Amina Maatoug
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| Born | (2002-11-17) 17 November 2002 | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
Event(s) | Middle-distance running, Cross country running | ||||||||||||||
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| Personal bests | 800m: 2:03.45 (Louisville, 2023)1500m: 4:05.67 (Sabbiadoro, 2025)Mile: 4:26.39 NR (Boston, 2025) 3000m: 8:46.89 (Boston, 2023)5000m: 15:22.81 (Liege, 2025) | ||||||||||||||
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Amina Maatoug (born 17 November 2002) is a Dutch middle-distance and cross country runner. She won the Dutch Indoor Athletics Championships in 2022 over 800 metres. She became the Dutch indoor national record holder in the mile run in 2025.[1]
Early life
She is from Leiden in South Holland. She began training in athletics at the age of six years old after watching her father and sister train for the Leiden Marathon. In 2020, she earned her pre-university education (VWO) diploma and began studying Philosophy at Leiden University. She was trained by Han Kulker and Tim Brouwer de Koning at Leiden Athletics.[2]
Career
She won the Dutch Indoor Athletics Championships in Apeldoorn in February 2022 over 800 metres.[3] Later that year, she had a fifth place finish at the Dutch Athletics Championships over 800 metres. After beginning at Duke University in the United States she ran the 3000 meters indoors in 8:55.62 in Boston, Massachusetts in December which placed her into sixth on the Dutch all-time seniors list. Later that month, she placed fourth in the under-23 women's race at the 2022 European Cross Country Championships in Turin, Italy.[4]
She was a bronze medalist at the 2023 European Athletics U23 Championships in Espoo, Finland, over 5000 metres.[5] Later at the championships, she reached the 1500 meters final, where she finished seventh overall, but ran a personal best time of 4:11.88.[6]
She continued her studies in the United States by transferring from Duke University to the University of Washington in 2024, to be coached by Andy Powell.[7] In February 2025, she ran a Dutch indoor national record running 4:26.39 for the mile run in Boston.[8][9]
She was runner-up to Marissa Damink at the Dutch Athletics Championships over 1500 metres in August 2025.[10] In September 2025, she competed over 1500 metres at the 2025 World Championships in Tokyo, Japan, without advancing to the semi-finals.[11][12] She placed sixth in the senior women's race at the 2025 European Cross Country Championships on 14 December 2025, in Lagoa, Portugal.[13][14]
References
- ^"Amina Maatoug". World Athletics. Retrieved 1 September 2025.
- ^"Rising Star: Amina Maatoug". Hardloopnetwerk. August 7, 2020. Retrieved 2 September 2025.
- ^"Dutch Indoor Championships". World Athletics. 27 Feb 2022. Retrieved 1 September 2025.
- ^Piest, Tijn (December 18, 2022). "Amina Maatoug after fourth place at the European Cross Country Championships: 'Super happy with it!'". Hardloopnetwerk. Retrieved 2 September 2025.
- ^"European Athletics U23 Championships". World Athletics. 12 July 2023. Retrieved 1 September 2025.
- ^"Leidse atlete Amina Maatoug wint brons op 5 km bij EK onder 23 jaar". sleutelstad.nl. 17 July 2023. Retrieved 2 September 2025.
- ^Gault, Jonathan (September 26, 2024). "2024 NCAA XC: Previewing the Women's Top 10, from #5 NC State to #1 NAU". Lets Run. Retrieved 1 September 2025.
- ^Mulder, Maarten (July 31, 2025). "Amina Maatoug combined studying and top-level sports in the US". sleutelstad.nl. Retrieved 2 September 2025.
- ^"Boston University DMR Challenge". World Athletics. 21 Feb 2025. Retrieved 2 September 2025.
- ^"Dutch Championships". World Athletics. 2 August 2025. Retrieved 2 September 2025.
- ^"World Athletics Championships, Tokyo 2025". World Athletics. 18 Sep 2025. Retrieved 25 September 2025.
- ^"53 TeamNL atleten naar WK atletiek in Tokio". Atletiek.nl. 1 September 2025. Retrieved 1 September 2025.
- ^Mills, Steven (14 Dec 2025). "Battocletti eases to back-to-back senior women's title in Lagoa 2025". European Athletics. Retrieved 15 December 2025.
- ^Mills, Steven (10 Dec 2025). "Lagoa 2025 senior women's preview - Battocletti's bid for back-to-back titles". European Athletics. Retrieved 11 December 2025.
