Lisanne de Witte

Lisanne de Witte (; born 10 September 1992) is a Dutch retired track and field athlete who competed in sprinting and middle-distance running. She specialised in the 400 metres, where she held the Dutch record with her personal best time of 50.77 seconds from 2018 to 2021.

De Witte represented the Netherlands at the 2016, 2020, and 2024 Summer Olympics. She won bronze medals in the 400 m at the 2018 European Championships and 2019 European Indoor Championships. She won a total of nine Dutch national titles in the 200 m, 400 m, and 800 m.

De Witte also won several international championship medals as part of Dutch women's 4 × 400 m relay teams, including gold medals at the 2023 World Championships and 2024 World Indoor Championships and a silver medal at the 2024 Summer Olympics.

Early life De Witte was born on 10 September 1992 in Vlaardingen in the Netherlands. She has a younger sister, Laura de Witte, who is also a 400 metres sprinter.

Career Sisters De Witte (L) and Laura de Witte (R) competed in the 4 × 400 m relay at the 2016 Summer Olympics. Lieke Klaver (R) passes the baton to De Witte (L) in the 4 × 400 m relay at the 2019 World Championships.

De Witte started representing the Netherlands in international championships in 2011. She competed at her first Summer Olympics in August 2016, where she ran in the 4 × 400 m relay.

Personal bests Individual events + Personal best times for individual events short track 51.90 Toruń, Poland 8 February 2020 500 metres short track 1:09.87 Boston, United States 4 February 2023 600 metres long track 1:27.10 Lisse, Netherlands 11 May 2024 800 metres long track 2:05.39 Merksem, Belgium 24 August 2013 short track 2:07.61 Apeldoorn, Netherlands 27 January 2024

Progression + Season's best times for individual events Teamed with Lieke Klaver, Cathelijn Peeters, and Femke Bol. De Witte's split time for the third leg was 50.20 s. Dutch record until 9 March 2025. Teamed with Lieke Klaver, Cathelijn Peeters, and Femke Bol. De Witte's split time for the third leg was 52.28 s. Mixed 4 × 400 metres relay 3:10.69 Tokyo, Japan 30 July 2021 Dutch record until 31 July 2021. Teamed with Jochem Dobber, Lieke Klaver, and Ramsey Angela.

Competition results

International competitions + Achievements in international competitions representing the Olympic Games Paris, France 2nd 4 × 400 m relay 3:19.50 (50.20 split) 2025 World Championships Tokyo, Japan 3rd 4 × 400 m relay 3:20.18

Circuit wins and titles World Athletics Continental Tour 400 metres wins, times (in seconds) specified in parentheses: 2024 (1): Grifone (52.45) World Athletics Indoor Tour 400 metres overall winner: 2016 400 metres wins, other events and times (in minutes:seconds) specified in parentheses: 2016 (1): Stockholm (53.21 ) 2020 (2): Boston (500 m, 1:10.50 ), Düsseldorf (52.30 )

National titles Dutch Athletics Championships 400 metres: 2016, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2024 800 metres: 2015 Dutch Indoor Athletics Championships 200 metres: 2019, 2020 400 metres: 2016