Taymir Burnet


Taymir Burnet is a Dutch sprinter. He has competed at multiple major championships including the 2020 and 2024 Olympic Games.
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Career

He was a bronze medalist in the 4 × 100 metres relay at the 2018 European Athletics Championships in Berlin, Germany.
He won the Dutch national title over 200 metres at the Dutch Athletics Championships in August 2020. Burnet represented Netherlands at the [Athletics at the 2020 Olympic Games|2020 Summer Olympics|2020 Tokyo Olympics], competing in the 200 metres, reaching the semi-finals.
He was a bronze medalist in the men's 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2022 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Belgrade, Serbia. He ran at the 2022 European Athletics Championships in the 4 × 100 metres relay event finishing fourth. He competed in the 4 x 100 metres relay at the 2022 World Athletics Championships.
He finished fourth in the 200 metres at the 2023 European Athletics Team Championships. At the Championships, he also competed in the 4x100 metres relay. In 2023, he was selected for the 200 metres and also included with the Dutch relay pool for the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest.
He ran in the semi-final foe the Dutch 4 x 400 metres team that would go on and win the bronze medal at the 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Glasgow, Scotland. He then ran as part of the Dutch 4 × 100 metres relay team at the 2024 World Relays Championships in Nassau, Bahamas in May 2024. He was a silver medalist at the 2024 European Athletics Championships in the 4 x 100 metres relay in Rome in June 2024. Later that month, he was runner-up in the 100 metres at the Dutch Athletics Championships. He competed in the men's 4x100m relay at the 2024 Olympic Games.
In February 2025, he finished runner-up at the Dutch Indoor Athletics Championships over 60 metres. He finished eighth in the final of the 60 metres at the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Apeldoorn. He competed at the 2025 World Athletics Relays in China in the Men's 4 × 100 metres relay in May 2025. Alongside Xavi Mo-Ajok, Nsikak Ekpo and Elvis Afrifa he was part of the Dutch 4 x 100 metres team which set a new national record of 37.87 seconds to win the 2025 European Athletics Team Championships First Division in Madrid on 28 June.

Statistics

International competitions

1Disqualified in the final
2Did not finish in the final

Personal bests