Van Klinken Defends Discus National Title
Van Klinken Earns Heather Farr Award at Wings of Gold ceremony
Van Klinken Wins NCAA Indoor Shot Title
Van Klinken Wins NCAA Discus Title
Van Klinken Shatters Dutch Discus Record
Van Klinken is Olympic-Bound in Discus After World-Leading Throw
Van Klinken Named Pac-12 Women's Field Athlete of the Year
Van Klinken Claims Gold at Pac-12 Championships
TFRRS Page
All-America Honors
2022 CoSIDA Academic All-Amercan + Academic All-America Team Member of the Year
2022 NCAA discus (champion)
2022 NCAA outdoor shoot put (First team, 2nd place)
2022 NCAA indoor shot put champion
2021 CoSIDA Academic All-American
2021 discus (Champion)
2021 outdoor shot put (second team, 12th place)
2021 indoor shot put (First team, 3rd Place)
ASU Honors
Awarded the Heather Farr Student-Athlete Award
In 1994 the Heather Farr Award was established to recognize the female student-athlete who best combines academics, athletics, sportsmanship, and a commitment to the community while maintaining a minimum 3.0 GPA. The Heather Farr Award was named in honor of one of the most successful female student-athletes in school history who died in November 1993 after a long, valiant fight against breast cancer.
Marks in ASU Top-10
Indoor - Shot Put - 19.08m/62-7.25 (2nd)
Outdoor - Discus Throw - 70.22m/230-4 (1st)
Outdoor - Shot Put - 18.45m (60-6.50) (3rd)
Conference Honors
2022 Pac-12 Women's Field Athlete of the Year
2022 Pac-12 Shot Put and Discus Champion
2021 Pac-12 Women's Discus Champion
2021 Pac-12 Women's Field Athlete of the Year
2x Pac-12 Athlete of the Week (April 26, 2022 | March 25, 2021)
USTFCCCA Honors
2022 The Bowerman watch list
2021 The Bowerman semi-finalist
2022 Indoor West Region Women's Field Athlete of the Year
2021 Outdoor West Region Women's Field Athlete of the Year
Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games
Discus, 14th overall, did not advance out of qualifying (61.15m/200.62 feet)
2021-22 Indoor
2020-21 Outdoor
Personal: Came to ASU winter 2020 after completing her undergrad back hom ein the Netherlands...Two-time international gold medalist in the shot put, winning the shot put title in both the U23 European Throw Cup and the European U20 Championships in 2019. Van Klinken has represented her country in seven tournaments since 2016 and have finished in the top-3 five times.
Van Klinken Earns Heather Farr Award at Wings of Gold ceremony
Van Klinken Wins NCAA Indoor Shot Title
Van Klinken Wins NCAA Discus Title
Van Klinken Shatters Dutch Discus Record
Van Klinken is Olympic-Bound in Discus After World-Leading Throw
Van Klinken Named Pac-12 Women's Field Athlete of the Year
Van Klinken Claims Gold at Pac-12 Championships
| Jordinde van Klinken Top Marks | ||
| OUTDOOR | MARK | YEAR |
| Shot Put | 18.45m (60-6.5) | 2022 UA Desert Heat Classic |
| Discus Throw | 70.22m (230-4) | 2021 USATF Throwers Classic |
| INDOOR | MARK | YEAR |
| Shot Put | 19.08m/62-7.25 | 2022 NCAA Indoor Championships |
TFRRS Page
All-America Honors
2022 CoSIDA Academic All-Amercan + Academic All-America Team Member of the Year
2022 NCAA discus (champion)
2022 NCAA outdoor shoot put (First team, 2nd place)
2022 NCAA indoor shot put champion
2021 CoSIDA Academic All-American
2021 discus (Champion)
2021 outdoor shot put (second team, 12th place)
2021 indoor shot put (First team, 3rd Place)
ASU Honors
Awarded the Heather Farr Student-Athlete Award
In 1994 the Heather Farr Award was established to recognize the female student-athlete who best combines academics, athletics, sportsmanship, and a commitment to the community while maintaining a minimum 3.0 GPA. The Heather Farr Award was named in honor of one of the most successful female student-athletes in school history who died in November 1993 after a long, valiant fight against breast cancer.
