Miguel van Assen

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Miguel van Assen
Personal information
BornMiguel Uriel van Assen
(1997-07-30) 30 July 1997 (age 28)
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) [1]
Weight71 kg (157 lb)
Sport
Sport Athletics
Event
 Triple jump

Miguel Uriel van Assen (born 30 July 1997) is a Surinamese athlete specializing in the triple jump. [2] He won the gold medal at the 2017 South American Championships. In addition, he won multiple medals in age-group competitions, including the gold at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympic Games. [3]

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His personal best in the event is 16.94 metres set in Asunción in 2017. [4] This is the current national record.

International competitions

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing Flag of Suriname.svg  Suriname
2012 CARIFTA Games (U17) Hamilton, Bermuda 6thHigh jump1.85 m
2nd1Triple jump14.57 m
2013 CARIFTA Games (U17) Nassau, Bahamas 1stHigh jump2.03 m
1stTriple jump15.19 m
World Youth Championships Donetsk, Ukraine 5th (q)Triple jump15.48 m2
2014 South American Games Santiago, Chile 10thLong jump 7.20 m
4thTriple jump 15.54 m
CARIFTA Games (U20) Fort-de-France, Martinique 3rdLong jump7.12 m
1stTriple jump16.33 m
Central American and Caribbean
Junior Championships (U18)		 Morelia, Mexico 1stTriple jump16.01 m
World Junior Championships Eugene, United States 11thTriple jump 15.51 m
Youth Olympic Games Nanjing, China 1stTriple jump 16.15 m
2015 CARIFTA Games (U20) Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis 1stTriple jump16.24 m
Pan American Games Toronto, Canada 7thTriple jump 16.25 m
2016 CARIFTA Games (U20) St. George's, Grenada 1stLong jump7.66 m
World U20 Championships Bydgoszcz, Poland 8thTriple jump 15.75 m
2017 Islamic Solidarity Games Baku, Azerbaijan 2ndLong jump 7.63 m
3rdTriple jump 16.64 m
South American Championships Asunción, Paraguay 1stTriple jump 16.94 m
World Championships London, United Kingdom 23rd (q)Triple jump 16.38 m
2018 South American Games Cochabamba, Bolivia 1stTriple jump 16.81 m
Central American and Caribbean Games Barranquilla, Colombia 3rdTriple jump 16.96 m
2019 South American Championships Lima, Peru 3rdTriple jump 16.11 m
2020 South American Indoor Championships Cochabamba, Bolivia 8thLong jump 7.25 m
2021 South American Championships Guayaquil, Ecuador 3rdTriple jump 16.73 m (w)

1Out of competition performance
2No mark in the final

Personal bests

References

  1. ↑ "2018 South American Games bio" . Retrieved 18 June 2018.
  2. ↑ Miguel van Assen at World Athletics OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  3. ↑ "Athletics Results Book" (PDF). 2014 Summer Youth Olympics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 October 2016. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
  4. ↑ All-Athletics profile


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