Miguel Janssen

Miguel Janssen

Janssen in 2015
Personal information
Born	(1970-09-05) 5 September 1970 (age 54) Oranjestad, Aruba
Education	Centraal Instituut Opleiding Sportleiders[1]
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[2]
Weight	80 kg (176 lb)
Sport
Sport	Track and field
Event(s)	100 m, 200 m
Club	Amsterdamse Atletiek Combinatie
Coached by	Henk Kraaijenhof[1]

Miguel Janssen (born 5 September 1970 in Oranjestad) is a retired Dutch-Aruban athlete who competed in sprinting events.^[3] He represented Aruba at the 1996 Summer Olympics, as well as three outdoor and three indoor World Championships. He later switched allegiance to the Netherlands on 2 August 1998^[2] but did not represent that country at any major competition. Janssen still holds Aruban records on several distances. In addition, he is a former Dutch record holder in the 60 metres indoors and 200 metres outdoors.

His father Harry Janssen was a Dutch middle-distance runner and president of the Aruba Athletic Federation while his mother Ciska Janssen was a Dutch long jumper.^[1]

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Aruba
1993	World Indoor Championships	Toronto, Canada	35th (h)	60 m	6.97
	World Championships	Stuttgart, Germany	37th (h)	100 m	10.62
			49th (h)	200 m	21.51
1994	South American Games	Valencia, Venezuela	8th	100 m	10.64
			7th	200 m	21.6
1995	World Indoor Championships	Barcelona, Spain	23rd (sf)	60 m	6.83
			21st (h)	200 m	21.90
	World Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	65th (h)	100 m	10.73
			56th (h)	200 m	21.31
1996	Olympic Games	Atlanta, United States	71st (h)	200 m	21.72
1997	World Indoor Championships	Paris, France	41st (h)	60 m	6.87
	World Championships	Athens, Greece	56th (h)	100 m	10.47

Outdoor

• 100 metres – 10.37 (+0.9 m/s) (Apeldoorn 1999)
• 200 metres – 20.59 (Assen 1994)
• 400 metres – 48.31 (Groningen 1995)

Indoor

• 60 metres – 6.63 (The Hague 1998)
• 200 metres – 21.14 (Ghent 1998)

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