Maayke Tjin-A-Lim

Maayke Tjin-A-Lim (born 10 January 1998) is a Dutch track and field athlete who competes over sprint hurdles.

Maayke Tjin-A-Lim
Maayke Tjin-A-Lim in 2017
Personal information
NationalityDutch
Born (1998-01-10) 10 January 1998
Sport
SportTrack and Field
Event(s)60 m hurdles
100 m hurdles
Achievements and titles
Highest world rankingNo. 40 (100 m hurdles)[1]
Personal best(s)
  • 60 m hurdles: 8.00 i (2023)
  • 100 m hurdles: 12.66 (2023)

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.[2] In doing so she set a new personal best time of 8.21 seconds.[3]

In May 2022, she also set a new personal best time over 100 m hurdles, running 13.16.[4] At the end of May 2022 Tjin A-Lim lowered her personal best again, to 13.02 in Manchester.[5] 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.[6]

In January 2023, racing indoors in Luxembourg she set a new personal best over 60 m hurdles of 8.00.[7] 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.[8]

Personal life

Tjin-A-Lim has discussed overcoming the eating disorder bulimia early in her career.[9]

Achievements

Information from her World Athletics profile unless otherwise noted.[1]

Personal bests

International competitions
Representing the  Netherlands
YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventTimeNotes
2013 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival Utrecht, Netherlands 5th 100 m hurdles 14.11 s
2017 European U20 Championships Grosseto, Italy 10th (sf)[10] 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 Instanbul, Turkey 8th 60 m hurdles 8.09 s
World Championships Budapest, Hungary 22nd (sf) 100 m hurdles 13.05 s

References
  1. "Maayke TJIN-A-LIM", World Athletics, 2023. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
  2. "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.
  3. "Sedney and Tjin A-Lim at the World Cup further on 60m hurdles, sprinter Van Gool ill". nos.nl. 19 March 2022.
  4. "Hurdle runner Maayke Tjin A-Lim clocks new personal best in Greece". nhnieuws.nl. 21 May 2022. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
  5. "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.
  6. "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.
  7. "De Smet highlights CMCM Indoor Meeting with a breakthrough 1:45.04 800m". European-athletics. 22 January 2023. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
  8. "Women's 100m Hurdles Results: World Athletics Championships 2023". World Athletics. Retrieved 23 August 2023.
  9. "Successor of Nadine Visser is ready: Maayke Tjin A-Lim 'new kid in the blocks'". taketonews.com. 11 May 2022. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
  10. "European Athletics U20 Championships – Final Results Book" (archived), European Athletics Association, 2017. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
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