Ann Marii Kivikas
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 12 August 2002 |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
Event | Sprint |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal bests | 60m: 7.29 (2025) 100m: 11.35 (2025) NR 200m: 23.04 (2025) NR |
Ann Marii Kivikas (born 12 August 2002) is an Estonian sprinter. She is a multiple-time national champion and competed over 200 metres at the 2025 World Athletics Championships.[1]
Career
Kivikas attendee Pärnu Sports School and is a member of SK Altius athletics club.[2] She gained her first international experience in the 100 metres at the 2018 European Athletics U18 Championships in Győr, Hungary.[3] She also competed in the 200 metres at the 2018 Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires, Argentina.[4]
Kivikas ran a personal best time of 11.64 seconds in the women's 100 metres semi-final at the 2023 European Athletics U23 Championships in Espoo, Finland, but did not qualify for the final.[5]
She ran as part of the Estonian 4 × 100 m relay team at the 2024 World Relays Championships in Nassau, Bahamas in May 2024.[6][7] In June 2024, She represented her country at the 2024 European Athletics Championships in Rome, Italy, without advancing the semi-finals of the 200 metres. She also competed in the women's 4 x 100 metres relay at the championships.[8][9]
In January 2025, Kivikas ran a personal best of 7.31 seconds for the 60 metres, repeating the time later that same month.[10] In March, Kivikas set a personal best of 7.29 for the 60 metres at the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Apeldoorn, Netherlands.[11] She subsequently competed over 60 metres at the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Nanjing, China, without advancing to the semi-final.[12]
In June 2025, she was part of the Estonian women's 4 x 100 metres relay team which set a new national record whilst competing at the 2025 European Athletics Team Championships Second Division in Maribor, running 43.98 seconds alongside Anna Maria Millend, Kreete Verlin and Miia Ott.[13] Kivikas won both the 100m and 200m races at the 2025 Estonian Championships, equalling the Estonian 100m record of 11.35 seconds of Ksenija Balta. In the 200m she ran 23.27 seconds which set a new Estonian championship record.[14] Kivikas set a personal best of 23.04 seconds for the 200 metres in 2025, also a national record. In September 2025, she competed in the 200 metres at the 2025 World Championships in Tokyo, Japan, running 23.14 seconds without advancing to the semi-finals.[15][16]
Kivikas won the 60 metres at the Estonian Indoor Championships in February 2026, running 7.35 seconds. The following day, she ran 23.89 seconds to also win the 200 metres.[17][18]
References
- ^ "Ann Marii Kivikas". World Athletics. Retrieved 18 January 2026.
- ^ "The Olympian asked her mother for permission to go". Parnu.postimees.ee. 26 July 2018. Retrieved 18 Jan 2026.
- ^ "Ann Marii Kivikas ran out of life for another time". Parnu.pastimees.ee. 17 July 2018. Retrieved 18 Jan 2026.
- ^ "Ann Marii Kivikal was unlucky with the wind at the Youth Olympics". postimees.ee. 13 October 2018. Retrieved 18 Jan 2026.
- ^ "Kivikas did not qualify for the finals in the 100-meter race". err.ee. 13 July 2023. Retrieved 18 Jan 2026.
- ^ "Women 4x100m Results - World Athletics Relays Championships 2024". World Athletics. 5 May 2024. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
- ^ "Estonian women's relay team did not threaten national record in World Championships heat, one more race awaits". Delfi. 5 May 2024. Retrieved 18 Jan 2026.
- ^ "Unsuccessful relay team: it's a shame it turned out this way, but we saw that we have the Estonian record!". Postimees.ee. 11 June 2024. Retrieved 18 Jan 2026.
- ^ "European Athletics Championships". World Athletics. 11 June 2024. Retrieved 18 Jan 2026.
- ^ "Pihela, who started the season with zero points, made amends in Finland". err.ee. 29 Jan 2025. Retrieved 18 Jan 2026.
- ^ "Sprinter who repeated Estonia's second-ever result at the European Championships: I gained a lot of confidence". sport.postimees.ee. 9 March 2025. Retrieved 18 Jan 2026.
- ^ "Ann Marii Kivikas narrowly misses out on world indoor champs 60m semi-finals". news.err.ee. 22 March 2025. Retrieved 18 Jan 2026.
- ^ "VEM-i 1. päev - Naiste teatenelik püstitas Eesti rekordi". eklj.ee. 28 June 2025. Retrieved 30 June 2025.
- ^ Lindeberg, Helena (4 August 2025). "Ann Marii Kivikas repeated the 100-meter national record at the Estonian Championships". Delfi. Retrieved 18 Jan 2026.
- ^ "World Athletics Championships, Tokyo 2025". World Athletics. 18 Sep 2025. Retrieved 25 September 2025.
- ^ "Ann Marii Kivikas just misses out on Tokyo world championships 200m semis". news.err.ee. 18 Sep 2025. Retrieved 18 Jan 2026.
- ^ "Estonian Indoor Championships". World Athletics. 28 Feb 2026. Retrieved 3 March 2026.
- ^ "Estonian Indoor Championships". World Athletics. 1 March 2026. Retrieved 3 March 2026.