Marissa Damink

Marissa Damink

Personal information
Nationality	Dutch
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]

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

Switching to cross country running, she became Dutch champion in December 2024, and participated in the mixed relay at the 2024 European Cross Country Championships. The Dutch team finished 4th.

In February 2025, she was runner-up at the Dutch Indoor Athletics Championships over 3000 metres. ^{[9] [10]} She was selected for the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Apeldoorn in the 1500 metres. ^[11]

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). ^[12]

References

1. "Marissa Damink". World Athletics. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
2. "Sprint titles at the National Indoor Championships for Bouju and Seedo, Koster's European Championship ticket at 1,500 meters". nos.nl. February 18, 2023. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
3. "European Athletics Indoor Championships 2023 Women's 1500m Results". Watch Athletics. 4 March 2023. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
4. Piest, Tijn (September 28, 2023). "Marissa Damink ambitious for the World Cup: 'Wants to set a tight Dutch record'". Hardloopnetwerk.nl. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
5. "American Hobbs Kessler and Diribe Welteji Win World Athletics Road Mile Rac". Runners Gazette. 1 October 2023. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
6. "Athlete Marissa Damink in the best shape of her life: 'Title at 3000 meters above my expectations'". bd.nl. 23 February 2024. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
7. "The athletes of #iloverun Athletic Terni shine at the National Meeting in Rovereto and at the International Meeting in Modena". umbria7.it. 2 May 2024. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
8. "Beste vorm ooit en toch tegenvaller voor Marissa Damink, meevaller". gooieneemlander.nl. 7 June 2024. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
9. "Records sneuvelen op Haagse atletiekbaan, vrouwen Sprint pakken glimmend brons". bndestem.nl. 23 Feb 2025. Retrieved 23 Feb 2025.
10. Roeske, Eric (February 23, 2025). "Dutch world-class athletes shine at National Indoor Championships". hardloopnetwerk.nl. Retrieved 25 Feb 2025.
11. "46 TeamNL atleten in actie tijdens EK Indoor Atletiek in Apeldoorn". Atletiek.nl. February 25, 2025. Retrieved 25 Feb 2025.
12. ""Full-time sport? That's a slightly scary prospect"". tue.nl. 2 October 2019. Retrieved 19 June 2024.