Marissa Damink

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Marissa Damink
Personal information
NationalityDutch
Born (1995-10-24) 24 October 1995 (age 29)
Sport
Sport Athletics
Event Middle distance running
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)800m: 2:01.42 (Leuven, 2024)
1500m: 4:04.37 (Zagreb, 2024)
Mile: 4:30.3 (Dusseldorf, 2024)
3000m: 9:02.44 (Apeldoorn, 2024)
Nat.champ.1500m indoor 2022, 2024
Nat.champ.1500m 2023, 2024
Nat.champ.3000m indoor 2024
Nat.champ. short cross 2024
European record road mile (Dusseldorf, 2024)

Marissa Damink (born 24 October 1995) is a Dutch middle distance runner. She has won multiple Dutch national titles over 1500 metres. [1]

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Career

In February 2022, she won the Dutch Athletics Indoor Championships in Apeldoorn over 1500 metres. the following year, defending her title at the same event she was runner-up to Maureen Koster. [2] In March 2023, she competed in the European Athletics Indoor Championships in Istanbul over 1500 metres. [3]

In June 2023, she finished tenth in the 1500 metres at the European Team Championships in Silesia. In July 2023, she won the Dutch Athletics Championships 1500 metres in Breda. [4] She finished tenth in the road mile at the 2023 World Athletics Road Running Championships in Riga. [5]

In February 2024, she won the Dutch Athletics Indoor Championship titles in Appeldoorn both over 1500 metres and 3000 metres. [6] In May 2024, she lowered her personal best for the 1500 metres to 4:04.84 in Modena, Italy. [7] In June 2024, she competed at the European Athletics Championships in Rome. [8]

In september, Marissa set a women's European best of 4:30.3 on the Road Mile in Dusseldorf.

Switching to cross country, Marissa became Dutch champion in december 2025, and participated in the mixed relay at the European Championships cross country. The Dutch team finished 4th.

Personal life

From Enschede, she was a keen hockey player before focusing on athletics. She attended Eindhoven University of Technology where she studied Humam Technology Interaction (psychology and technology). [9]

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