| Maayke Tjin-A-Lim | |
| Nationality: | Dutch |
| Sport: | Track and Field |
| Event: | 60 m hurdles 100 m hurdles |
| Birth Date: | 10 January 1998 |
| Height: | 1.76 m[1] |
| Highestranking: | No. 40 (100 m hurdles) |
Maayke Tjin-A-Lim (pronounced as /nl/; born 10 January 1998) is a Dutch track and field athlete who competes over sprint hurdles.
From Hoorn, Tjin-A-Lim runs for the athletics club AV Zaanland, based in Zaandam. In February 2022, she came third at the Dutch Indoor Championships over 60 m hurdles and qualified for the 2022 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Belgrade, where she reached the semi-finals.[2] In doing so she set a new personal best time of 8.21 seconds.[3]
In May 2022, she also set a new personal best time over 100 m hurdles, running 13.16.[4] At the end of May 2022 Tjin A-Lim lowered her personal best again, to 13.02 in Manchester.[5] In August 2022, Tjin-A-Lim competed in the 100 m hurdles at the 2022 European Athletics Championships in Munich, where she reached the semi-finals.[6]
In January 2023, racing indoors in Luxembourg she set a new personal best over 60 m hurdles of 8.00.[7] At the 2023 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Istanbul in March 2023, she successfully came through the heats and semi-final and qualified for the final.
In August 2023, she competed at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest and qualified for the semi-finals.[8]
In February 2024, she won the Dutch indoor title in the 60 metres hurdles.[9] She was selected for the 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Glasgow to compete in the 60 metres hurdles, where she qualified for the semi-finals.[10]
Tjin-A-Lim has discussed overcoming the eating disorder bulimia early in her career.[11]
Information from her World Athletics profile unless otherwise noted.[12]
12.66 s (La Chaux-de-Fonds, 2023)
8.00 s (Luxembourg, 2023)
| 2013 | European Youth Summer Olympic Festival | Utrecht, Netherlands | 5th | 100 m hurdles | 14.11 s | |
| 2017 | European U20 Championships | Grosseto, Italy | 10th (sf)[13] | 100 m hurdles | 14.00 s | |
| 2022 | World Indoor Championships | Belgrade, Serbia | 19th (sf) | 60 m hurdles | 8.13 s | |
| European Championships | Munich, Germany | 19th (sf) | 100 m hurdles | 13.21 s | ||
| 2023 | European Indoor Championships | Istanbul, Turkey | 8th | 60 m hurdles | 8.09 s | |
| World Championships | Budapest, Hungary | 22nd (sf) | 100 m hurdles | 13.05 s | ||
| 2024 | World Indoor Championships | Glasgow, United Kingdom | 23rd (h) | 60 m hurdles | 8.10 s | |
| European Championships | Rome, Italy | 20th (sf) | 100 m hurdles | 13.08 s | ||
| Olympic Games | Paris, France | 21st (sf) | 100 m hurdles | 13.03 s |