Thijs Nijhuis

Thijs Nijhuis (2012)

Thijs Matthias Nijhuis (born 20 September 1992, in the Netherlands) is a Danish long-distance runner.[1]

He finished tenth at the 2013 European U23 Championships (10,000 m), fourth at the 2015 Summer Universiade (5000 m), fifteenth at the 2017 Summer Universiade (5000 m) and tenth at the 2017 Summer Universiade (10,000 m).[2] He also competed at the 2015 European Indoor Championships (3000 m) without reaching the final.

In 2019, he competed in the senior men's race at the 2019 IAAF World Cross Country Championships held in Aarhus, Denmark.[3] He finished in 116th place.[3] In 2019, he also competed in the men's marathon at the 2019 World Athletics Championships held in Doha, Qatar.[4] He finished in 31st place.[4] In 2020, he competed in the men's race at the 2020 World Athletics Half Marathon Championships held in Gdynia, Poland.[5] At the Seville Marathon 2020 he finished in time 2:10:57, qualifying him for the 2020 Summer Olympics.

References

1. Thijs dansk mester på 5000 m, Viborg AM, 3. august 2014
2. "Men's 10,000 metres" (PDF). 2017 Summer Universiade. Archived (PDF) from the original on 10 July 2020. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
3. "Senior men's race" (PDF). 2019 IAAF World Cross Country Championships. Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 July 2020. Retrieved 27 June 2020.
4. "Marathon Men − Final − Results" (PDF). IAAF. 5 October 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 June 2020. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
5. "Men's Half Marathon" (PDF). 2020 World Athletics Half Marathon Championships. Archived (PDF) from the original on 17 October 2020. Retrieved 17 October 2020.