Susan Krumins (née Kuijken; born 8 July 1986) is a Dutch middle- and

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. She was the

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bronze medalist at the

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and also won a

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bronze at the

2014 IAAF Continental Cup The 2014 IAAF Continental Cup was an international track and field sporting event that was held in Marrakech, Morocco, on 13–14 September 2014. It was the second edition of the IAAF Continental Cup since the name and format was changed from th ...

. Kuijken has twice represented the Netherlands at the

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, with her best finish being eighth in the 5000 m in 2013. Across all age categories, she has competed seven times at the European Cross Country Championships. She competed for

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and was the NCAA champion in the indoor 3000 m (2008) and the outdoor 1500 m (2009). She won European junior medals in 2005 in track and cross country and later took the under-23 title at the

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. Among her personal bests are 4:05.38 minutes for the

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, 8:36.08 minutes for the 3000 m, and 15:00.69 minutes for the 5000 metres.

Career

Early life and career

Born in

Nijmegen Nijmegen ( , ; Nijmeegs: ) is the largest city in the Dutch province of Gelderland and the ninth largest of the Netherlands as a whole. Located on the Waal River close to the German border, Nijmegen is one of the oldest cities in the ...

, she made her international debut in

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, competing in the junior section of the 2002 European Cross Country Championships and finishing in 34th. She returned at the 2003 edition but managed only 69th on that attempt. Her first international medals came at the 2003 European Youth Olympic Festival, where she was the gold medallist over

and bronze medallist at

. Her first global events came the year after: she ranked 71st in the junior race at the 2004 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, but did not finish in the 3000 m at the

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.Susan Kuijken
IAAF. Retrieved on 8 November 2014. She performed better at continental level, coming 39th at the 2004 European Cross Country Championships.

Kuijken set a series of personal bests on the track in 2005: 2:06.25 minutes for the

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, 4:19.72 minutes for the 1500 m (for seventh at the 2005 European Cup event), 9:28.45 minutes for the 3000 m (part of a silver medal win at the 2005 European Athletics Junior Championships) and 10:42.93 minutes for the

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.Susan Kuijken
Tilastopaja. Retrieved on 8 November 2014. On grass, she was a junior bronze medallist at the 2005 European Cross Country Championships and placed 58th at the junior race at the

2005 IAAF World Cross Country Championships The 2005 IAAF World Cross Country Championships took place on March 19/20, 2005. The races were held at the Hippodrome Joseph Desjoyaux in Saint-Galmier near Saint-Étienne, France. Reports of the event were given in ''The New York Times'', ...

Collegiate athletics

At the end of 2005 she started attending

, doing a major in

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, and began competing with the

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athletic team. She was the 3000 m runner-up at the

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championship and placed 27th at the NCAA Women's Division I Cross Country Championship.Susan Kuijken
Florida State Seminoles. Retrieved on 8 November 2014. In her sole international outing that year, she came 16th in the under-23 race at the 2006 European Cross Country Championships.Susan Kuijken stats
. Susan Kuijken. Retrieved on 8 November 2014. In 2007 a focus on the 1500 m distance brought results as she greatly improved her best to 4:11.34 minutes – a time which brought her second place at the NCAA Outdoor Championships. She ranked third at that year's NCAA Cross Country meet. In European competition she was fourth in the 1500 m at the

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, but failed to finish in the age category race at the

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. She reached to top of the American collegiate scene in the indoor 2008 season. After winning the

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at the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) indoor meet, she claimed the 3000 m title at the NCAA Indoor Championships in a conference record time of 8:58.14 minutes. She failed to match this outdoors after suffering a mid-season injury, ending up eighth in the 1500 m at the NCAA Outdoors, but was in good form at the NCAA Cross Country Championships and was the runner-up. A gold medal came in the under-23 section at the

. Her most successful collegiate season was in 2009. She started with a win at the ACC indoor championships and a runner-up finish at the NCAA Indoor Championships, then a win over

came at the ACC outdoor championships. She secured the collegiate title in the 1500 m at the 2009 NCAA Outdoor Championships and placed third at the NCAA Cross Country Championships. Her performances led to Florida State University winning the team titles in ACC competition indoors, outdoors and in cross country.

