Maja Mihalinec Zidar (born 17 December 1989) is a Slovenian sprinter.^[5] She competed at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics, 2016 World Indoor Championships, 2016 Olympics and 2019 World Championships in Athletics.

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Maja Mihalinec Zidar

Mihalinec at the 2016 Olympics
Personal information
Birth name	Maja Mihalinec
Born	(1989-12-17) 17 December 1989 (age 34) Mozirje, Slovenia[1]
Education	University of Ljubljana,[2] University of Nebraska Omaha[2]
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[3]
Weight	65 kg (143 lb)[3]
Sport
Sport	Athletics[2]
Event(s)	60 m, 100 m, 200 m, 4x100 m
College team	Omaha Mavericks[1]
Club	AK Velenje[2]
Coached by	Srdjan Djordjevic[2]
Medal record Representing  Slovenia European Games 2019 Minsk 100 m[4]

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Mihalinec's mother Damijana is a volleyball coach and former player, and her younger sister Katja played volleyball internationally. Maja also started with volleyball, but her physical education teacher persuaded her to take up athletics. For some time she trained in both sports, but then chose running. Her partner Luka Zidar is a competitive high jumper.^[2]

Mihalinec studied social sciences at the University of Ljubljana and communications at the University of Nebraska Omaha. In 2015, she was named Female Athlete of the Year by the Athletic Federation of Slovenia.^[2]

Outdoor

• 100 metres – 11.27 (+1.1 m/s, Padova 2019)
• 200 metres – 22.78 (+0.7 m/s, Doha 2019)

Indoor

• 60 metres – 7.21 (Glasgow 2019)
• 200 metres – 23.47 (Vienna 2015)