Tasa Jiya (; born 16 September 1997) is a Dutch track and field athlete who competes as a sprinter. In 2023, she became the Dutch national champion over 200 metres. She won a bronze medal in the women's 4 x 100 metres relay at the 2024 European Athletics Championships.
Career As a junior athlete, Jiya won nine national youth titles and in 2013 won gold in the 200 meters at the European Youth Olympic Festival. She had a career break after being an unused reserve for the Dutch relay team at the 2016 Olympic Games.
In 2021, after returning to athletics, Jiya ran a new personal best time in the 100 metres of 11.58 seconds, and a new personal best time of 23.19 seconds in the 200 meters at a gala in Grootebroek. In 2023, she became the Dutch national champion over 200 metres, in a field which included Femke Bol. She won in a new personal best time of 22.77 seconds.
Jiya was selected for the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest in August 2023, where she qualified for the semi finals of the 200 metres where she ran a new personal best of 22.67 seconds.
Jiya ran as part of the Dutch relay team which qualified for the 2024 Paris Olympics at the 2024 World Relays Championships in Nassau, Bahamas. The following month she finished sixth in the 200m at the 2024 BAUHAUS-galan Diamond League event in Stockholm.
Competing over 200 metres at the 2024 European Championships in Rome in June 2024, she finished fifth in the final having run 22.90 seconds. Later on in the championships, she won a bronze medal running the anchor leg for the Dutch team in the 4 x 100 metres relay.
In June 2024, she won the Dutch national 200 meters title in Hengelo in a personal best 22.62 seconds. She competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris over 200 metres, reaching the semi-finals. She also competed in the relay at the Games.
Personal life Jiya gave birth to a daughter, Amáru, in 2018.
Personal bests Information from Jiya's World Athletics profile unless otherwise noted.
Individual events TypeEventTime (s)VenueDateIndoor60 metres7.25 Apeldoorn, Netherlands27 January 202410 February 2024Outdoor100 metres11.22Hengelo, Netherlands29 June 2024200 metres22.62Hengelo, Netherlands30 June 2024
Team events TypeEventTime (s)VenueDateNotesOutdoor4 x 100 metres relay42.38London, United Kingdom23 July 2023Teamed with N'ketia Seedo, Marije van Hunenstijn, and Jamile Samuel. Jiya ran the anchor leg.
Competition results
International competitions 2014World Junior ChampionshipsEugene, United States8th (h) relay45.292015European Junior ChampionshipsEskilstuna, Sweden4th (sf)100 m11.946th200 m23.69– (f) relay2016World Junior ChampionshipsBydgoszcz, Poland3rd (sf)23.72– (h) relay2023European GamesChorzów, Poland1st4 x 100 m relay42.61European Team Championships First DivisionWorld ChampionshipsBudapest, Hungary14th (sf)200 m22.67 – (f) relay2024World RelaysNassau, Bahamas6th4 × 100 m relay43.07European ChampionshipsRome, Italy5th200 m22.903rd4 × 100 m relay42.46Olympic GamesParis, France19th (sf)200 m22.817th4 × 100 m relay42.74
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