Marks in ASU Top-10
Indoor - Shot Put - 19.08m/62-7.25 (2nd)
Outdoor - Discus Throw - 70.22m/230-4 (1st)
Outdoor - Shot Put - 18.45m (60-6.50) (3rd)
Conference Honors
2022 Pac-12 Women's Field Athlete of the Year
2022 Pac-12 Shot Put and Discus Champion
2021 Pac-12 Women's Discus Champion
2021 Pac-12 Women's Field Athlete of the Year
2x Pac-12 Athlete of the Week (April 26, 2022 | March 25, 2021)
USTFCCCA Honors
2022 The Bowerman watch list
2021 The Bowerman semi-finalist
2022 Indoor West Region Women's Field Athlete of the Year
2021 Outdoor West Region Women's Field Athlete of the Year
Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games
Discus, 14th overall, did not advance out of qualifying (61.15m/200.62 feet)
2021-22 Indoor
- Won the NCAA indoor shot put title with a 19.08m/62-7.25 third-round throw in Birmingham, Alabama. Mark was a quarter-inch away from Maggie Ewen's program record. She won hours after teammate Turner Washington won his own NCAA indoor shot title.
- Won gold at two out of the three regular-season indoor shot meets she attended. Her 18.88m/61-11.5 throw Jan. 29 at the New Mexico Team Open was a new overall PR by over three feet. The throw was good for second in the NCAA and qualified her for the NCAA Indoor Championships.
- While the Pac-12 doesn't have an official indoor track and field championships, Van Klinken's 17.91m/58-9.25 throw at the Pac-12 Invitational (Feb. 25-26) won the conference meet.
2020-21 Outdoor
- Earned a spot on The Bowerman watchlist and peaked as a semifinalist for the award.
- Won the 2021 NCAA discus crown when she threw 65.01m/213-3 on her sixth throw of the day after sitting in second since round one. Picked up first team All-America honors in the process.
- Also earned second team All-America honors for her 12th place finish in the shot put two days prior.
- Qualified for the NCAA Championships after taking fourth in the shot (17.67m/57-11.75) and first in the discus (64.44m/211-5) at the NCAA West Prelims. Discus mark was a facility record, outdoor collegiate PR, and extended her NCAA lead. Shot mark ranks 12th in the NCAA heading into the national meet.
- Improved both her shot put (18.06m/ 59-3) and discus PRs (70.22m/230-4) at the 2021 USATF Throwers Classic. Discus mark leads the world by four feet and set a new Dutch record by 20 feet. Competed unattached so her discus mark is not a collegiate record but is recognized as the new ASU program record. Shot mark is fifth all-time at ASU.
- Discus mark surpassed the IAAF standard so Jorinde will represent the Netherlands in the 2021 Tokyo Olympics.
- Set a personal best 57.74m/189'5" in the discus throw at the Willie Williams Classic/Dave Murray Distance Classic, etching her name in the No. 5 spot in the ASU record book for the event
- Took gold medal honors in the shot put at the GCU Invitational.
- Earned first team All-America honors after finishing third in the shot put at the NCAA Division I Indoor National Championships (17,56m/57' 7.5").
- Took second with a personal best 17.76m in the shot put at the Championships at the Peak, moving her to fourth in the ASU record book.
- Finished in the top-two in every event she competed in.
Personal: Came to ASU winter 2020 after completing her undergrad back hom ein the Netherlands...Two-time international gold medalist in the shot put, winning the shot put title in both the U23 European Throw Cup and the European U20 Championships in 2019. Van Klinken has represented her country in seven tournaments since 2016 and have finished in the top-3 five times.
| If you could have dinner with anyone from any era, who would it be and where? |
Someone 200 years from now
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| One word to describe the feeling of putting on the ASU uniform for the first time: |
Still to happen
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| You have a chance to pick the brain of any coach of any sport for one hour....who is it? |
The coach of Daniel Stahl
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| The most upset you have ever been in a game was: |
World U20 Championships 2018 discus final
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| The happiest you have ever been in a game: |
National U20 Championships 2019 in which I threw the Doha WC standard
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| You have a chance to go watch one past sporting event live (any sport)...what are you going to? |
Rewatch Men's Shot Put in Doha
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| You need a walk-up song, what is it? |
Can't hold us by Macklemore
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| What do you like best about your hometown? |
How everybody is so down-to-earth
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| A movie you have watched more than once and will watch again: |
Durante la tormenta
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| Past Sun Devil (any sport) you wish you could have watched compete: |
Ria Stalman
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| Favorite song from your favorite artist? |
Where is the love from the Black Eyed Peas
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| What is one of your favorite quotes? |
If the whole world was blind, how many people would you impress?
