Diane van Es

Diane Gabriëlla van Es is a Dutch middle- and long-distance runner. She won the silver medal in the 2024 [European Athletics Championships – Women's 10,000 metres|10,000 metres] at the 2024 [European Athletics Championships|2024 European Championships] and the bronze medal in the 5000 metres at the 2021 European Under-23 Championships.
Van Es holds the European record in the 5 kilometres road with a time of 14:39 minutes set on 9 February 2025 and the Dutch record in the 10 kilometres road with a time of 30:29 minutes set on 12 February 2023. She won four national titles.

FB diane.vanes.71

Career

Diane van Es competed internationally at youth level, winning the 3000 metres at the 2015 European Youth Olympic Festival held in Tbilisi, and placing 12th in that event at the 2017 European Under-20 Championships in Grosseto two years later.
In 2019, she represented Netherlands in the 5000 metres final at the European U23 Championships held in Gävle and was part of the gold medal-winning women's U23 Dutch team at the 2019 European [Cross Country Championships|European Cross Country Championships] in Lisbon.
Van Es established herself in the senior ranks with a 5000 m win at the 2020 Dutch Athletics Championships.
On 29 May 2021, she set a 5000 m personal best of 15:07.52 during the Next Generation Athletics meeting in Nijmegen, which qualified her for the postponed 2020 Summer Olympics|2020 Tokyo Olympics].
She won the silver medal in the 10,000 metres at the 2024 European Championships in Rome on 11 June 2024, running a personal best time of 30:57.24.

Personal bests

All information from World Athletics profile.

Event		Location	Date	Notes
1500 metres	4:02.79	Dublin, Ireland	11 July 2025
1500 metres short track	4:11.67	Stockholm, Sweden	23 February 2025
3000 metres	8:38.12	Rabat, Morocco	25 May 2025
3000 metres short track	9:01.32	Apeldoorn, Netherlands	10 February 2021
5000 metres	14:43.80	London, United Kingdom	18 July 2025
5 kilometres road	14:39	Monaco	9 February 2025
8 kilometres road	25:24	Apeldoorn, Netherlands	2 February 2020
10,000 metres	30:57.24	Rome, Italy	11 June 2024
10 kilometres road	30:29	Schoorl, Netherlands	12 February 2023
15 kilometres road	47:51	Nijmegen, Netherlands	17 November 2024
10 miles road	53:02	Zaandam, Netherlands	17 September 2023
Half marathon	1:09:31	Barcelona, Spain	11 February 2024

Competition results

All information from World Athletics profile.

National titles