Jamile Samuel (born 24 April 1992) is a Dutch athlete sprinter, who specialises in the 100 and 200 metres. She won three bronze medals at the 2010 World Junior Championships in Athletics, Jamile Samuel profile , Atletiek.nl (Retrieved 25 April 2018) thus establishing herself as the third-fastest female runner under the age of 20 in the world. She won a gold medal with the Dutch women's 4 × 100 m relay team at the 2016 European Championships in Amsterdam.
Career
Jamile Samuel was born in Amsterdam in the Netherlands in a family with Surinamese roots. Her older brother Tjendo Samuel and younger sister Chanté also compete in athletics. Een broer en twee zussen op het NK Atletiek, Het Parool, 26 July 2014 She is a member of the Phanos athletics club based at the Olympic stadium in Amsterdam. She first came into the Dutch spotlight as a fifteen-year-old when challenging the record of four-time gold medalist at the 1948 Summer Olympics, Fanny Blankers-Koen. Opvolgster Fanny Blankers-Koen in aantocht? , Runner's world, 18 May 2007 By the age of sixteen she was the 60 metres sprint champion in the Netherlands. She is the national champion in the 100 meters (2009 and 2017) and in the 200 meters (2011 and 2012).
At the 2010 World Junior Championships in Moncton (Canada), Jamile Samuel finished third in both the 100 meterWomen's 100m final, International Association of Athletics Federations - IAAF, 22 July 2010 and 200 meter sprints.Women's 200m final, International Association of Athletics Federations - IAAF, 23 July 2010 With her teammates Dafne Schippers, Loreanne Kuhurima and Eva Lubbers she won a bronze in the 4 × 100 meters relay.Women's 4x100m final, International Association of Athletics Federations - IAAF, 24 July 2010 One year later, at the 2011 European Athletics Junior Championships in Tallinn, Samuel finished behind British 100 and 200 meter sprints winner Jodie Williams, winning the silver medal in both cases.Stunning sprints set the Tallinn track ablaze, European Athletics, 22 July 2011
At the 2012 European Athletics Championships in Helsinki (Finland), the Dutch 4 × 100 meters relay team (Kadene Vassell, Dafne Schippers, Eva Lubbers and anchored by Jamile Samuel), were second in 42.80, a national record, behind the German team.Sailer leads Germany to relay glory, European Athletics, 1 July 2012 She finished 6th in the 200 meters final.Double delight for Ukraine in the 200m, European Athletics, 30 June 2012 At the subsequent 2012 Summer Olympics in London (United Kingdom), the team finished 6th in the 4 × 100 meters relay final in 42.70, a new national record.
She finished 6th in the 200 meters at the 2014 European Athletics Championships in Zurich (Switzerland) that was won by Dafne Schippers. The 4 × 100 meters relay team, one of the favorites for the title, did not finish in the final due to a botched first baton change.Table-topping Britain win five golds on extraordinary last day in Zurich, European Athletics, 17 August 2014
At the 2015 World Championships in Athletics in Beijing (China), the Dutch 4 × 100 meters relay team (Nadine Visser, Dafne Schippers, Naomi Sedney and Jamile Samuel as the anchor) finished 5th in 42.32, but was disqualified for a changeover infringement.Report: women’s 4x100m final – IAAF World Championships, Beijing 2015, International Association of Athletics Federations - IAAF, 29 August 2015 In the heats the team had also run 42.32, a new national record.Report: women’s 4x100m heats – IAAF World Championships, Beijing 2015, International Association of Athletics Federations - IAAF, 29 August 2015
She was the start runner of the Dutch women's 4 × 100 m relay team led by Dafne Schippers, Tessa van Schagen and anchor runner Naomi Sedney that won the 4 × 100 meters relay at the European Championships in her home town Amsterdam with a national record of 42.04.Three golds leave Poland top of the final medals table, European Athletics, 10 July 2016 She finished 4th in the 200 meters final in 22.83. She participated at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) where she was eliminated in the heats of the 200 meters. The relay team was also eliminated in the heats due to a botched relay handover between Samuel and Schippers.Botched relay adds to Schippers’ Rio misery, Reuters, 18 August 2016Report: women's 4x100m heats – Rio 2016 Olympic Games, International Association of Athletics Federations - IAAF, 18 August 2016
Competition record Representing the 2008World Junior ChampionshipsBydgoszcz, Poland6th200 m23.762009European Junior ChampionshipsNovi Sad, Serbia3rd4 × 100 m relay45.882010World Junior ChampionshipsMoncton, Canada3rd100 m11.563rd200 m23.273rd4 × 100 m relay44.09 (NJR)2011European Junior ChampionshipsTallinn, Estonia2nd100 m11.432nd200 m23.31World ChampionshipsDaegu, South Korea9th (h)4 × 100 m relay43.44 (NR)2012European ChampionshipsHelsinki, Finland6th200 m23.552nd4 × 100 m relay42.80 (NR)Olympic GamesLondon, United Kingdom6th4 × 100 m relay42.70 (NR)2013European U23 ChampionshipsTampere, Finland4th4 × 100 m relay44.18World ChampionshipsMoscow, Russia13th4 × 100 m relay43.262014European ChampionshipsZürich, Switzerland6th200 m23.313rd (h)4 × 100 m relay42.77Did not finish in the final2015European Indoor ChampionshipsPrague, Czech Republic7th60 m7.19World ChampionshipsBeijing, China–4 × 100 m relayDQ2016World Indoor ChampionshipsPortland, United States9th (sf)60 m7.16European ChampionshipsAmsterdam, Netherlands4th200 m22.831st4 × 100 m relay42.04 (NR)Olympic GamesRio de Janeiro, Brazil9th (h)4 × 100 m relay42.882017World RelaysNassau, Bahamas4th4 × 100 m relay43.11World ChampionshipsLondon, United Kingdom8th4 × 100 m relay43.072018European ChampionshipsBerlin, Germany5th100 m11.143rd200 m22.372nd4 × 100 m relay42.152019European Indoor ChampionshipsGlasgow, United Kingdom10th (sf)60 m7.31World ChampionshipsDoha, Qatar15th (sf)200 m23.022021European Indoor ChampionshipsToruń, Poland3rd60 m7.22World RelaysChorzów, Poland3rd4 × 100 m relay44.102022European ChampionshipsMunich, Germany8th (sf)200 m23.135th4 × 100 m relay43.032023World ChampionshipsBudapest, Hungary6th (h)4 × 100 m relay42.53
Personal bests EventTimeWindVenueDate 60 m 7.14 – Berlin 13 February 2016 100 m 11.10 s +0.3 m/s Berlin 7 August 2018 200 m 22.37 s +0.9 m/s London 22 July 2018
References
External links
Jamile Samuel at Atletiek.nl (archived)