Diane van Es

Diane van Es (born 22 March 1999) is a Dutch middle- and long-distance runner. She won the silver medal in the 10,000 metres at the 2024 European Championships and the bronze medal in the 5000 metres at the 2021 European Under-23 Championships.

Van Es is the Dutch record holder for the 10 km road race. She won four national titles (5000 m, 10 km).

Career
Diane Van Es competed internationally at youth level, winning the 3000 metres at the 2015 European Youth Olympic Festival held in Tbilisi, and placing 12th in that event at the 2017 European Under-20 Championships in Grosseto two years later.

In 2019, she represented Netherlands in the 5000 metres final at the European U23 Championships held in Gävle and was part of the gold medal-winning women's U23 Dutch team at the European Cross Country Championships in Lisbon.

Van Es established herself in the senior ranks with a 5000 m win at the 2020 Dutch Athletics Championships.

On 29 May 2021, she set a 5000 m personal best of 15:07.52 during the Next Generation Athletics meeting in Nijmegen, which qualified her for the postponed 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

She won the silver medal in the 10,000 metres at the 2024 European Championships in Rome on 11 June 2024, running a personal best time of 30:57.24.

Achievements
All information from World Athletics profile.

Personal bests

 * 1500 metres – 4:09.74 (Pfungstadt 2022)
 * 1500 metres indoor – 4:14.81 (Dortmund 2022)
 * 3000 metres – 8:49.55 (Chorzów 2022)
 * 3000 metres indoor – 9:01.32 (Apeldoorn 2021)
 * 5000 metres – 15:07.52 (Nijmegen 2021)
 * 10,000 metres – 30:57.24 (Rome 2024)
 * Road
 * 5 kilometres – 15:54 (Vienna 2021)
 * 10 kilometres – 30.29 (Schoorl 2023) 
 * 10 miles – 54:44 (Amsterdam 2022)
 * Half marathon – 1:10:50 (Breda 2022)

National titles

 * Dutch Athletics Championships
 * 5000 metres: 2020, 2022, 2024
 * Dutch 10 km Championships
 * 10 km: 2023