Maja Mihalinec Zidar (born 17 December 1989) is a Slovenian sprinter. She competed 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 ...

, 2016 World Indoor Championships, 2016 Olympics and

2019 World Championships in Athletics The 2019 IAAF World Athletics Championships () was the seventeenth edition of the biennial, global sport of athletics, athletics competition organised by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), since renamed World Athleti ...

Personal life

Mihalinec'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. Mihalinec studied

social sciences Social science (often rendered in the plural as the social sciences) is one of the branches of science, devoted to the study of society, societies and the Social relation, relationships among members within those societies. The term was former ...

at the

University of Ljubljana The University of Ljubljana (, , ), abbreviated UL, is the oldest and largest university in Slovenia. It has approximately 38,000 enrolled students. The university has 23 faculties and three art academies with approximately 4,000 teaching and re ...

and communications at the

University of Nebraska Omaha The University of Nebraska Omaha (UNO) is a public research university in Omaha, Nebraska, United States. Founded in 1908 by faculty from the Omaha Presbyterian Theological Seminary as a private non-sectarian college, the university was origin ...

. In 2015, she was named Female Athlete of the Year by the Athletic Federation of Slovenia.

Competition record

Personal bests

Outdoor *

100 metres The 100 metres, or 100-meter dash, is a sprint race in track and field competitions. The shortest common outdoor running distance, the dash is one of the most popular and prestigious events in the sport of athletics. It has been contested at ...

– 11.27 (+1.1 m/s, Padova 2019) *

200 metres The 200 metres, or 200-meter dash, is a sprint running event. On an outdoor 400-metre racetrack, the race begins on the curve and ends on the home straight, so a combination of techniques is needed to successfully run the race. A slight ...

– 22.78 (+0.7 m/s, Doha 2019) Indoor *

60 metres 60 metres, or 60-meter dash, is a sprint event in track and field. It is a championship event for indoor championships, normally dominated by the best outdoor 100 metres runners. At indoor events, the 60 metres is run on lanes set out in the mi ...

– 7.21 (Glasgow 2019) *

– 23.47 (Vienna 2015)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Mihalinec Zidar, Maja 1989 births Living people Slovenian female sprinters World Athletics Championships athletes for Slovenia Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Slovenia People from the Municipality of Mozirje Athletes (track and field) at the 2019 European Games European Games medalists in athletics European Games gold medalists for Slovenia Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic female sprinters 20th-century Slovenian women 21st-century Slovenian sportswomen Omaha Mavericks women's track and field athletes