Lieke Klaver is a Dutch track and field athlete who runs in the 200 metres and 400 metres, and is one of the most reliable sprinters in modern European athletics. She is a World Champion, World Indoor Champion and Olympic Champion in the 4 × 400 m relay events and she is also an individual European Indoor Champion in the 400 m. Klaver has been working closely with training rival-turned-teammate Femke Bol, equipping the Dutch women’s relay team with one of the best in the world and paving the way for Klaver to become one of the most familiar faces in the world of sport for the remainder of the 2026 season.
Who is Lieke Klaver?
Lieke Klaver is a Dutch 200m sprinter specialised in the 400m. She is the World Champion of the 4 × 400m relay team with the Netherlands women’s relay team in 2023, and the World Indoor Champion in the 2024 mixed-team 4x200m relay, as well as being the Olympic Champion of the 4x400m relay team with the Netherlands women’s relay team in 2024. The Netherlands selected her to compete at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and she has gained medals since then – such as the individual European 400m indoor title in 2025. Outside the competition, she has developed a wide array of sponsorships and a public image beyond just the track.
Profile Details
| Full Name | Lieke Klaver |
| Known As | Lieke Klaver |
| Profession | Track and Field Athlete (Sprinter) |
| Date of Birth | 20 August 1998 |
| Age | 28 (as of 2026) |
| Birthplace | Velsen-Zuid, Netherlands |
| Nationality | Dutch |
| Club | Streker Atletiek Vereniging |
| Coach | Laurent Meuwly |
| Education | HAN University of Applied Sciences (Arnhem-Nijmegen) |
| Marital Status | While she has been in a high-profile, long-term relationship with fellow Olympic medalist Terrence Agard since-2018, they are not publicly engaged or married. |
Age
Lieke Klaver was born on 20 August 1998 in Velsen-Zuid, the Netherlands and would be 28 years old for the 2026 track and field season.
Leike Klaver Height and Weight
The height of Klaver is 1.82 metres (6 feet 0 inches) and her exact competition weight is not officially announced, but estimates vary from source to source, so there is no confirmed weight.
Early Life
Klaver was born in Velsen-Zuid and when she was eight years old she started to join the athletics club, Streker Atletiek Vereniging, in Grootebroek. This first step into organized sports was a precursor to all that was to come.
- First athletics club: At age of 8 took part in Streker Atletiek Vereniging, Grootebroek.
- Junior career: Advanced with great consistency in age-group competition, earning her first senior title in Dutch nationals (200 m indoors) in 2017 in her age group.
- International debut: First competed on the international stage at age 15, in the 4 x 100m relay at World U20 Championships in Eugene, OR in 2014.
- raining base: Trained via the Dutch national athletics programme, Papendal (the national training centre).
Parents and Siblings
- Sibling: Klaver has an older brother, referenced in Dutch press profiles of the athlete.
- Parents: Detailed, verified information about her parents’ names or occupations has not been documented in reputable published sources. Klaver has generally kept this part of her life out of the media spotlight.
- Family support: Reporting on her early years describes a supportive, sports-oriented household that encouraged her move into competitive athletics as a child.
Education
It’s a sweet spot Klaver has had with the best of the rest of the field all her career. She studied at HAN University of Applied Sciences (Hogeschool van Arnhem en Nijmegen) in the study of Sportkunde (Sports Studies). Instead, she was given the chance to share her studies with high-pressure, international training camp sessions and competitions across countries around the world, as part of the University’s well-established Topsportklas program, based at Papendal. The love for self development she had translated to the off-track when she finished the sports management program.
Career & Medals
Early Career and Background
- 2025 European indoor champion: First individual major gold medal won from the 400 m title of the European Indoor Championships in Apeldoorn.
- 2026 Indoor Breakthrough: Settled her new personal best with a 51.00 second run at the Czech Indoor Gala, in Ostrava, to kick off her 2026 indoor season.
- 2026 Diamond League Campaign:Maintained her excellent pace with second times under 50 in the 400 m in front of some high quality international competition in Paris and Silesia.
- During the late 2026 season, Off-Track Expanding Profile has taken a huge leap in her global career, creating corporate connections for Zeekr Europe and others, and forging big brand ambassadorships in Europe.
Professional Career
Klaver went on to improve as the season went on. She won two national medals in 2019, in the 400m and was part of the Dutch woman’s relay team that secured a seventh place finish at the World Championships in Doha. She won her first Dutch national 400m indoors in 2020 and her first Diamond League in Rome in 2020 with a 50.98 second time. She also competed in the Olympics that year in the 400m and women’s 4 × 400m relay and the mixed 4 × 400m relay.
She competed in the individual 400m at the World Championships 2022 in Eugene, where she placed 4th, and with the Dutch mixed relay team in the World Championships 2022 where she won the silver medal. She has now won her first individual major medal (silver in the 400m at the European Indoor Championships in Istanbul) and reduced her outdoor personal-best time to 49.81 seconds in the Silesia Diamond League in 2023. She was part of the World Championship 4 × 400 m relay team which needs to be discussed because of the dramatic finish with teammate Femke Bol who fell near the finishing line. The Dutch women team went on to win gold and Klaver ran the second fastest split of the relay.
