It has been yet another staggering season for Femke Bol who amassed yet another unbeaten season in the 400m hurdles and became just the second woman in history to win back-to-back titles in the 400m hurdles at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo.
Bol also became the woman in history to be crowned women's European Athlete of the Year on three occasions. But how does her 2025 season shape up by the numbers?
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Average winning margin in 2025. Bol went unbeaten in nine 400m hurdles finals in 2025, averaging a huge winning margin of 1.27 seconds across her nine races. Her biggest winning margin was 2.26 seconds in Budapest and her smallest was 0.54 at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo
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European Athlete of the Year accolades. Bol became the first woman in history to be crowned European Athlete of the Year three times since the inception of the award in 1993. Bol also won this accolade in 2022 and 2023 and was also crowned women’s Rising Star in 2021
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Sub-52 second clockings in 2025. Bol finishes 2025 with the three fastest 400m hurdles performances and 10 of the 13 fastest times this season
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Successive European Athletics Team Championships victories. Bol won maximum points for the Netherlands in the 400m for the third successive time in Madrid, breaking her championship record once again with a 49.48 clocking for victory over Poland's European champion Natalia Bukowiecka
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Major medals won in 2025. After anchoring the Netherlands to gold medals in the 4x400m and inaugural mixed 4x400m on home soil at the European Athletics Indoor Championships, Bol retained her world 400m hurdles title at the World Championships and picked up medals in both relays either side of her individual triumph
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Fastest 400m hurdles performances in history in Europe. After 2025, Bol has possession of the 21 fastest times on the European all-time 400m hurdles list and is the only European to have broken the 51 second-barrier and the 52 second-barrier
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Major medals won so far. Including relays, the 25-year-old has amassed an incredible and astonishing 27 medals from major events:
- 4 Olympic medals
- 7 World Championships medals
- 6 European Championships medals
- 4 World Indoor Championships medals
- 6 European Indoor Championships medals
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Diamond League victories. Since 2020, Bol has notched up 30 victories in the Diamond League: 29 in the 400m hurdles and one in the 400m. Bol has also won five successive Diamond League titles in the 400m hurdles
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Average time in 2025. Across her nine 400m hurdles finals, Bol averaged a phenomenal 52.11, a time which is faster than the previous European record and former world record of 52.34 set by Yuliya Pechonkina in 2003