{{Short description|Dutch shot putter (born 1999)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2021}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Jessica Schilder | birth_name = | image = {{CSS image crop |Image = Women shot put podium Oregon 2022 (cropped).jpg |bSize = 300 |cWidth = 220 |cHeight = 293 |oTop = 20 |oLeft = 0 |Location = center |Alt = }} | caption = Schilder with her bronze medal at the 2022 World Championships | nationality = | country = Netherlands | sport = Athletics (Track and field) | event = Shot put | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1999|3|19|df=yes}} | birth_place = Volendam, Netherlands | death_date = | death_place = | height = 1.73 m<ref>{{cite web|title=SCHILDER Jessica|accessdate=30 August 2024|url=https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/athlete/jessica-schilder_1972230|work=Paris 2024 Olympics}}</ref> | weight = | highestranking = {{ubl|2 (shot put, 2022, 2025)<ref>"[https://worldathletics.org/world-rankings/shot-put/women?regionType=world&page=1&rankDate=2022-08-16&limitByCountry=0 World Rankings Women's Shot Put]", ''World Athletics'', 16 August 2022. Retrieved 12 August 2023.</ref>|12 (overall, 2025)<ref name="WAprofile">"https://worldathletics.org/world-rankings/overall-ranking/women?regionType=world&page=1&rankDate=2025-10-28&limitByCountry=0]", ''World Athletics''. Retrieved 7 March 2026.</ref>}} | pb = {{ubl|'''Shot put''': 20.69 {{AthAbbr|i}} {{AthAbbr|NR|Dutch}} (2025, 2026) |'''Shot put (outdoors)''': 21.09 {{AthAbbr|NR|Dutch}} (2026) }} | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Women's athletics}} {{Medal|Country|the {{NED}}}} {{Medal|Competition|World Championships}} {{Medal|Gold|2025 Tokyo|Shot put}} {{Medal|Bronze|2022 Eugene|Shot put}} {{Medal|Competition|World Indoor Championships}} {{Medal|Silver|2025 Nanjing|Shot put}} {{Medal|Bronze|2022 Belgrade|Shot put}} {{Medal|Competition|Diamond League}} {{Medal|1st|2025|Shot put}} {{Medal|Competition|European Championships}} {{Medal|Gold|2022 Munich|Shot put}} {{Medal|Gold|2024 Rome|Shot put}} {{Medal|Competition|European Indoor Championships}} {{Medal|Gold|2025 Apeldoorn|Shot put}} }}
'''Jessica Schilder''' ({{IPA|nl|ˈjɛsikaː ˈsxɪldər|lang}}; born 19 March 1999) is a Dutch track and field athlete competing in shot put.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://becomegladiator.com/stories/jessica-schilder/ |title=Jessica Schilder |publisher=Gladiator Sports |access-date=5 March 2021}}</ref> Her outdoors personal best set in 2026 is 21.09 m, which is a Dutch record, and her indoors personal best is 20.69 m. She is two-time medalist at the World Athletics Indoor Championships, and was a bronze medalist at the 2022 World Athletics Championships. She is a two-time gold medalist at the European Athletics Championships (outdoor) and also won gold at the 2025 European Athletics Indoors Championships.
