en Rutger Koppelaar

Rutger Koppelaar
	Koppelaar at the 2018 European Championships
Personal information
Born	1 May 1993 (age 31); Dordrecht, the Netherlands
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	Pole vault
Club	ARV Ilion
Coached by	Robbert-Jan Jansen
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	5.81m (outdoors), 5.82m (indoors)

Rutger Koppelaar (Dutch: [ˈrʏtxər ˈkɔpəlaːr]; born 1 May 1993) is a Dutch athlete specialising in the pole vault.^[2] He represented his country at the 2019 World Championships in Doha without qualifying for the final. He qualified for the finals at the Europeans (Münich) in 2022 and got a 4th place with a height of 5.75m.

His personal bests in the event are 5.81m (outdoors, 2022) and 5.82m (indoors, 2023).

Koppelaar served a two year competition ban ending in July 2016 in relation to an anti-doping rule violation after testing positive for excessive testosterone at an event in Germany in May 2014.^[3]^[4] Koppelaar appealed the ruling, but was unsuccessful.^[5]

International competitions

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Notes
Representing the Netherlands
2012	World Junior Championships	Barcelona, Spain	20th (q)	4.95 m
2013	European U23 Championships	Tampere, Finland	19th (q)	5.20 m
2018	European Championships	Berlin, Germany	31st (q)	5.16 m
2019	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	23rd (q)	5.45 m
2022	World Championships	Eugene, United States	13th (q)	5.65 m
2022	European Championships	Munich, Germany	4th	5.75 m