Taymir Burnet

Taymir Burnet
Burnet at the 2022 European Athletics Championships in Munich
Personal information
Born (1992-10-01) 1 October 1992
Willemstad, Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles
Sport
CountryNetherlands
SportTrack and field
Events60 metres, 100 metres, 200 metres
ClubRotterdam Atletiek
Achievements and titles
Highest world ranking
  • No. 30 (200 m)
  • No. 53 (100 m)
  • No. 535 (overall)
Personal bests
  • 60 m: 6.51 s i (2026, NR)
  • 100 m: 10.09 s (2024)
  • 150 m: 15.28 s (2024, NB)
  • 200 m: 20.30 s (2024)
  • 300 m: 32.29 s (2024)
  • 400 m: 46.51 s i (2022)
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing the  Netherlands
World Championships
2025 Tokyo 4 × 100 m relay
World Indoor Championships
2022 Belgrade 4 × 400 m relay
European Championships
2024 Rome 4 × 100 m relay
2018 Berlin 4 × 100 m relay

Taymir Burnet (born 1 October 1992) is a Dutch track and field athlete who competes in sprinting. He represented the Netherlands at multiple major championships including the 2020 and 2024 Olympic Games. He holds the Dutch record in the 60 metres with a time of 6.51 seconds set on 21 February 2026 and has a Dutch best performance in the 150 metres.

In relays, Burnet won bronze medals at the 2022 World Indoor Championships and the 2025 World Championships. He holds Dutch records in the 4 × 100 metres relay with a time of 37.81 seconds set on 21 September 2025 and 4 × 200 metres relay with a time of 1:20.86 minutes set on 4 September 2021.

Career

He was a bronze medalist in the 4 × 100 metres relay at the 2018 European Athletics Championships in Berlin, Germany.[1]

He won the Dutch national title over 200 metres at the Dutch Athletics Championships in August 2020.[2] Burnet represented Netherlands at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, competing in the 200 metres, reaching the semi-finals.[3]

He was a bronze medalist in the men's 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2022 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Belgrade, Serbia.[4] He ran at the 2022 European Athletics Championships in the 4 × 100 metres relay event finishing fourth.[5] He competed in the 4 × 100 metres relay at the 2022 World Athletics Championships.[6]

He finished fourth in the 200 metres at the 2023 European Athletics Team Championships.[7] At the Championships, he also competed in the 4 × 100 metres relay.[8] In 2023, he was selected for the 200 metres and also included with the Dutch relay pool for the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest.[9]

He ran in the semi-final for the Dutch 4 × 400 metres team that would go on and win the bronze medal at the 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Glasgow, Scotland.[10] He then ran as part of the Dutch 4 × 100 metres relay team at the 2024 World Relays Championships in Nassau, Bahamas in May 2024.[11] He was a silver medalist at the 2024 European Athletics Championships in the 4 × 100 metres relay in Rome in June 2024.[12] Later that month, he was runner-up in the 100 metres at the Dutch Athletics Championships.[13] He competed in the men's 4 × 100 m relay at the 2024 Olympic Games.[14]

In February 2025, he finished runner-up at the Dutch Indoor Athletics Championships over 60 metres.[15] He finished eighth in the final of the 60 metres at the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Apeldoorn.[16] He competed at the 2025 World Athletics Relays in China in the Men's 4 × 100 metres relay in May 2025.[17] Alongside Xavi Mo-Ajok, Nsikak Ekpo and Elvis Afrifa he was part of the Dutch 4 × 100 metres team which set a new national record of 37.87 seconds to win the 2025 European Athletics Team Championships First Division in Madrid on 28 June.[18]

In February 2026, he set a new Dutch national record in the 60 metres of 6.51 seconds, whilst competing in Apeldoorn.[19] The following month, he reached the final of the 60 metres at the 2026 World Indoor Championships in Toruń, Poland having qualified after he tied in 6.56 seconds with Belgian Simon Verherstraeten in his semi-final.[20]

Personal bests

Information from his World Athletics profile unless otherwise noted.[21]

Individual events

Personal best times for individual events
Event Time Location Date Record Notes
60 metres 6.51 i Apeldoorn, Netherlands 21 February 2026 NR[22]
100 metres 9.98 w La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland 30 June 2019 Wind assistance: +3.5 m/s
10.09 Potchefstroom, South Africa 14 February 2024 (Wind: +1.9 m/s)
150 metres 15.28 Willemstad, Curaçao 28 April 2024 NB (Wind: -0.5 m/s)
200 metres long track 20.07 w La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland 14 August 2021 Wind assistance: +2.1 m/s
20.30 Potchefstroom, South Africa 14 February 2024 (Wind: +0.0 m/s)
short track 20.92 i Ostrava, Czech Republic 3 February 2022
300 metres 32.29 Pretoria, South Africa 17 February 2024
400 metres long track 47.60 Hengelo, Netherlands 6 June 2022
short track 46.51 i Apeldoorn, Netherlands 26 February 2022 Burnet's outright 400 m best

Team events

Personal best times for team events
Event Time Location Date Record Notes
4 × 100 metres relay 37.81 Tokyo, Japan 21 September 2025 NR Teamed with Nsikak Ekpo, Xavi Mo-Ajok, and Elvis Afrifa. Burnet ran the second leg.
4 × 200 metres relay 1:20.86 Rotterdam, Netherlands 4 September 2021 NR Teamed with Churandy Martina, Hensley Paulina, and Xavi Mo-Ajok. Burnet ran the first leg.[23]
4 × 400 metres relay short track 3:06.47 i Glasgow, United Kingdom 3 March 2024 Teamed with Isaya Klein Ikkink, Tony van Diepen, and Ramsey Angela. Brunet ran the first leg.

