Tasa Jiya
Dutch athlete (born 1997)
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Tasa Jiya (Dutch: [ˈtaːsaː ˈdʑijaː]; 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.[2]
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| Nationality | Dutch | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 16 September 1997 Utrecht, Netherlands | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Track and Field | ||||||||||||||||||||
Events | 60 m, 100 m, 200 m | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal bests | 60 m: 7.25 (2024) 100 m: 11.22 (2024) 200 m: 22.62 (2024) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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.[3]
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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.[4] In 2023, she became the Dutch national champion over 200 metres, in a field which included Femke Bol.[5] She won in a new personal best time of 22.77 seconds.[6]
Jiya 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.[7][8]
Jiya ran as part of the Dutch 4 × 100 m relay team which qualified for the 2024 Paris Olympics at the 2024 World Relays Championships in Nassau, Bahamas.[9] The following month she finished sixth in the 200m at the 2024 BAUHAUS-galan Diamond League event in Stockholm.[10]
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.[11] 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.[12][13]
In June 2024, she won the Dutch national 200 meters title in Hengelo in a personal best 22.62 seconds.[14] She competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris over 200 metres, reaching the semi-finals.[15] She also competed in the 4 × 100 m relay at the Games.[16]
Personal life
Jiya gave birth to a daughter, Amáru, in 2018.[17]
Personal bests
Information from Jiya's World Athletics profile unless otherwise noted.[2]
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 | ||||
| Olympic Games | Paris, France | 19th (sf) | 200 m | 22.81 | ||
| 7th | 4 × 100 m relay | 42.74 |
