KRUMINS Susan

Netherlands

Athletics

Date of Birth: 8 Jul 1986

Age: 35

Gender: Female

Place of birth: NIJMEGEN

Birth Country:

Netherlands

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Athletics	Women's 10,000m	DNF

Schedule

Change

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Olympic Stadium - Track	Women's 10,000m Final	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Athlete:

Olympic Games

Year	Location	5000m	10,000m
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	8th (15:00.69)	14th (31:32.43)

World Athletics Championships

Year	Location	1500m	5000m	10,000m
2019	Doha, QAT	-	-	7th (31:05.40)
2017	London, GBR	-	8th (14:58.33)	5th (31:20.24)
2015	Beijing, CHN	-	8th (15:08.00)	10th (31:54.32)
2013	Moscow, RUS	-	8th (15:14.70)	-
2009	Berlin, GER	Heats (4:18.10)	-	-

European Championships

Year	Location	5000m	10,000m
2018	Berlin, GER	6th (15:09.65)	2nd (31:52.55)

Diamond League overview - Three best ranks per season and event since 2017

Year	3000m	5000m
2018	1 x 12th	-
2017	1 x 7th	1 x 9th

Diamond League - Ten best performances since 2020

Rank	Year	Event	Location	Result
7	2017	3000m	Birmingham, GBR	8:34.41
9	2017	5000m	Brussels, BEL	14:51.25
12	2018	3000m	Birmingham, GBR	8:49.60

World Challenge - Ten best performances since 2020

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location	Result
3	2017	1500m	World Challenge	Berlin, GER	4:02.25
5	2018	3000m	World Challenge	Zagreb, CRO	8:37.21

Legend
SF - Semifinal, QF - Quarterfinal, 1R - 1st Round, Qual. - Qualification, QR - Qualification Round, DNF - Did Not Finish, DNS - Did Not Start, DQ - Disqualified, NM - No Mark, [Relay athlete without time] - Did not run in final

Nickname:

Suus (gelderlander.nl, 25 Jun 2009)

Previous names:

Susan Kuijken

Hobbies:

Reading motivational books. (runnersworld.com, 13 Sep 2019)

Occupation:

Athlete

Education:

Sociology - Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, USA

Family:

Husband Andrew Krumins

Languages spoken:

Dutch, English

Club name:

Melbourne Track Club [Australia]

Coach:

Nic Bideau [club, personal], AUS, from 2012

Sporting relatives:

Her husband Andrew Krumins competed for Australia in the 800m and the medley relay at the 2001 World Youth Championships in Debrecen, Hungary. (girlslove2run.com, 20 Feb 2016; SportsDeskOnline, 15 Jul 2001)

Injuries:

She suffered a tear to her right plantaris [lower leg] muscle in September 2017 at the Diamond League event in Brussels, Belgium. (Instagram profile, 11 Oct 2017, 22 Oct 2017)

In 2014 and 2015 she was troubled by Achilles tendon injuries. (telegraaf.nl, 30 Aug 2015; losseveter.nl, 16 Aug 2014, 10 Jun 2014)

Reason:

She tried gymnastics, tennis, skiing and trained in a circus, but she found running to be the best way to channel her competitiveness, especially racing against her twin brother. (susankuijken.com, 20 Nov 2015)

Ambition:

To win a medal at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (tellerreport.com, 29 Sep 2019)

Training:

She regularly trains with coach Nic Bideau in Melbourne, VIC, Australia. In the Netherlands, she splits her training between Hilversum, Nijmegen and the Olympic Training Centre Papendal near Arnhem. (hardloopnetwerk.nl, 25 Feb 2020)

Influence:

Her husband Andrew. (susankuijken.com, 20 Nov 2015)

Award:

In 2019 she was inducted into the Athletics Hall of Fame at Florida State University [FSU] in the United States of America. While competing for FSU, in 2009 she was named Atlantic Coast Conference Women's Track and Field Scholar Athlete of the Year. (seminoles.com, 26 Jun 2019, 06 Aug 2009)

She was named Athlete of the Year in Nijmegen, Netherlands, in 2013, 2014 and 2015. (gelderlander.nl, 27 Feb 2016, 28 Feb 2015; nieuwsuitnijmegen.nl, 10 May 2014)

General Interest

General
STUDYING ABROAD
She studied at Florida State University [FSU] in the United States of America from 2006 to 2009. She finished her collegiate career as the first FSU athlete to achieve four cross-country All-American honours, and her two NCAA individual titles [indoor 3000m and outdoor 1500m] made her the most decorated women's distance athlete in the college's history at that time. In 2019 she was inducted into FSU's Athletics Hall of Fame. (seminoles.com, 26 Jun 2019)

Social Media

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event
DNF:: Did not finish

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