Maayke Tjin-A-Lim

Maayke Tjin-A-Lim (born 10 January 1998) is a Dutch track and field athlete who competes over sprint hurdles.

Career
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. In doing so she set a new personal best time of 8.21 seconds.

In May 2022, she also set a new personal best time over 100 m hurdles, running 13.16. At the end of May 2022 Tjin A-Lim lowered her personal best again, to 13.02 in Manchester. 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.

In January 2023, racing indoors in Luxembourg she set a new personal best over 60 m hurdles of 8.00. 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.

In February 2024, she won the Dutch indoor title in the 60 metres hurdles. 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.

Personal life
Tjin-A-Lim has discussed overcoming the eating disorder bulimia early in her career.

Achievements
Information from her World Athletics profile unless otherwise noted.

Personal bests

 * 100 metres hurdles: 12.66 s (La Chaux-de-Fonds, 2023)
 * 60 metres hurdles: 8.00 s (Luxembourg, 2023)

International competitions
1Did not start in the semifinals