Maja Mihalinec Zidar (born 17 December 1989) is a Slovenian sprinter.[5] She competed at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics, 2016 World Indoor Championships, 2016 Olympics and 2019 World Championships in Athletics.
Mihalinec at the 2016 Olympics | ||||||||||||
Personal information | ||||||||||||
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Birth name | Maja Mihalinec | |||||||||||
Born | Mozirje, Slovenia[1] | 17 December 1989|||||||||||
Education | University of Ljubljana,[2] University of Nebraska Omaha[2] | |||||||||||
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[3] | |||||||||||
Weight | 65 kg (143 lb)[3] | |||||||||||
Sport | ||||||||||||
Sport | Athletics[2] | |||||||||||
Event(s) | 60 m, 100 m, 200 m, 4x100 m | |||||||||||
College team | Omaha Mavericks[1] | |||||||||||
Club | AK Velenje[2] | |||||||||||
Coached by | Srdjan Djordjevic[2] | |||||||||||
Medal record
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Personal life
editMihalinec'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.[2]
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.[2]
Competition record
editPersonal bests
editOutdoor
- 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)
References
edit- ^ a b Maja Mihalinec. Omavs.com .
- ^ a b c d e f g Maja Mihalinec. Nbcolympics.com
- ^ a b "Maja Mihalinec". European-athletics.org. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
- ^ "Official Women´s 100 m results". Minsk2019.by (in Russian). 23 June 2019. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
- ^ "Maja Mihalinec". IAAF. 23 August 2015. Retrieved 23 August 2015.