Katrine Koch Jacobsen
Katrine Koch Jacobsen (born 24 June 1999) is a Danish hammer thrower. She holds Denmark's national record in the hammer throw.[1] CareerShe set a new Danish national record for the hammer throw in March 2021, recording a distance of 64.68 metres.[2] By September of that year she had extended that record a further eight times, culminating in breaking the 70 metres barrier.[3] In June 2022, she broke the Danish national record for the tenth time in 15 months.[4] She competed at the 2022 World Athletics Championships in the women's hammer in Eugene, Oregon.[5] She competed at the 2022 European Athletics Championships in Munich.[6] She competed at the 2023 World Championships in Budapest in the women's hammer throw.[7] She placed fifth overall at the 2024 European Athletics Championships in Rome in the hammer throw.[8][9] She competed at the 2024 Paris Olympics and threw the automatic qualification distance for the final with the fifth longest distance in qualifying. She placed tenth overall in the final.[10][11] References
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