==Career== Schilder competed in the women's shot put event at the 2021 European Athletics Indoor Championships.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://results.european-athletics.com/irs/resEICH21-/pdf/EICH21-/ATH/EICH21-_ATH_C73R_ATHWSHOTPUT-----------QUAL--------.pdf |title=Qualification results |access-date=5 March 2021 |archive-date=4 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210304205429/https://results.european-athletics.com/irs/resEICH21-/pdf/EICH21-/ATH/EICH21-_ATH_C73R_ATHWSHOTPUT-----------QUAL--------.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> She also competed in the women's shot put in the delayed 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, that was postponed to July 2021 due to the coronavirus pandemic, but did not qualify for the final.<ref>{{cite web|date=30 July 2021|title=Shot put women|accessdate=26 April 2025|url= https://worldathletics.org/results/olympic-games/2021/the-xxxii-olympic-games-athletics-7132391/women/shot-put/qualification/result|website=World Athletics}}</ref>
She won the bronze medal in the women's shot put event at the 2022 World Athletics Indoor Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia. In August 2022, Schilder won the gold medal in shot put at the European Athletics Championships.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://munich22results.european-athletics.com/resECM2022/pdf/ECM2022/ATH/ECM2022_ATH_C73S_ATHWSHOTPUT-----------FNL---------.pdf|title=Final results|access-date=18 August 2022|archive-date=15 August 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220815195949/https://munich22results.european-athletics.com/resECM2022/pdf/ECM2022/ATH/ECM2022_ATH_C73S_ATHWSHOTPUT-----------FNL---------.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> She won the bronze medal at the 2022 World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon, with a national record throw of 19.77 metres.<ref>{{cite web|accessdate=26 April 2025|url= https://worldathletics.org/results/world-athletics-championships/2022/world-athletics-championships-oregon-2022-7137279/women/shot-put/final/result|website=World Athletics|title=World Athletics Championships |date=16 July 2022}}</ref>
Schilder won the gold medal in the shot put at the 2024 European Athletics Championships in Rome, Italy.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.watchathletics.com/page/5614/women-shot-put-results-european-athletics-championships-2024|website=Watch Athletics|accessdate=26 April 2025|title= Women Shot Put Results - European Athletics Championships 2024|date=7 June 2024}}</ref> She competed at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, France, placing sixth in the women's shot put final.<ref>{{cite web|website=Watch Athletics|accessdate=28 August 2024|title= Women's Shot Put Results - Paris Olympic Games 2024 Athletics|url=https://www.watchathletics.com/page/5859/women-s-shot-put-results-paris-olympic-games-2024-athletics |date=9 August 2024}}</ref>
She won the gold medal in the shot put at the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Apeldoorn.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.watchathletics.com/page/6429/women-s-shot-put-results-european-athletics-indoor-championships-2025|website=Watch Athletics|accessdate=26 April 2025|title= Women's Shot Put Results - European Athletics Indoor Championships 2025|date=9 March 2025}}</ref> She was the silver medalist in shot put at the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Nanjing, China in March 2025, and the gold medalist at the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.watchathletics.com/page/6481/women-s-shot-put-results-world-athletics-indoor-championships-2025|website=Watch Athletics|accessdate=26 April 2025|title= Women's Shot Put Results - World Athletics Indoor Championships 2025|date=23 March 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-09-20 |title=2025 World Athletics Championships Results - Women’s Shot Put |url=https://worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-championships/tokyo25/results/women/shot-put/final/results |access-date=2025-09-20 |website=World Athletics}}</ref>
In March 2026, she equalled her own national record of 20.69 metres at the ISTAF Indoor meeting in Berlin.<ref name=":03">{{Cite web |date=6 March 2026 |title=World leads for Szymański and Schilder in Berlin |url=https://worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-indoor-tour/news/istaf-indoor-berlin-szymanski-schilder |access-date=6 March 2026 |website=World Athletics}}</ref>