Professional running

A personal best of 4:05.86 minutes for the 1500 m brought her selection for the

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, although she did not make it out of the heats stage. Kuijken began competing professionally in 2010, and made her European senior debut at the

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(running in the heats only). She missed most of the 2011 season, and on her return in 2012 her form was past her peak, with her season's best being 4:10.84 minutes. Podium 5000m women Zurich 2014

The 2013 season saw Kuijken hit new levels of performance. At the

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she was the 1500 m runner-up in a best of 4:05.38 minutes. She set a Dutch record of 5:38.37 minutes for the

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distance. She won the 3000 m gold medal in the First League of the 2013 European Team Championships and ran a best of 8:39.65 minutes for the distance when placing fourth at the Rieti Meeting (which ranked her first among Europeans for the distance that year). A run of 15:04.36 minutes at the

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made her the top European that season and she went on to finish eighth in the final of that event at the

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– Europe's best performer. At the start of 2014 she set an early world-leading time of 4:07.21 minutes for the 1500 m while winning at the Perth Track Classic. She won her first national title later that year at that distance. She was selected to run the 5000 m at the

and came third behind compatriot

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and Meraf Bahta (both African-born). Her first global medal came at the end of the track season at the

, where she represented Europe and was 3000 m bronze medallist behind Genzebe Dibaba and Meraf. In 2015, Kuijken ran 31:54.32 to place 10th at 2015 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 10,000 metres and 15:08.00 to place 8th at 2015 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 5000 metres. In 2016, Kuijken ran 31:32.43 to place 14th at Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's 10,000 metres. 11 Feb 2017 - Schoorl 10k road 31:43 (1st)
27 Mar - Venloop HM (debut) 70:51 (4th)
21 May - Vienna 5k road 15:40 (2nd)
2 Jun - Nijmegen 5k 15:21 (4th)
24 Jun - Euro Cup 3k 9:03 (4th)
22 Jul - Heusden 5k 14:53 (1st)
8 Aug - London WC Final 10k 31:20 (5th)
10 Aug - London WC Heat 5k 14:57 (4th)
13 Aug - London WC Final 5k 14:58 (8th)
20 Aug - Birmingham DL 3k 8:34 (7th)
27 Aug - Berlin CL 1500m 4:02 (3rd)
1 Sep - Brussels 2017 Diamond League Final 5k 14:51 (9th) In 2017, Krumins raced 31:20.24 to place 5th at 2017 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 10,000 metres and 14:58.33 to place 8th at 2017 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 5000 metres. On 8 August 2018, she won a silver medal behind Israeli

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in the

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at the

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in Berlin.

Personal bests

– 2:02.24 min (2009) *

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– 2:38.01 min (2014) *

– 4:02.25 min (2017) *

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(indoor) – 4:34.11 min (2009) *Mile run (road) – 4:18 min (2013) *

– 5:38.37 min (2013) *

– 8:34.31 min (2017) *3000 metres indoor – 8:56.27 min (2009) *

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– 9:23.52 min (2014) *

– 14:51.25 min (2017) *

– 31:05.40 min (2019) *

– 10:42.93 min (2005)

National titles

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**1500 metres: 2014

International competitions

References

External links

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Susan Krumins
at Atletiek.nl (archived) * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Krumins, Susan 1986 births Living people Dutch female long-distance runners Dutch female middle-distance runners Dutch female steeplechase runners Dutch Athletics Championships winners Sportspeople from Nijmegen Athletes from Gelderland World Athletics Championships athletes for the Netherlands Florida State Seminoles women's track and field athletes European Athletics Championships medalists Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for the Netherlands Florida State Seminoles women's cross country runners Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics 20th-century Dutch women NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships winners NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships winners 21st-century Dutch sportswomen