Pauline Hondema (; born 28 March 2000) is a Dutch track and field athlete competing in the long jump. She holds the Dutch records outdoor of 6.91 m and indoor of 6.70 m both set in 2025. Hondema finished second in the First League of the 2021 European Athletics Team Championships. And she is a six-time national senior champion (three outdoor and three indoor titles).
Biography
She won the Dutch national title for the first time in Apeldoorn in June 2022.
2023 In February 2023, she won the Dutch national indoor title in Apeldoorn.
In June 2023, she represented the Netherlands sat the 2023 European Games in Silesia. In July 2023, she set a new personal best of 6.76 metres competing in Kortrijk, Belgium. That month, she retained her Dutch national title in Breda.
She competed at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest, missing the final by four centimetres.
2024 In February 2024, she won the Dutch indoor title.
In June 2024, she competed at the 2024 European Athletics Championships in Rome. That month, she won her third consecutive Dutch national title.
She competed in the long jump at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
2025 On 9 February 2025, she improved the 38-year-old Dutch indoor record with a jump of 6.65 m, further improved to 6.70 m less than a week later. Later that month she won the Dutch indoor national title. She was selected for the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Apeldoorn. In qualifying for the final she jumped a Dutch indoor record of 6.70 metres.
In September 2025, she competed at the 2025 World Championships in Tokyo, Japan, placing seventh overall.
2026 Hondema jumped 6.63 metres to win the long jump title at the 2026 Dutch Indoor Athletics Championships in Apeldoorn. In August 2026, she competed for the Netherlands at the 2026 European Athletics Championships in Birmingham, England, and placed 11th in the long jump final with a best of 6.47 meters.
Personal bests Information from Hondema's World Athletics profile. +Hondema's personal best resultsEventResultLocationDateRecordNotes60 metres8.08 s Apeldoorn, Netherlands9 February 2019 Long jump outdoor 6.91 m Kortrijk, Belgium 12 July 2025 "Hondema verbetert Nederlands record verspringen van Schippers met 13 centimeter", NOS, 12 July 2025. Retrieved 13 July 2025. (Wind: +1.7 m/s) indoor 6.70 m Berlin, Germany 14 February 2025 Apeldoorn, Netherlands 7 March 2025
Competition results Information from Hondema's World Athletics profile.
International championships +Achievements at international championships representing the NetherlandsYearCompetitionLocationPositionEventResult2021European Team Championships – First LeagueCluj-Napoca, Romania2ndLong jump6.40 mEuropean U23 ChampionshipsTallinn, Finland10thLong jump6.21 m2023European GamesChorzów, Poland5thLong jump6.49 mEuropean Team Championships – First DivisionWorld ChampionshipsBudapest, Hungary15th ()Long jump6.57 m2024European ChampionshipsRome, Italy13th ()Long jump6.63 mOlympic GamesParis, France14th ()Long jump6.55 m2025European Indoor ChampionshipsApeldoorn, Netherlands7thLong jump6.50 mWorld ChampionshipsTokyo, Japan7thLong jump6.60 m2026European ChampionshipsBirmingham, United Kingdom11thLong jump6.47 m
Circuit wins Hondema won the long jump at the following circuit meetings:
World Athletics Continental Tour 2023 (3): Oordegem IFAM (6.53 m), Kortrijk Guldensporenmeeting (6.76 m ), Banská Bystrica P-T-S meeting (6.42 m) 2024 (2): Kortrijk (6.69 m), Tampere Motonet GP (6.47 m) 2025 (2): Geneva Atleticageneve (6.69 m), Kortrijk (6.91 m ) World Athletics Indoor Tour 2023 (1): Ghent IFAM Indoor (6.57 m ) 2024 (1): Amiens Meeting 3 Sauts (6.41 m ) 2025 (2): Amiens (6.58 m ), Düsseldorf ISTAF Indoor (6.65 m )
National championships +Achievements at national championshipsYearCompetitionLocationPositionEventResult2016Dutch U18 Indoor ChampionshipsApeldoorn– ()60 metres8.34 s 4thLong jump5.42 m Dutch ChampionshipsAmsterdam4thLong jump5.80 mDutch U18 ChampionshipsBreda2ndLong jump5.69 m2017Dutch U20/U18 Championships – U18 EventsVught1stLong jump5.78 mDutch ChampionshipsUtrecht7thLong jump5.77 m2018Dutch U20 Indoor ChampionshipsApeldoorn2ndLong jump5.79 m Dutch Indoor ChampionshipsApeldoorn7thLong jump5.63 m Dutch U20 ChampionshipsEmmeloord1stLong jump5.98 m Dutch ChampionshipsUtrecht10thLong jump5.65 m2019Dutch U20 Indoor ChampionshipsApeldoorn1stLong jump5.94 m – ()60 metres8.16 s Dutch Indoor ChampionshipsApeldoorn3rdLong jump6.00 m Dutch U20 ChampionshipsAlphen aan den Rijn1stLong jump6.12 mDutch ChampionshipsThe Hague7thLong jump6.04 m2020Dutch Indoor ChampionshipsApeldoorn3rdLong jump6.03 m Dutch ChampionshipsUtrecht2ndLong jump6.09 m2021Dutch Indoor ChampionshipsApeldoorn2ndLong jump6.41 m Dutch ChampionshipsBreda3rdLong jump6.14 m2022Dutch Indoor ChampionshipsApeldoorn2ndLong jump6.27 m Dutch ChampionshipsApeldoorn1stLong jump6.16 m2023Dutch Indoor ChampionshipsApeldoorn1stLong jump6.48 m Dutch ChampionshipsBreda1stLong jump6.37 m2024Dutch Indoor ChampionshipsApeldoorn1stLong jump6.54 m Dutch ChampionshipsHengelo1stLong jump6.68 m 2025Dutch Indoor ChampionshipsApeldoorn1stLong jump6.53 m Dutch ChampionshipsHengelo1stLong jump6.76 m
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