Tasa Jiya
![]() Tasa Jiya in 2016 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Nationality | Dutch | ||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1997-09-16) 16 September 1997 (age 26) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | |||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Track and Field | ||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | 60 m, 100 m, 200 m | ||||||||||||||||||||
Achievements and titles | |||||||||||||||||||||
Personal best(s) | 60 m: 7.25 (2024) 100 m: 11.22 (2024) 200 m: 22.62 (2024) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Tasa Jiya (Dutch: [ˈtaːaː ˈɟijaː]; born 16 September 1997) is a Dutch track and field athlete who competes as a sprinter. In 2023, she became the Dutch national champion over 200 metres. She won a bronze medal in the women's 4 x 100 metres relay at the 2024 European Athletics Championships.[1]
Career
As a junior athlete, Jiya won nine national youth titles and in 2013 won gold in the 200 meters at the European Youth Olympic Festival. She had a career break after being an unused reserve for the Dutch relay team at the 2016 Olympic Games.[2]
In 2021, after returning to athletics, Jiya ran a new personal best time in the 100 metres of 11.58 seconds, and a new personal best time of 23.19 seconds in the 200 meters at a gala in Grootebroek.[3] In 2023, she became the Dutch national champion over 200 metres, in a field which included Femke Bol.[4] She won in a new personal best time of 22.77 seconds.[5]
She was selected for the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest in August 2023, where she qualified for the semi finals of the 200 metres where she ran a new personal best of 22.67 seconds.[6][7]
She ran as part of the Dutch 4x100m relay team which qualified for the 2024 Paris Olympics at the 2024 World Relays Championships in Nassau, Bahamas.[8] The following month she finished sixth in the 200m at the 2024 BAUHAUS-galan Diamond League event in Stockholm.[9]
Competing over 200 metres at the 2024 European Championships in Rome in June 2024, she finished fifth in the final having run 22.90 seconds.[10] Later on in the championships, she won a bronze medal running the anchor leg for the Dutch team in the 4 x 100 metres relay.[11][12]
In June 2024, she won the Dutch national 200 meters title in Hengelo in a personal best 22.62 seconds.[13]
Personal life
She gave birth to a daughter, Amáru, in 2018.[14]
Personal bests
Information from her World Athletics profile unless otherwise noted.[1]
Individual events
Type | Event | Time (s) | Venue | Date |
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Indoor | 60 metres | 7.25 i | Apeldoorn, Netherlands | 27 January 2024 |
10 February 2024 | ||||
Outdoor | 100 metres | 11.22 | Hengelo, Netherlands | 29 June 2024 |
200 metres | 22.62 | Hengelo, Netherlands | 30 June 2024 |
Team events
Type | Event | Time (s) | Venue | Date | Notes |
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Outdoor | 4 x 100 metres relay | 42.38 | London, United Kingdom | 23 July 2023 | Teamed with N'ketia Seedo, Marije van Hunenstijn, and Jamile Samuel. Jiya ran the anchor leg. |
Competition results
International competitions
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Time | Notes |
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2014 | World Junior Championships | Eugene, United States | 8th (h) | 4 × 100 m relay | 45.29 | |
2015 | European Junior Championships | Eskilstuna, Sweden | 4th (sf) | 100 m | 11.94 | |
6th | 200 m | 23.69 | ||||
– (f) | 4 × 100 m relay | DNF | ||||
2016 | World Junior Championships | Bydgoszcz, Poland | 3rd (sf) | 200 m | 23.72 | |
– (h) | 4 × 100 m relay | DNF | ||||
2023 | European Games | Chorzów, Poland | 1st | 4 x 100 m relay | 42.61 | |
European Team Championships First Division | ||||||
World Championships | Budapest, Hungary | 14th (sf) | 200 m | 22.67 | PB | |
– (f) | 4 × 100 m relay | DNF | ||||
2024 | World Relays | Nassau, Bahamas | 6th | 4 × 100 m relay | 43.07 | |
European Championships | Rome, Italy | 5th | 200 m | 22.90 | ||
3rd | 4 × 100 m relay | 42.46 |
References
- ^ a b "Tasa Jiya". World Athletics. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
- ^ van Akerfeld, Erik (30 June 2023). "Since Tasa Jiya became a mother, she has really picked up speed". Volksrant.nl.
- ^ Van den Burge, Pauline (21 June 2021). "Tasa Jiya loopt persoonlijke records uit 2016 uit de boeken". Noordhollandsdagblad. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
- ^ Foster, Anthony (30 July 2023). "Femke Bol Faces First Defeat at Dutch Championships, Tasa Jiya Claims 200m Victory". Track Alerts. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
- ^ Goss, Symone (30 July 2023). "Femke Bol finishes second in 200m at Dutch National Track and Field Championships". World-track. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
- ^ "Women's 200m Results: World Athletics Championships 2023". Watch Athletics. 23 August 2023.
- ^ "World Athletics Championships Budapest: Sifan Hassan and Femke Bol Lead Strong Netherlands Team". Watch Athletics. 4 August 2023. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
- ^ "Women 4x100m Results - World Athletics Relays Championships 2024". World Athletics. 5 May 2024. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
- ^ Johnson, Robert (June 2, 2024). "2024 Stockholm Diamond League Results – 2024 Bauhaus Galan Results". Letsrun. Retrieved 3 June 2024.
- ^ "Women 200m Results - European Athletics Championships 2024". Watch Athletics. 11 June 2024. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
- ^ "Dutch sprint teams perform at the European Championships with silver and bronze on 4x100 meters". nos.nl. 12 June 2024. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
- ^ "11 gold medals! Tortu anchors Italy to 4x100m victory in Roma 2024". European Athletics. 13 June 2024. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
- ^ "National championships roundup - Fast times highlight the British and French Championships". European Athletics. 1 July 2024. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
- ^ Roesck, Erick (11 January 2019). "De snelste baby van Nederland". Telegraaf.nl. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
External links
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- Tasa Jiya at World Athletics
- Tasa Jiya at the Royal Dutch Athletics Federation (in Dutch)
- Tasa Jiya at Olympics.com
- Tasa Jiya at TeamNL (archive) (in Dutch)