Klaver won the overall 400 m short track title at the World Athletics Indoor Tour 2024, was a silver medalist in the 400 m short track at the World Indoor Championships in Glasgow, and a gold medalist in the 4 × 400 m short track relay in Glasgow. She has claimed gold medals in the mixed 4 × 400 m relay and silver medals in the women’s 4 × 400 m relay at the Paris 2024 Olympics. She earned her first individual major gold medal in March 2025 at the European Indoor Championships in Apeldoorn where she won the 400 m event.
Major Results and Medals
| Season/Era | Competition | Notable Result |
| 2014 | World U20 Championships | International debut, 4 × 100 m relay, age 15 |
| 2017 | Dutch Indoor Championships | First senior national title (200 m) |
| 2020 | Tokyo Olympics | Competed in 400 m and both relays |
| 2022 | World Championships, Eugene | 4th individual 400 m; silver, mixed relay |
| 2023 | European Indoor Championships | Silver, 400 m — first individual major medal |
| 2023 | World Championships, Budapest | Gold, women’s 4 × 400 m relay |
| 2024 | World Indoor Championships, Glasgow | Silver, 400 m short track; gold, relay |
| 2024 | Paris Olympics | Gold, mixed 4 × 400 m relay; silver, women’s relay |
| 2025 | European Indoor Championships, Apeldoorn | Gold, 400 m — first individual major title |
| 2026 | European Championships, Birmingham | Gold, women’s relay; bronze, mixed relay; bronze, 400 m |
Her personal bests stand at 11.33 seconds for the 100 m (2023), 22.46 seconds for the 200 m (2023), and 49.58 seconds for the 400 m, first set in 2024 and equalled again in July 2026. She has four times won a national championship in the Netherlands in indoor and outdoor competition and has picked up eleven major medals with the Dutch 4 × 400 m relay teams in total.
lieke Personal Life
- Partner: A 400 m specialist who has been a long-time partner of fellow Dutch sprinter Terrence Agard, who was born in Willemstad, Curaçao.
- How they met: The couple met at the national training centre in Papendal, and have been dating since circa 2018.
- Agard’s career: Agard represented the Netherlands Antilles, prior to its split, and the Netherlands itself afterwards, including the Tokyo Olympics, where he won a silver medal
- Overcoming adversity: In 2015, Agard suffered a major car accident which left him with a broken vertebrae in his neck, but he defied doctors’ expectations by returning to competitive athletics in 2016.
- Support at major events: The two have been teammates on the trackside at major events at least once before, and together the team will be competing on the Dutch mixed relay team this year.
Lieke Klaver Social Media
Klaver has an Instagram which she uses to post training footage, competition footage, and collaboration posts with her sponsors.
| Platform | Handle | Notes |
| @liekeklaver | Bio lists “Olympic champion” and sponsors including Omega and Adidas; nearing one million followers as of 2026 |
Lieke Klaver Net Worth
Klaver has not released a net worth figure, nor has it been officially confirmed by her federation, management or a trusted financial publication. There are several unofficial net-worth sites for celebrities that give widely different estimates.These figures are unverified, and vary greatly from each other, and should therefore only be regarded as approximate, and unofficial.
| Source | Estimate |
| Various celebrity/net-worth aggregator sites | Roughly $1 million – $5 million (unverified) |
| Primary income sources (reported) | Prize money, Dutch federation support, sponsorships with Omega, Adidas, and other partners |
Latest Update
- European Championships, Birmingham (2026): Competed in the women’s 4 x 400 m relay and won gold in the event, as well as winning bronze in the 400 m individual and the mixed relay.
- Diamond League season: Competed till the end of the 2026 Wanda Diamond League series, which was restarted in Lausanne in August before finishing in Brussels.
- New sponsorship deal: In August 2026, the Diamond League’s official mobility partner, Zeekr Europe, announced a one-year brand ambassador partnership with the League.
- Season form: Equalled her 400 m personal best of 49.58 seconds on 10 July 2026.
Conclusion
There is no one moment when Lieke Klaver decides to become an Olympic, World and European champion, but rather a gradual process. She has achieved success both on the individual level and as part of some of the most successful relay teams in Dutch relay history, trained alongside partner Femke Bol. Klaver’s journey is not just about running; it’s about her dedication to continuous learning, her professional growth, and her expanding list of sponsors as she continues on her path. She has been one of the sport’s most consistent performers this season and should be expected to have other chances to win the season that are yet to come in 2026.
FAQ’S
She competes and is publicly known as Lieke Klaver.
She is a Dutch sprinter and Olympic, World, and European medallist in the 400 m and 4 × 400 m relay, closely associated with the Dutch relay team alongside Femke Bol.
She competes for Streker Atletiek Vereniging, which she joined at age eight, and is coached by Laurent Meuwly.
No official figure has been confirmed. Unofficial estimates from celebrity net-worth sites range from roughly $1 million to $5 million.
She was born on 20 August 1998, making her 28 years old as of the 2026 season.
She is engaged to Dutch sprinter Terrence Agard, whom she has been with since 2016.
Also Read