Maya Kingma

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Maya Kingma
Personal information
NationalityDutch
Born (1995-09-08) 8 September 1995 (age 27)
Breda, Netherlands [1]
Sport
Sport Triathlon

Maya Kingma (born 8 September 1995) is a Dutch triathlete. She represented the Netherlands at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo 2021, competing in triathlon. [2] She competed in the women's and mixed relay events. [3] [4]

Her achievements include winning the World Triathlon Series race in Leeds on 6 June 2021, and placing third in the race in Yokohama on 15 May 2021, thus ranking number 1 on the World Triathlon Championship Rankings per June 2021. [5]

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References

  1. "Maya Kingma". Tokyo 2020. Archived from the original on 26 July 2021. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
  2. "Maya Kingma". olympedia.org. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
  3. "Women's Triathlon Results" (PDF). 2020 Summer Olympics. Archived (PDF) from the original on 27 July 2021. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
  4. "Mixed Relay Triathlon Results" (PDF). 2020 Summer Olympics. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2 August 2021. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
  5. "Maya Kingma". triathlon.org. Retrieved 26 July 2021.