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| What chore do you absolutely hate doing? |
Cleaning
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| What is your favorite form of exercise? |
Long jumping
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| Who has been the biggest influence on your career? |
My dad and high school coach
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| If you could witness any event past, present or future, what would it be? |
Fired up, ready to go speech by Obama
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| If you could learn to do anything, what would it be? |
Playing the piano
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| If you could meet anyone, past or present, who would it be? |
The Obama family
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| What did you do growing up that got you into trouble? |
I mean, what to pick... haha
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| What story does your family always tell about you? |
How I was on the train as a two year old and said 'wow that man is fat daddy', but the man wasn't fat at all and he could laugh about it. And just in general how I talked like a granny at 2 years old with basically everyone I saw.
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| What's your favorite TV show and why? |
Married at first sight, I am a bit of a hopeless romantic hahah
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| If you were a character on a TV show, which one would you be |
The one with all the crazy ideas that no one wants to agree with
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| If someone wrote a book about your life, what would they title it? |
How to be the clumsiest Olympic athlete ever
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| Name one thing about yourself that most people don't know: |
Long jump is my favorite event, and my 5.85m from last year is still one of my proudest moments
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| If you had to watch one show for the rest of your life, it would be: |
Vis a vis
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| A Sun Devil "story" that has put a lump in your throat: |
Don't know any yet
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| Game/event where you learned the most from? |
First World U20 Championships in 2016, Bydgoszcz
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| If you could live during any time period when/where would it be and why? |
I would like to live forever
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| What is the most important thing that a parent/grandparent taught you? |
To always make your own choices and be yourself
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| What was the single-biggest challenge of your life? |
Full time school + athlete in Europe
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| What is your favorite road trip destination? |
Probably some place in the U.S. still to discover
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| What toppings do you get on your pizza? |
Just pineapple
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| Favorite pro athlete you have been around... |
Dafne Schippers
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| Most underrated coach you have been around... |
My high school coach
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| Past Sun Devil game/event you wish you would have been there live to see... |
I don't know sorry
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| What you know now that you wish you knew in high school... |
How to do physics
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| Typically, I am in bed and lights are out at... |
1.30AM
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| Last book I read: |
The Culture Map
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| Last movie I saw: |
Now you see me 2
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| What was the first concert you ever attended? |
Racoon (Dutch band)
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| The most played song on my phone (spotify, ipod, etc.) is: |
Mafiosa by Lartiste
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| My favorite month: |
July when all the championships are
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| Something I have not done, but I will... |
Hopefully win an Olympic medal in both shot and discus
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| What is your favorite holiday and why? |
Summer break, because that is the only holiday warm enough here
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| What three words would you use to describe yourself? |
Direct/open, quirky, determined
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| If you could be on any game show, which show would you choose? |
A Dutch one: Who is the Mole?
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| What is the most useful app you have downloaded? |
Social Deal
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| What is your best childhood memory? |
Always lighting fires to bake little breads and canoeing on vacation
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| You have just won the lottery, what is your first purchase? |
Plane tickets to travel the world
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| What is your favorite sport to watch? |
Volleyball
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| What is your favorite food? |
Banana bread with fruits and yoghurt in South Africa
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| What is your favorite restaurant? |
Mexican
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| What is your favorite candy? |
Snack 'n Jacks (only thing I could think of I eat and is not just Dutch)
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| What do you miss the most about being a kid? |
Seeing my friends all the time and all the games we played
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| What is the hardest thing that you have ever done? |
I think overcoming the breakup with the man I thought I'd marry
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| One sentence to describe your family... |
They are there for me and support me no matter what
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| What is a place that you have always wanted to visit? |
New Zealand
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| My dream job is: |
Olympic Athlete with a medal in 2 events (after Innovation Manager to create new medicine)
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| What is the most exciting game you've been a part of: |
Doha 2020 World Championships
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| An initiative/movement that means a lot to me is: |
The #MeToo movement
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