Competition results

International competitions

Achievements in international competitions representing the  Netherlands
Year Competition Location Position Event Time Notes
2017 World Championships London, United Kingdom 11th (h) 4 × 100 m relay 38.66
2018 European Championships Berlin, Germany 21st (sf) 200 m 20.84 NR
3rd 4 × 100 m relay 38.03
2019 World Relays Yokohama, Japan 10th (h) 4 × 100 m relay 38.67
World Championships Doha, Qatar 17th (sf) 100 m 10.18
12th (sf) 200 m 20.34 PB
– 4 × 100 m relay DQ
2021 World Relays Chorzów, Poland – 4 × 100 m relay DNF
Olympic Games Tokyo, Japan 22nd (sf) 200 m 20.90
– 4 × 100 m relay DNF
2022 World Indoor Championships Belgrade, Serbia 3rd 4 × 400 m relay 3:06.90
World Championships Eugene, United States 13th (h) 4 × 100 m relay 39.07
European Championships Munich, Germany 10th (sf) 200 m 20.44
4th 4 × 100 m relay 38.25
2023 World Championships Budapest, Hungary 19th (sf) 200 m 20.65
– 4 × 100 m relay DNF
2024 World Indoor Championships Glasgow, United Kingdom 3rd (h) 4 × 400 m relay 3:06.47 NR
European Championships Rome, Italy 16th (sf) 100 m 10.33
23rd (sf) 200 m 21.02
2nd 4 × 100 m relay 38.46
Olympic Games Paris, France 12th (h) 4 × 100 m relay 38.48
2025 European Indoor Championships Apeldoorn, Netherlands 8th 60 m 6.66
World Championships Tokyo, Japan 26th (h) 100 m 10.21
3rd 4 × 100 m relay 37.81 NR
2026 World Indoor Championships Toruń, Poland 6th 60 m 6.61

References

  1. ^ "European Athletics Championships". World Athletics. 6 August 2018. Retrieved 22 April 2025.
  2. ^ "Dutch Championships". World Athletics. 29 August 2020. Retrieved 22 April 2025.
  3. ^ "Tokyo Olympics: Athletics - Men's 200m results". BBC Sport. 3 August 2021. Retrieved 22 April 2025.
  4. ^ "World Athletics Indoor Championships". World Athletics. 18 March 2022. Retrieved 22 April 2025.
  5. ^ "Estafettesprinters na vierde plaats: 'Frustrerend, maar ook trots'". NOS (in Dutch). 21 August 2022. Retrieved 22 April 2025.
  6. ^ "Men's 4x100m Relay Results: World Athletics Championships 2022". Watch Athletics. 23 July 2024. Retrieved 22 April 2025.
  7. ^ "European Team Championships". World Athletics. 19 June 2024. Retrieved 22 April 2025.
  8. ^ "European Team Championships". 25 June 2024. Retrieved 22 April 2025.
  9. ^ "Hassan and Bol feature on Dutch team for WCH Budapest 23". World Athletics. 3 August 2023. Retrieved 22 April 2025.
  10. ^ "World Indoor Championships". World Athletics. 1 March 2025. Retrieved 22 April 2025.
  11. ^ "Men 4x100m Results - World Athletics Relays Championships 2024". Watch Athletics. 5 May 2024. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
  12. ^ "European Athletics Championships". World Athletics. 12 June 2024. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
  13. ^ "Dutch Championships". World Athletics. 28 June 2024. Retrieved 22 April 2025.
  14. ^ "Men's 4 x 100 Metres Relay - Paris Olympic Games 2024 Athletics". Watch Athletics. 9 August 2024. Retrieved 22 April 2025.
  15. ^ "Dutch Indoor Championships". World Athletics. 28 February 2025. Retrieved 22 April 2025.
  16. ^ "European Indoor Championships". World Athletics. 8 March 2025. Retrieved 22 April 2025.
  17. ^ "Men's 4x100 Metres Relay - World Athletics Relays Championships 2025". Watch Athletics. 11 May 2025. Retrieved 13 May 2025.
  18. ^ Broadbent, Chris (28 June 2025). "Double Dutch! The Netherlands win men's and women's 4x100m races with national records". Eurorpean Athletics. Retrieved 28 June 2025.
  19. ^ "Mondiaux d'athlétisme en salle - Simon Verherstraeten bat le record de Belgique du 60 m vieux de 41 ans et verra Torun". Starsporttv.be (in Belgian French). 21 February 2026. Retrieved 22 February 2026.
  20. ^ "Terugblik WK Indoor Atletiek – Dag 1". Hardloopnetwerk. 21 March 2026. Retrieved 21 March 2026.
  21. ^ "Taymir Burnet", World Athletics. Retrieved 22 February 2026.
  22. ^ "Sprinter Burnet scherpt Nederlands indoorrecord op 60 meter tweemaal aan" (in Dutch), NOS, 21 February 2026. Retrieved 22 February 2026.
  23. ^ "Baanrecords mannen" (in Dutch), p. 10, Royal Dutch Athletics Federation, 12 February 2026. Retrieved 25 February 2026.
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