and event World Athletics Rankings per year.

Highest WA rankings per year
Year 100 m 200 m 400 m 100 m
hurdles		 Overall
2019 –
2020 368[25]133[26]–168[27]
2021 135[28]–
2022 ––19[29]270[30]
2023 156[31]–154[32]30[33]359[34]

  Lifetime best (in bold)

International competitions
Representing the  Netherlands
YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventTime
2017 European Youth Olympic Festival Győr, Hungary 1st 100 m hurdles (76.2 cm) 13.37
1st 200 m 23.74
2nd 4 × 100 m relay 46.05
2018 European U18 Championships Győr, Hungary 2nd 100 m hurdles (76.2 cm) 13.34
2019 European U20 Championships Borås, Sweden 10th (sf) 200 m 23.93
2nd 4 × 100 m relay 44.21
2021 European Indoor Championships Toruń, Poland 7th 60 m hurdles 8.00 i
European U23 Championships Tallinn, Estonia 4th 100 m hurdles 13.14
Olympic Games Tokyo, Japan 24th (h) 100 m hurdles 13.03
2022 World Indoor Championships Belgrade, Serbia 6th 60 m hurdles 8.07 i
World Championships Eugene, Oregon, USA 13th (h) 4 × 100 m relay 43.46
33rd (h) 100 m hurdles 13.38
European Championships Munich, Germany 21st (sf) 100 m hurdles 13.42
5th 4 × 100 m relay 43.03
2023 European Indoor Championships Istanbul, Turkey 10th (sf) 60 m hurdles 8.06 i
European U23 Championships Espoo, Finland 4th 400 m 52.02

Circuit wins

National championships
YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventResult
2016 Dutch U18 Indoor Combined Events Championships Apeldoorn 8th Pentathlon 3394 pts i
Dutch U18 Indoor Championships Apeldoorn 3rd 60 m 7.86 i
Dutch U18 Championships Breda 2nd 100 m 12.13
2nd 100 m hurdles (76.2 cm) 14.09
1st 400 m hurdles 1:02.36
2017 Dutch U18 Indoor Combined Events Championships Apeldoorn 1st Pentathlon 3601 pts i
Dutch U20/U18 Indoor Championships, U18 Events Apeldoorn 4th 60 m 7.72 i
1st 60 m hurdles (76.2 cm) 8.62 i
Dutch U18 Combined Events Championships Emmeloord 1st Heptathlon 5103 pts
Dutch U20/U18 Championships, U18 Events Vught 4th 100 m 12.06
1st 200 m 23.92
1st 100 m hurdles (76.2 cm) 14.22
2018 Dutch U18 Indoor Combined Events Championships Apeldoorn 1st Pentathlon 3832 pts i
Dutch U18 Indoor Championships Apeldoorn 1st 200 m 23.95 i
1st 60 m hurdles (76.2 cm) 8.46 i
Dutch Indoor Championships Apeldoorn 1st 200 m 24.19 i
Dutch U18 Combined Events Championships The Hague 2nd Heptathlon 5259 pts
Dutch U18 Championships Emmeloord 1st 200 m 24.02
1st 100 m hurdles (76.2 cm) 13.32
2019 Dutch U20 Indoor Combined Events Championships Apeldoorn 1st Pentathlon 3887 pts i
Dutch U20 Indoor Championship Apeldoorn 1st 200 m 23.71 i
Dutch U20 Championships Alphen aan den Rijn 1st 100 m hurdles 13.83
1st 200 m 23.63
Dutch Championships The Hague 5th in semifinal 100 m 12.05
2020 Dutch U20 Indoor Championships Apeldoorn 1st 60 m 7.55 i
1st 200 m 23.80 i
Dutch Indoor Championships Apeldoorn 2nd 60 m hurdles 8.18 i
Dutch Championships Utrecht 3rd 100 m hurdles 13.30
Dutch U20 Championships Amersfoort 1st 100 m 11.62
1st 200 m 23.83
1st 100 m hurdles 13.34
2021 Dutch Indoor Championships Apeldoorn 2nd 60 m hurdles 7.98 i
Dutch Championships Breda 2nd 100 m hurdles 13.13
2022 Dutch Indoor Championships Apeldoorn 1st 60 m hurdles 7.98 i
Dutch Championships Apeldoorn 2nd 100 m 11.32
2nd 100 m hurdles 13.09
2023 Dutch Indoor Championships Apeldoorn 5th 60 m 7.34 i
Dutch Championships Breda 5th 400 m 53.71

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