Taymir Burnet

Taymir Burnet (born 1 October 1992) is a Dutch track and field athlete who competes in sprinting. He represented the Netherlands at multiple major championships including the 2020 and 2024 Olympic Games. He holds the Dutch record in the 60 metres with a time of 6.51 seconds set on 21 February 2026 and has a Dutch best performance in the 150 metres.

In relays, Burnet won bronze medals at the 2022 World Indoor Championships and the 2025 World Championships. He holds Dutch records in the 4 × 100 metres relay with a time of 37.81 seconds set on 21 September 2025 and 4 × 200 metres relay with a time of 1:20.86 minutes set on 4 September 2021.

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 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 × 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 4 × 100 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 for the Dutch 4 × 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 × 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 4 × 100 m 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 × 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.

In February 2026, he set a new Dutch national record in the 60 metres of 6.51 seconds, whilst competing in Apeldoorn. The following month, he reached the final of the 60 metres at the 2026 World Indoor Championships in Toruń, Poland having qualified after he tied in 6.56 seconds with Belgian Simon Verherstraeten in his semi-final. On 7 June, he equalled his 100 metres personal best with 10.09 seconds at the 2026 Bauhausgalan in Stockholm.

Personal bests Information from his World Athletics profile unless otherwise noted.

Individual events + Personal best times for individual events Event Location Date Record Notes 60 metres 6.51 Apeldoorn, Netherlands 21 February 2026 100 metres 9.98 La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland 30 June 2019 Wind assistance: +3.5 m/s 10.09 Potchefstroom, South Africa 14 February 2024 (Wind: +1.9 m/s) 150 metres 15.28 Willemstad, Curaçao 28 April 2024 (Wind: -0.5 m/s) 200 metres long track 20.07 La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland 14 August 2021 Wind assistance: +2.1 m/s 20.30 Potchefstroom, South Africa 14 February 2024 (Wind: +0.0 m/s) short track 20.92 Ostrava, Czech Republic 3 February 2022 300 metres 32.29 Pretoria, South Africa 17 February 2024 400 metres long track 47.60 Hengelo, Netherlands 6 June 2022 short track 46.51 Apeldoorn, Netherlands 26 February 2022 Burnet's outright 400 m best

Team events + Personal best times for team events Event Location Date Record Notes 4 × 100 metres relay 37.81 Tokyo, Japan 21 September 2025 Teamed with Nsikak Ekpo, Xavi Mo-Ajok, and Elvis Afrifa. Burnet ran the second leg. 4 × 200 metres relay 1:20.86 Rotterdam, Netherlands 4 September 2021 Teamed with Churandy Martina, Hensley Paulina, and Xavi Mo-Ajok. Burnet ran the first leg. 4 × 400 metres relay short track 3:06.47 Glasgow, United Kingdom 3 March 2024 Teamed with Isaya Klein Ikkink, Tony van Diepen, and Ramsey Angela. Brunet ran the first leg.

Competition results International competitions