Britt Weerman was born on 13 June 2003 in Assen, Netherlands. Initially, she trained in gymnastics from the age of six to thirteen when cartilage damage in her elbow joint forced her to stop. As of 2022, she studied commercial economics at the Johan Cruyff Academy.[4][5]
Youth and junior career
In 2020, at age 16/17, Weerman won Dutch under-18 titles in the high jump both indoors and outdoors and also claimed her first national senior titles, both indoors and outdoors.[2]
In July 2022, the 19-year-old set a Dutch national record of 1.95 m at a meeting in Ninove, Belgium, improving her personal best by 7 centimeters and beating Nadine Broersen' previous record by 1 centimetre.[7][8] In August, she won silver at the World U20 Championships staged in Cali, Colombia, clearing 1.93 m to finish second behind Karmen Bruus and ahead of Angelina Topić.[9] The same month, she placed fourth with the same result at the European Championships Munich 2022, this time behind Topić who also jumped 1.93 m securing the bronze medal on countback.[2]
Senior career
On 3 February 2023, Weerman broke by 3 centimeters Broersen's Dutch indoor record with a clearance of 1.96 m in Weinheim, Germany, her outright best.[3] She equalled this achievement at the European Indoor Championships held in March in Istanbul to take the silver medal behind Yaroslava Mahuchikh. It was the first medal for Dutch high jumper in almost fifty years, after Annemieke Bouma's bronze in 1975.[10]