==Personal bests== ;Outdoor<ref>{{cite web |title=2025 Xiamen Diamond League - Women's Diamond - Shot put results |url=https://ps-cache-next.ath.swisstiming.com/node/binaryData/ATH_PROD/XIAMEN_2025/PDF_ATHWSHOTPUT-DIAMOND---FNL-000100--_C73I2.PDF?h=JegeWBZJ80Roo9o5xyBOIfD0M7TkbQVzWV2DsXWRjSE= |website=Diamond League |access-date=26 April 2025 |date=26 April 2025 }}{{Dead link|date=February 2026 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }}</ref> *Shot put – 21.09 m {{AthAbbr|NR|Dutch}} (Shanghai 16 May 2026) ;Indoor<ref name="WAprofile"/> *Shot put - 20.69 m {{AthAbbr|i}} {{AthAbbr|NR|Dutch}} (Apeldoorn 9 March 2025, Berlin 6 March 2026)
==International competitions== {| class="wikitable" |+Results representing the {{NED}} |- !scope="col"|Year !scope="col"|Competition !scope="col"|Location !scope="col"|Position !scope="col"|Result !scope="col"|Notes |- !scope="row"|2016 !scope="row"|World U20 Championships |rowspan=1|Bydgoszcz, Poland |style="text-align:center"|12th |14.34 m | |- !scope="row"|2017 !scope="row"|European U20 Championships |rowspan=1|Grosseto, Italy |style="text-align:center"|5th |15.99 m | |- !scope="row"|2018 !scope="row"|World U20 Championships |rowspan=1|Tampere, Finland |style="text-align:center"|N/A |{{AthAbbr|NM}} | |- !scope="rowgroup" rowspan=2|2019 !scope="row" rowspan=1|European Throwing Cup (U23) |rowspan=1|Šamorín, Slovakia |style="text-align:center"|12th |16.18 m | |- !scope="row" rowspan=1|European U23 Championships |rowspan=1|Gävle, Sweden |style="text-align:center"|5th |16.51 m | |- !scope="rowgroup" rowspan=4|2021 !scope="row" rowspan=1|European Indoor Championships |Toruń, Poland |style="text-align:center"|5th |18.69 m | |- !scope="row" style="text-align:center"|European Team Championships, 1st League |Cluj-Napoca, Romania |style="text-align:center"|5th |16.42 m | |- !scope="row"|European U23 Championships |Tallinn, Estonia |style="text-align:center" bgcolor=gold|1st |18.11 m | |- !scope="row"|Olympic Games |Tokyo, Japan |style="text-align:center"|19th (q) |17.74 m | |- !scope="rowgroup" rowspan=4|2022 !scope="row" rowspan=1|European Throwing Cup |rowspan=1|Leiria, Portugal |style="text-align:center" bgcolor=silver|2nd |18.89 m |style="text-align:center"|{{AthAbbr|NR}} |- !scope="row" rowspan=1|World Indoor Championships |rowspan=1|Belgrade, Serbia |style="text-align:center" bgcolor=cc9966|3rd |19.48 m | |- !scope="row" rowspan=1|World Championships |rowspan=1|Eugene, United States |style="text-align:center" bgcolor=cc9966|3rd |19.77 m |style="text-align:center"|{{AthAbbr|NR}} |- !scope="row" rowspan=1|European Championships |rowspan=1|Munich, Germany |style="text-align:center" bgcolor=gold|1st |20.24 m |style="text-align:center"|{{AthAbbr|NR}} |- !scope="rowgroup" rowspan=2|2023 !scope="row"|European Indoor Championships |Istanbul, Turkey |style="text-align:center"|5th |18.29 m | |- !scope="row" rowspan=1|World Championships |rowspan=1|Budapest, Hungary |style="text-align:center"|8th |19.26 m | |- !scope="rowgroup" rowspan=3|2024 !scope="row" rowspan=1|World Indoor Championships |Glasgow, United Kingdom |style="text-align:center"|5th |19.37 m | |- !scope="row" rowspan=1|European Championships |rowspan=1|Rome, Italy |style="text-align:center" bgcolor=gold|1st |18.77 m | |- !scope="row"|Summer Olympics |Paris, France |style="text-align:center"|6th |18.91 m | |- !scope="rowgroup" rowspan="4"| 2025 !scope="row"| European Indoor Championships | Apeldoorn, Netherlands |style="text-align:center" bgcolor=gold| 1st | 20.69 m |style="text-align:center"| {{AthAbbr|NR}} |- !scope="row"| World Indoor Championships | Nanjing, China |style="text-align:center" bgcolor="silver"| 2nd | 20.07 m | |- !scope="rowgroup" style="text-align:center"| European Team Championships First Division |Madrid, Spain |style="text-align:center"| 1st | 20.14 m |style="text-align:center"| {{AthAbbr|CR}} |- !scope="row"| World Championships | Tokyo, Japan |style="text-align:center" bgcolor="gold"| 1st | 20.29 m | |- !scope="row"| 2026 !scope="row"| World Indoor Championships | Toruń, Poland |style="text-align:center" | 4th | 19.63 m | |}
===Circuit wins and titles===
*Diamond League shot put champion: 22x22px 2025 **2025: Xiamen, Monaco, Chorzów, Zürich **2026: Shanghai
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== {{Commons category}} * {{World Athletics|netherlands/jessica-schilder-14688805}} * {{Olympics.com|jessica-schilder}} * {{Olympedia}} * {{InterSportStats}} * {{TeamNL|jessica-schilder|old_id=6805-jessica-schilder}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20250524042526/https://www.atletiek.nl/atleten/jessica-schilder/ Jessica Schilder] at Atletiek.nl (archived) {{in lang|nl}}
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