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Born | 30 November 1997 | ||||||||||||||
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Country | Netherlands | ||||||||||||||
Sport | Track and field | ||||||||||||||
Event | Sprints | ||||||||||||||
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Elvis Afrifa (born 30 November 1997) is a Dutch sprinter who represents the Netherlands at international competitions. [1]
Before competing in athletics he played football in Amsterdam. When he was 18 years old he became a member of athletics club AV'23 and ran in his first 100 metres race, in 10.8 seconds. Initially coached by Els van Noorduijn, he moved to Papendal where he trained with Rogier Ummels. [2] He then had a hamstring tear which took time to recover. [2]
He was part of the 4 × 100 metres relay team at the 2022 World Athletics Championships, but didn't compete. [2] [3] He ran at the 2022 European Athletics Championships in the 4 × 100 metres relay event finishing fourth. [4]
In 2022, he won the 4 x 100 metres relay at the Diamond League in Stockholm. [1]
Jamile Samuel is a Dutch athlete sprinter, who specialises in the 100 and 200 metres. She won three bronze medals at the 2010 World Junior Championships in Athletics, thus establishing herself as the third-fastest female runner under the age of 20 in the world. She won a gold medal with the Dutch women's 4 × 100 m relay team at the 2016 European Championships in Amsterdam.
Dafne Schippers is a Dutch retired track and field athlete who competed in sprinting and the combined events. She holds the European record in the 200 metres with a time of 21.63 seconds, making her the sixth-fastest woman of all time at this distance. She also holds the Dutch records in the 100 metres and long jump, and shares the Dutch records in the 60 metres indoor and 4 × 100 metres relay.
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