Jamile Samuel (born 24 April 1992) is a Dutch athlete sprinter, who specialises in the

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and

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. She won three bronze medals at the 2010 World Junior Championships in Athletics,Jamile Samuel profile
Atletiek.nl (Retrieved 25 April 2018) thus establishing herself as the third-fastest female runner under the age of 20 in the world. She won a gold medal with the Dutch women's 4 × 100 m relay team at the 2016 European Championships in Amsterdam.

Career

Jamile Samuel was born in

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in the

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in a family with Surinamese roots. Her older brother Tjendo Samuel and younger sister Chanté also compete in athletics. She is a member of the Phanos athletics club based at the Olympic stadium in Amsterdam. She first came into the Dutch spotlight as a fifteen-year-old when challenging the record of four-time gold medalist at the

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. By the age of sixteen she was the

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sprint champion in the Netherlands. She is the national champion in the 100 meters (2009 and 2017) and in the 200 meters (2011 and 2012). At the 2010 World Junior Championships in Moncton (Canada), Jamile Samuel finished third in both the 100 meter and 200 meter sprints. With her teammates Dafne Schippers, Loreanne Kuhurima and Eva Lubbers she won a bronze in the 4x100 meters relay. One year later, at the

2011 European Athletics Junior Championships The 21st European Athletics Junior Championships were held between 21 and 24 July 2011 in the Kadriorg Stadium in Tallinn, Estonia. Russia topped the medal table with 18 medals overall, including 8 golds, ahead of Germany and Great Britain. Men's ...

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, Samuel finished behind British 100 and 200 meter sprints winner Jodie Williams, winning the silver medal in both cases. At the

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(Finland), the Dutch 4x100 meters relay team ( Kadene Vassell, Dafne Schippers, Eva Lubbers and anchored by Jamile Samuel), were second in 42.80, a national record, behind the German team.Sailer leads Germany to relay glory
European Athletics, 1 July 2012 She finished 6th in the 200 meters final. At the subsequent 2012 Summer Olympics in

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(United Kingdom), the team finished 6th in the 4x100 meters relay final in 42.70, a new national record. She finished 6th in the 200 meters at the

2014 European Athletics Championships The 2014 European Athletics Championships was held in Zürich, Switzerland, between 12 and 17 August 2014. It was the first time that Switzerland had hosted the European Athletics Championships since 1954. Great Britain headed the medal table, wi ...

in Zurich (Switzerland) that was won by Dafne Schippers. The 4x100 meters relay team, one of the favorites for the title, did not finish in the final due to a botched first baton change. At the

2015 World Championships in Athletics The 2015 IAAF World Championships ( zh, 第十五届世界田径锦标赛), the fifteenth edition of the IAAF World Championships, were held from 22 to 30 August at the National Stadium in Beijing, China. Forty-three nations won medals, 144 of ...

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(China), the Dutch 4x100 meters relay team (

Nadine Visser Nadine Visser (born 9 February 1995) is a Dutch Sport of athletics, athlete. She originally specialised in the heptathlon, but eventually switched to high hurdles (60 m hurdles indoor, and 100 m hurdles outdoor). Visser is the 2017 European Athle ...

, Dafne Schippers,

Naomi Sedney Naomi Sedney (born 17 December 1994) is a Dutch sprinter. She has been most successful as the anchor of the Dutch Relay team and is co-holder of the national record 4 x 100 m relay. In 2022 her younger sister Zoë Sedney joined her in the Dutc ...

and Jamile Samuel as the anchor) finished 5th in 42.32, but was disqualified for a changeover infringement.Report: women’s 4x100m final – IAAF World Championships, Beijing 2015
International Association of Athletics Federations - IAAF, 29 August 2015 In the heats the team had also run 42.32, a new national record.Report: women’s 4x100m heats – IAAF World Championships, Beijing 2015
International Association of Athletics Federations - IAAF, 29 August 2015 She was the start runner of the Dutch women’s 4 × 100 m relay team led by Dafne Schippers, Tessa van Schagen and anchor runner Naomi Sedney that won the 4x100 meters relay at the European Championships in her home town

with a national record of 42.04.Three golds leave Poland top of the final medals table
European Athletics, 10 July 2016 She finished 4th in the 200 meters final in 22.83. She participated at the 2016 Summer Olympics in

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(Brazil) where she was eliminated in the heats of the 200 meters. The relay team was also eliminated in the heats due to a botched relay handover between Samuel and Schippers.Report: women's 4x100m heats – Rio 2016 Olympic Games
International Association of Athletics Federations - IAAF, 18 August 2016

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Royal Dutch Athletics Federation The Royal Dutch Athletics Federation (Dutch: ''Koninklijke Nederlandse Atletiek Unie'' or ''Atletiekunie'') is the governing body for the sport of athletics in the Netherlands. Affiliations * World Athletics (WA) * European Athletic Associatio ...

* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Samuel, Jamile 1992 births Living people Dutch female sprinters Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for the Netherlands Athletes from Amsterdam Dutch sportspeople of Surinamese descent European Athletics Championships medalists World Athletics Championships athletes for the Netherlands Olympic female sprinters Athletes (track and field) at the 2023 European Games European Games gold medalists for the Netherlands European Games medalists in athletics