Myrte van der Schoot
Myrte van der Schoot is a Dutch track and field athlete who competes in sprinting and long jump. In the 4 × 400 metres relay, she is the 2024 World Indoor Champion with the Dutch women's team.
Youth and junior career
As a teenager, Van der Schoot competed in several different track and field events. She specialised in the 400 m and long jump, winning Dutch U18 and U20 national titles in both.At the 2023 Dutch U20 Championships, Van der Schoot improved the national under-20 record of Femke Bol with a tenth of a second to 52.88 s. At the 2023 European U20 Championships in Jerusalem, Israel, she won a silver medal in the women's 4 × 400 metres relay where the relay team set a Dutch under-23/under-20 record of 3:33.33 min and a bronze medal in the 400 metres further improving her Dutch under-20 record to 52.85 s.