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Minke Bisschops
Happy birthday to the Netherlands' sprinter Minke Bisschops, an Olympic finalist, a European medallist and the second-fastest Dutch woman in history over 100m.
Minke's 11.05 from 2025 won her the...
Libertad Rivera
Happy birthday to Mexico's 800m runner Libertad Rivera, who runs the 800m with a 400m runner's engine underneath it.
Libertad's best over two laps is 2:15.09, set in Monterrey, and...
Renee Regis
Happy birthday to Great Britain's sprinter Renee Regis, who this February became British indoor 200m champion and then found out who was presenting the medal.
It was her father. John...
Valeria Quispe Fuentes
Happy birthday to Bolivia's triple jumper Valeria Quispe Fuentes, who won her country's first gold medal of the 2025 Bolivarian Games. Not the first in athletics. The first in...
Polina Naumenko
Happy birthday to Ukraine's middle-distance runner Polina Naumenko, who rewrote her own personal best twice inside a single calendar year.
In January 2025 Polina ran 2:13.92 for 800m indoors in...
Isabela Teixeira
Happy birthday to Brazil's combined-events athlete Isabela Teixeira, a heptathlete whose jumping is good enough to stand entirely on its own.
Across her 2025 season Isabela produced the best two...
