 Burnet at the 2022 European Athletics Championships in Munich | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1 October 1992 Willemstad, Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles |
| Sport | |
| Country | Netherlands |
| Sport | Athletics |
| Event(s) | 100 metres, 200 metres |
| Club | Rotterdam Atletiek |
Medal record | |
Taymir Burnet (born 1 October 1992) is a Dutch sprinter. He has competed at multiple major championships including the 2020 and 2024 Olympic Games.
He was a bronze medalist in the 4 x 100 metres relay at the 2018 European Athletics Championships in Berlin, Germany. [1]
He won the Dutch national title over 200 metres at the Dutch Athletics Championships in August 2020. [2] Burnet represented Netherlands at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, competing in the 200 metres, reaching the semi-finals. [3]
He was a bronze medalist in the men's 4 x 400 mates relay at the 2022 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Belgrade, Serbia. [4] He ran at the 2022 European Athletics Championships in the 4 × 100 metres relay event finishing fourth. [5] He competed in the 4 x 100 metres relay at the 2022 World Athletics Championships. [6]
He finished fourth in the 200 metres at the 2023 European Athletics Team Championships. [7] At the Championships, he also competed in the 4x100 metres relay. [8] In 2023, he was selected for the 200 metres and also included with the Dutch relay pool for the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest. [9]
He ran in the semi-final foe the Dutch 4 x 400 metres team that would go on and win the bronze medal at the 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Glasgow, Scotland. [10] He then ran as part of the Dutch 4x100m relay team at the 2024 World Relays Championships in Nassau, Bahamas in May 2024. [11] He was a silver medalist at the 2024 European Athletics Championships in the 4 x 100 metres relay in Rome in June 2024. [12] Later that month, he was runner-up in the 100 metres at the Dutch Athletics Championships. [13] He competed in the men's 4x100m relay at the 2024 Olympic Games. [14]
In February 2025, he finished runner-up at the Dutch Indoor Athletics Championships over 60 metres. [15] He finished eighth in the final of the 60 metres at the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Apeldoorn. [16] He competed at the 2025 World Athletics Relays in China in the Men's 4 × 100 metres relay in May 2025. [17] Alongside Xavi Mo-Ajok, Nsikak Ekpo and Elvis Afrifa he was part of the Dutch 4 x 100 metres team which set a new national record of 37.87 seconds to win the 2025 European Athletics Team Championships First Division in Madrid on 28 June. [18]
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | World Championships | London, United Kingdom | 11th (h) | 4 × 100 m relay | 38.66 |
| 2018 | European Championships | Berlin, Germany | 21st (sf) | 200 m | 20.84 |
| 3rd | 4 × 100 m relay | 38.03 | |||
| 2019 | World Relays | Yokohama, Japan | 10th (h) | 4 × 100 m relay | 38.67 |
| World Championships | Doha, Qatar | 17th (sf) | 100 m | 10.18 | |
| 12th (sf) | 200 m | 20.34 | |||
| 7th (h) | 4 × 100 m relay | 37.91 1 | |||
| 2021 | World Relays | Chorzów, Poland | 5th (h) | 4 × 100 m relay | 38.79 2 |
| Olympic Games | Tokyo, Japan | 22nd (sf) | 200 m | 20.90 | |
| – | 4 × 100 m relay | DNF | |||
| 2022 | World Indoor Championships | Belgrade, Serbia | 3rd | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:06.90 |
| World Championships | Eugene, United States | 13th (h) | 4 × 100 m relay | 39.07 | |
| European Championships | Munich, Germany | 10th (sf) | 200 m | 20.44 | |
| 4th | 4 × 100 m relay | 38.25 | |||
| 2023 | World Championships | Budapest, Hungary | 19th (sf) | 200 m | 20.65 |
| – | 4 × 100 m relay | DNF | |||
| 2024 | World Indoor Championships | Glasgow, United Kingdom | 3rd (h) | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:06.47 |
| European Championships | Rome, Italy | 16th (sf) | 100 m | 10.33 | |
| 23rd (sf) | 200 m | 21.02 | |||
| 2nd | 4 x 100 m relay | 38.46 | |||
| Olympic Games | Paris, France | 12th (h) | 4 × 100 m relay | 38.48 | |
| 2025 | European Indoor Championships | Apeldoorn, Netherlands | 8th | 60 m | 6.66 |
1Disqualified in the final
2Did not finish in the final
