Alina Talay

Alina Henadzeuna Talay (Belarusian: Аліна Генадзеўна Талай; born 14 May 1989) is a Belarusian track and field athlete who specialises in the 100 metres hurdles.

Alina Talay

Alina Talay in Pedro's Cup in Łódź (2016)
Personal information
Full name	Alina Henadzeuna Talay
Nationality	Belarusian
Born	(1989-05-14) 14 May 1989 (age 36) Orsha, Soviet Union
Height	1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)[1]
Weight	54 kg (119 lb)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	100 metres hurdles
Coached by	Viktor Myasnikov.[2] Philip Winfried (2015–)[3]
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	100 m hurdles: 12.41 (2018) 60 m hurdles: 7.85 (2015)
Medal record Women's athletics Representing  Belarus World Championships 2015 Beijing 100 m hurdles World Indoor Championships 2012 Istanbul 60 m hurdles European Championships 2012 Helsinki 100 m hurdles 2016 Amsterdam 100 m hurdles European Indoor Championships 2013 Gothenburg 60 m hurdles 2015 Prague 60 m hurdles 2017 Belgrade 60 m hurdles European Athletics U23 Championships 2009 Kaunas 100 m hurdles

Career

She was fourth in the event at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics and won the bronze medal at the 2009 European Athletics U23 Championships a year after. Talay began competing in the senior ranks in 2009 and was a semi-finalist in the 60 metres hurdles at the 2009 European Athletics Indoor Championships. She dipped under 13 seconds for the 100 m hurdles for the first time in 2010 and ended the year having a personal best of 12.87 seconds. That year she was a semi-finalist at both the 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships and the 2010 European Athletics Championships.^[4]

Talay ran a best of 7.95 seconds for the 60 m hurdles at the 2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships and came fifth overall, making her first championship final. Still eligible for the age category competitions, she won at the 2011 European Athletics U23 Championships. She missed the World Championships, but competed at the 2011 Military World Games and won in a games record time of 12.95 seconds. She claimed her first world medal at the 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships, taking the bronze. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she raced in the 100 m hurdles and the 4 × 100 m relay.^[1] At the 2016 Olympics, she competed in the 100 m hurdles only.^[1]

Her personal bests are 12.41 seconds in the 100 metres hurdles (0.5 m/s, St. Polten 2018) and 7.85 seconds in the 60 metres hurdles (Prague 2015).^[4]

International competitions

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Belarus
2008	World Junior Championships	Bydgoszcz, Poland	4th	100 m hurdles	13.50 (-2.4 m/s)
2009	European U23 Championships	Kaunas, Lithuania	3rd	100 m hurdles	13.30 (-2.0 m/s)
			6th	4 × 100 m relay	44.86
2010	World Indoor Championships	Doha, Qatar	15th (sf)	60 m hurdles	8.18
	European Championships	Barcelona, Spain	15th (sf)	100 m hurdles	DSQ
2011	European Indoor Championships	Paris, France	5th	60 m hurdles	7.98
	European Team Championships Super League	Stockholm, Sweden	2nd	100 m hurdles	13.19
	European U23 Championships	Ostrava, Czech Republic	1st	100 m hurdles	12.91 (-1.0 m/s)
2012	World Indoor Championships	Istanbul, Turkey	3rd	60 m hurdles	7.97
	European Championships	Helsinki, Finland	1st	100 m hurdles	12.91
	Olympic Games	London, United Kingdom	13th (sf)	100 m hurdles	12.84
			14th (h)	4 × 100 m relay	43.90
2013	European Indoor Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	1st	60 metres hurdles	7.94
	Universiade	Kazan, Russia	2nd	100 m hurdles	12.78
	World Championships	Moscow, Russia	9th (sf)	100 m hurdles	12.82
2014	European Championships	Zürich, Switzerland	5th	100 m hurdles	12.97
2015	European Indoor Championships	Prague, Czech Republic	1st	60 metres hurdles	7.85 (NR)
	World Championships	Beijing, China	3rd	100 m hurdles	12.66 (NR)
2016	World Indoor Championships	Portland, United States	6th	60 m hurdles	8.00
	European Championships	Amsterdam, Netherlands	2nd	100 m hurdles	12.68
	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	21st (sf)	100 m hurdles	13.66
2017	European Indoor Championships	Belgrade, Serbia	2nd	60 metres hurdles	7.92
	World Championships	London, United Kingdom	6th	100 m hurdles	12.81
2018	European Championships	Berlin, Germany	2nd (sf)	100 m hurdles	12.761
2019	European Indoor Championships	Glasgow, United Kingdom	15th (sf)	60 m hurdles	8.15

¹Disqualified in the final

Personal bests

• 100 m hurdles: 12.41 (May 2018) NR
• 60 m hurdles: 7.85 (March 2015) NR
• 50 m hurdles: 6.89 (December 2011) NR