Miguel van Assen

Miguel Uriel van Assen (born 30 July 1997) is a Surinamese athlete specialising in the triple jump.^[1] He won the gold medal at the 2017 South American Championships. In addition, he won multiple medals in age-group competitions, including the gold at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympic Games.

His personal best in the event is 16.94 metres set in Asunción in 2017.^[2] This is the current national record.

International competitions

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Suriname
2012	CARIFTA Games (U17)	Hamilton, Bermuda	6th	High jump	1.85 m
			2nd1	Triple jump	14.57 m
2013	CARIFTA Games (U17)	Nassau, Bahamas	1st	High jump	2.03 m
			1st	Triple jump	15.19 m
	World Youth Championships	Donetsk, Ukraine	5th	Triple jump	15.48 m2
2014	South American Games	Santiago, Chile	10th	Long jump	7.20 m
			4th	Triple jump	15.54 m
	CARIFTA Games (U20)	Fort-de-France, Martinique	3rd	Long jump	7.12 m
			1st	Triple jump	16.33 m
	Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U18)	Morelia, Mexico	1st	Triple jump	16.01 m
	World Junior Championships	Eugene, United States	11th	Triple jump	15.51 m
	Youth Olympic Games	Nanjing, China	1st	Triple jump	16.15 m
2015	CARIFTA Games (U20)	Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis	1st	Triple jump	16.24 m
	Pan American Games	Toronto, Canada	7th	Triple jump	16.25 m
2016	CARIFTA Games (U20)	St. George's, Grenada	1st	Long jump	7.66 m
	World U20 Championships	Bydgoszcz, Poland	8th	Triple jump	15.75 m
2017	Islamic Solidarity Games	Baku, Azerbaijan	2nd	Long jump	7.63 m
			3rd	Triple jump	16.64 m
	South American Championships	Asunción, Paraguay	1st	Triple jump	16.94 m

¹Out of competition performance
²No mark in the final

Personal bests

• High jump – 2.03 (Nassau 2013)
• Long jump – 7.66 (+0.3 m/s, St. Georges 2016)
• Triple jump – 16.94 (+2.0 m/s, Asunción 2017) national record

References