Anna Maria Millend (born 1 April 2004) is an Estonian hurdler. She was a silver medalist at the 2021 World Athletics U20 Championships in the 100 metres hurdles.[1]
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| Born | 1 April 2004 | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
Event(s) | Sprints, Hurdles | ||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | 100 m: 11.78 (Tallinn 2022) 100 mH: 13.16 (Tallinn 2025) 60 mH: 8.28 (Tallinn 2026) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
editMillend is a member of Audentes Sports Club.[2] She competed for Estonia at the 2021 European Athletics U20 Championships in Tallinn in July 2021.[3][4] The following month, she won the silver medal in the 100 metres hurdles at the 2021 World Athletics U20 Championships in Nairobi, Kenya, running 13.45 seconds to finish runner-up to Ackera Nugent of Jamaica, but ahead of Anna Tóth of Hungary.[5][6][7] Millend set both a new personal best, and an Estonian junior record, being timed at 13.56 in the heats before setting a time of 13.44 seconds in the semi-final.[8]
In June 2022, Millend set a new U20 Estonian record of 11.78 seconds in the 100 metres at the Tallinn Youth Summer Championships.[9] In 2023, shortly after her nineteenth birthday, Millend moved to fifth place on the Estonian all-time list, and set a new Estonian under-20 record, with a run of 13.30 for the 100 metres hurdles whilst competing in Finland.[2]
In June 2025, she was part of the Estonian women's 4 x 100 metres relay team which set a new national record whilst competing at the 2025 European Athletics Team Championships Second Division in Maribor, running 43.98 seconds alongside Miia Ott, Kreete Verlin and Ann Marii Kivikas.[10] The following month, Millend set a new 100m hurdles personal best in Joensuu, Finland, running a time of 13.24 seconds.[11] She competed for Estonia at the 2025 European Athletics U23 Championships in Bergen , Norway, and the 2025 Summer World University Games in Bochum, Germany.[12][13] In August, she lowered her personal best to 13.16 seconds at the 2025 Estonian Championships.[14]
References
edit- ↑ "Anna Maria Millend". World Athletics. Retrieved 18 Jan 2026.
- 1 2 "19-year-old hurdler breaks Estonian youth record and rises to fifth in all-time rankings". Posttimees. 18 July 2023. Retrieved 18 Jan 2026.
- ↑ "Hurdler Anna Maria Millend takes silver in U-20 championships in Kenya". err.ee. 23 August 2021. Retrieved 18 Jan 2026.
- ↑ "European Athletics U20 Championships". World Athletics. 16 July 2021. Retrieved 18 Jan 2026.
- ↑ "World Athletics U20 Championships". World Athletics. 18 August 2021. Retrieved 18 Jan 2026.
- ↑ "Gold for Jamaica's Ackera Nugent at World Athletics Under-20 Champs". Jamaica Observer. 21 August 2021. Retrieved 18 Jan 2026.
- ↑ "Millend earned Estonia's second silver medal at the U-20 World Cup". ERR Sport. August 21, 2021. Retrieved 18 Jan 2026.
- ↑ "Great run! Anna Maria Millend reached the final of the Junior World Championships with an Estonian record". Delfi. 20 August 2021. Retrieved 18 Jan 2026.
- ↑ "Young Estonian sprinter, who broke the 20-year-old record, secured a place at the World Championships". Posttimees. 18 June 2022. Retrieved 18 Jan 2026.
- ↑ "VEM-i 1. päev - Naiste teatenelik püstitas Eesti rekordi". eklj.ee. 28 June 2025. Retrieved 30 June 2025.
- ↑ "Anna Maria Millend sets new 100m hurdles PB in Finland". err.ee. 14 July 2025. Retrieved 18 Jan 2026.
- ↑ "Estonian high jumper, hurdler advance in U-23 Euro champs in Norway". err.ee. 18 July 2025. Retrieved 18 Jan 2025.
- ↑ "FISU World University Games". World Athletics. 27 July 2025. Retrieved 18 Jan 2026.
- ↑ "Estonian Championships". World Athletics. 2 August 2025. Retrieved 18 Jan 2026.