Alina Talay
![]() Alina Talay in Pedro's Cup in Łódź (2016) | |
Personal information | |
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Nationality | Belarusian |
Born | Orsha, Soviet Union | 14 May 1989
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 | 100m hurdles: 12.66 |
Medal record |
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.
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 2010 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.
Her personal bests are 12.66 seconds in the 100 metres hurdles (-0.3 m/s, Beijing 2015) and 7.85 seconds in the 60 metres hurdles (Prague 2015).
International competitions
References
- ^ Sports-Reference profile
- ^ Nickolai Dolgopolov and Rostislav Orlov (2012-06-18). Slew of close contests the highlights in Zhukovskiy. IAAF. Retrieved on 2012-06-20.
- ^ Belarus' Alina Talay wins 60m hurdles at tournament in Linz
- ^ Talay Alina. IAAF. Retrieved on 2012-06-20.
External links
- 1989 births
- Living people
- Belarusian female hurdlers
- People from Orsha
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes of Belarus
- European Athletics Championships medalists
- World Championships in Athletics athletes for Belarus
- World Championships in Athletics medalists