Miguel Janssen Explained

Miguel Janssen
Birth Date:5 September 1970
Birth Place:Oranjestad, Aruba
Height:1.85 m[1]
Weight:80 kg
Sport:Track and field
Event:100 m, 200 m
Education:Centraal Instituut Opleiding Sportleiders
Club:Amsterdamse Atletiek Combinatie
Coach:Henk Kraaijenhof

Miguel Janssen (born 5 September 1970 in Oranjestad) is a retired Dutch-Aruban athlete who competed in sprinting events. He represented Aruba at the 1996 Summer Olympics, as well as three outdoor and three indoor World Championships. He later switched allegiance to the Netherlands on 2 August 1998[1] but did not represent that country at any major competition. Janssen still holds Aruban records on several distances. In addition, he is a former Dutch record holder in the 60 metres indoors and 200 metres outdoors.

His father Harry Janssen was a Dutch middle-distance runner and president of the Aruba Athletic Federation while his mother Ciska Janssen was a Dutch long jumper.[2]

Competition record

Representing
1993World Indoor ChampionshipsToronto, Canada35th (h)60 m6.97
World ChampionshipsStuttgart, Germany37th (h)100 m10.62
49th (h)200 m21.51
1995World Indoor ChampionshipsBarcelona, Spain23rd (sf)60 m6.83
21st (h)200 m21.90
World ChampionshipsGothenburg, Sweden65th (h)100 m10.73
56th (h)200 m21.31
1996Olympic GamesAtlanta, United States71st (h)200 m21.72
1997World Indoor ChampionshipsParis, France41st (h)60 m6.87
World ChampionshipsAthens, Greece56th (h)100 m10.47

Personal bests

Outdoor

Indoor

Notes and References

  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418083928/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ja/miguel-janssen-1.html Sports-Reference profile
  2. Web site: Miguel Janssen, een sprinter die 'rolt als een bal'. Trouw. 1994-07-25. 2015-11-28. Dutch.