Maja Mihalinec Zidar (born 17 December 1989) is a Slovenian sprinter. She competed at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics, 2016 World Indoor Championships, 2016 Olympics and 2019 World Championships in Athletics.
Personal life Mihalinec's mother Damijana is a volleyball coach and former player, and her younger sister Katja played volleyball internationally. Maja also started with volleyball, but her physical education teacher persuaded her to take up athletics. For some time she trained in both sports, but then chose running. Her partner Luka Zidar is a competitive high jumper.
Mihalinec studied social sciences at the University of Ljubljana and communications at the University of Nebraska Omaha. In 2015, she was named Female Athlete of the Year by the Athletic Federation of Slovenia.
Competition record Representing 2005World Youth ChampionshipsMarrakesh, Morocco28th (h)100 m12.0318th (sf)200 m24.62 (w)European Youth Olympic FestivalLignano Sabbiadoro, Italy6th (B)100 m12.31 (w)5th4 × 100 m47.592006World Junior ChampionshipsBeijing, China43rd (h)100 m12.08 –200 mDQ16th (h)4 × 100 m46.092007European Junior ChampionshipsHengelo, Netherlands12th (sf)100 m11.8911th (h)4 × 100 m46.232008World Junior ChampionshipsBydgoszcz, Poland17th (sf)100 m11.812014European ChampionshipsZurich, Switzerland25th (h)100 m11.522015European Indoor ChampionshipsPrague, Czech Republic16th (sf)60 m7.29World ChampionshipsBeijing, China32nd (h)100 m11.4219th (sf)200 m23.042016World Indoor ChampionshipsPortland, United States20th (sf)60 m7.34European ChampionshipsAmsterdam, Netherlands15th (sf)100 m11.5510th (sf)200 m23.17Olympic GamesRio de Janeiro, Brazil48th (h)200 m23.382019European Indoor ChampionshipsGlasgow, United Kingdom6th60 m7.21World ChampionshipsDoha, Qatar25th (h)100 m11.3212th (sf)200 m22.812021European Indoor ChampionshipsToruń, Poland5th60 m7.26Olympic GamesTokyo, Japan44th (h)100 m11.5435th (h)200 m23.622025European Indoor ChampionshipsApeldoorn, Netherlands25th (h)60 m7.27World Indoor ChampionshipsNanjing, China32nd (h)60 m7.40
Personal bests Outdoor 100 metres – 11.27 (+1.1 m/s, Padova 2019) 200 metres – 22.78 (+0.7 m/s, Doha 2019) Indoor 60 metres – 7.21 (Glasgow 2019) 200 metres – 23.47 (Vienna 2015)
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