Miguel van Assen

Miguel Uriel van Assen (born 30 July 1997) is a Surinamese athlete specializing in the triple jump.^[2] 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.^[3]

Miguel van Assen

Personal information
Birth name	Miguel Uriel van Assen
Born	(1997-07-30) 30 July 1997 (age 28)
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[1]
Weight	71 kg (157 lb)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	Triple jump

His personal best in the event is 16.94 metres set in Asunción in 2017.^[4] 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 (q)	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
	World Championships	London, United Kingdom	23rd (q)	Triple jump	16.38 m
2018	South American Games	Cochabamba, Bolivia	1st	Triple jump	16.81 m
	Central American and Caribbean Games	Barranquilla, Colombia	3rd	Triple jump	16.96 m
2019	South American Championships	Lima, Peru	3rd	Triple jump	16.11 m
2020	South American Indoor Championships	Cochabamba, Bolivia	8th	Long jump	7.25 m
2021	South American Championships	Guayaquil, Ecuador	3rd	Triple jump	16.73 m (w)

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