Maayke Tjin-A-Lim in 2017 | |
Personal information | |
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Nationality | Dutch |
Born | (1998-01-10) 10 January 1998 (age 26) |
Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) |
Sport | |
Sport | Track and Field |
Event(s) | 60 m hurdles 100 m hurdles |
Achievements and titles | |
Highest world ranking | No. 40 (100 m hurdles) |
Personal bests |
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Maayke Tjin-A-Lim (pronounced [ˈmaːikə ˌtɕɪnaːˈlɪm]; born 10 January 1998) is a Dutch track and field athlete who competes over sprint hurdles.
Career
From Hoorn, Tjin-A-Lim runs for the athletics club AV Zaanland, based in Zaandam. In February 2022, she came third at the Dutch Indoor Championships over 60 m hurdles and qualified for the 2022 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Belgrade, where she reached the semi-finals. In doing so she set a new personal best time of 8.21 seconds.
In May 2022, she also set a new personal best time over 100 m hurdles, running 13.16. At the end of May 2022 Tjin A-Lim lowered her personal best again, to 13.02 in Manchester. In August 2022, Tjin-A-Lim competed in the 100 m hurdles at the 2022 European Athletics Championships in Munich, where she reached the semi-finals.
In January 2023, racing indoors in Luxembourg she set a new personal best over 60 m hurdles of 8.00. At the 2023 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Istanbul in March 2023, she successfully came through the heats and semi-final and qualified for the final.
In August 2023, she competed at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest and qualified for the semi-finals.
In February 2024, she won the Dutch indoor title in the 60 metres hurdles. She was selected for the 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Glasgow to compete in the 60 metres hurdles, where she qualified for the semi-finals.
She competed in the 100m hurdles at the 2024 Paris Olympics, reaching the semi-finals.
Personal life
Tjin-A-Lim has discussed overcoming the eating disorder bulimia early in her career.
Achievements
Information from her World Athletics profile unless otherwise noted.
Personal bests
- 100 metres hurdles: 12.66 s (La Chaux-de-Fonds, 2023)
- 60 metres hurdles: 8.00 s i (Luxembourg, 2023)
International competitions
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Time | Notes |
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2013 | European Youth Summer Olympic Festival | Utrecht, Netherlands | 5th | 100 m hurdles | 14.11 s | |
2017 | European U20 Championships | Grosseto, Italy | 10th (sf) | 100 m hurdles | 14.00 s | |
2022 | World Indoor Championships | Belgrade, Serbia | 19th (sf) | 60 m hurdles | 8.13 s | |
European Championships | Munich, Germany | 19th (sf) | 100 m hurdles | 13.21 s | ||
2023 | European Indoor Championships | Istanbul, Turkey | 8th | 60 m hurdles | 8.09 s | |
World Championships | Budapest, Hungary | 22nd (sf) | 100 m hurdles | 13.05 s | ||
2024 | World Indoor Championships | Glasgow, United Kingdom | 23rd (h) | 60 m hurdles | 8.10 s | |
European Championships | Rome, Italy | 20th (sf) | 100 m hurdles | 13.08 s | ||
Olympic Games | Paris, France | 21st (sf) | 100 m hurdles | 13.03 s |
Did not start in the semifinals
References
- "Tjin-A-Lim Maayke". olympics.com. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
- ^ "Maayke TJIN-A-LIM", World Athletics, 2023. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
- "Maayke Tjin A-Lim: 'The aim is to run the hurdles at the World Cup and European Championship'". Hardloopnetwerk.nl. 6 April 2022. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
- "Sedney and Tjin A-Lim at the World Cup further on 60m hurdles, sprinter Van Gool ill". nos.nl. 19 March 2022.
- "Hurdle runner Maayke Tjin A-Lim clocks new personal best in Greece". nhnieuws.nl. 21 May 2022. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
- "Maayke Tjin A-Lim expects an interesting battle on the hurdles: "Best saved for the Dutch Championship"". Taketonews.com. 23 June 2022. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
- "Drama evening for Menno Vloon at the European Athletics Championships and Maayke Tjin A-Lim qualifies for the semi-finals". nhnieuws.nl. 20 August 2022. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
- "De Smet highlights CMCM Indoor Meeting with a breakthrough 1:45.04 800m". European-athletics. 22 January 2023. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
- "Women's 100m Hurdles Results: World Athletics Championships 2023". World Athletics. Retrieved 23 August 2023.
- "Geerds in tweede Nederlandse tijd ooit naar titel 60 meter horden". Welingelichtekringen. 18 February 2024. Retrieved 3 March 2024.
- "Women's 60m hurdles Results - World Athletics Indoor Championships 2024". Watch Athletics. 3 March 2024. Retrieved 3 March 2024.
- "Women's 100m Hurdles Results - Paris Olympic Games 2024 Athletics". Watch Athletics. 10 August 2024. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
- "Successor of Nadine Visser is ready: Maayke Tjin A-Lim 'new kid in the blocks'". taketonews.com. 11 May 2022. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
- "European Athletics U20 Championships – Final Results Book" (archived), European Athletics Association, 2017. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
External links
- Maayke Tjin-A-Lim at World Athletics
- Maayke Tjin-A-Lim at Olympics.com
- Maayke Tjin-A-Lim at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics
- Maayke Tjin-A-Lim at TeamNL (archive) (in Dutch)
- Maayke Tjin-A-Lim at Atletiek.nl (in Dutch)
- 1998 births
- Dutch female hurdlers
- Dutch Athletics Championships winners
- Dutch Indoor Athletics Championships winners
- Living people
- Athletes from North Holland
- Dutch people of Surinamese descent
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes for the Netherlands
- 21st-century Dutch sportswomen