Belgian sprinter (born 1999)
Jonathan Sacoor in 2018
Nationality Belgian Born (1999-09-01 ) 1 September 1999 (age 24) Namur , BelgiumCountry Belgium Sport Athletics Event 400 metres Club Olympic Essenbeek Halle Coached by Jean-Marie Bras Jacques Borlée
Jonathan Sacoor (born 1 September 1999) is a Belgian sprinter specialising in the 400 metres .[1]
Career
He first came to prominence early 2018, winning a bronze medal in the 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2018 World Indoor Championships in a new national indoor record of 3:02.51. Later that year, he became the first ever Belgian under-20 athletics world champion by winning the gold medal in the 400m individual race at the 2018 IAAF World U20 Championships . He then followed up this performance with a gold in the 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2018 European Athletics Championships
He was a member of the University of Tennessee track and field team from 2019 to 2021.[2]
In 2024, he was on the team that won the gold for Belgium in the men's 4 × 400 m relay at the World Indoor Championships in Glasgow , Scotland[3] and at the World Athletics Relays in The Bahamas , he was on the teams that qualified Belgium for the 4 × 400 metres mixed relay and the men's 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2024 Summer Olympic Games in Paris , France.[4] Later that same year, he was on the Belgian men's 4 x 400 metres relay team that won the gold medal at the European Athletics Championships .[5]
Personal life
His father is Mozambican, of Portuguese and Indian descent, his mother is Dutch.[6]
International competitions
Year
Competition
Venue
Position
Event
Notes
Representing Belgium
2015
European Youth Olympic Festival
Tbilisi, Georgia
6th
400 m
49.86
2016
European Youth Championships
Tbilisi, Georgia
4th
400 m
47.71
2017
European U20 Championships
Grosseto, Italy
3rd
400 m
46.23
2018
World Indoor Championships
Birmingham, United Kingdom
3rd
4 × 400 m relay
3:02.51
2018
World U20 Championships
Tampere, Finland
1st
400 m
45.03
5th
4 × 400 m relay
3:07.05
2018
European Championships
Berlin, Germany
1st
4 × 400 m relay
2:59.47
2019
World Relays
Yokohama, Japan
3rd
4 × 400 m relay
3:02.70
European U23 Championships
Gävle, Sweden
6th (h)
4 × 400 m relay
3:07.43 1
World Championships
Doha, Qatar
12th (sf)
400 m
45.03
3rd
4 × 400 m relay
2.58.78
2021
Olympic Games
Tokyo, Japan
22nd (sf)
400 m
45.88
4th
4 × 400 m relay
2:57.88
2022
World Indoor Championships
Belgrade , Serbia
1st
4 × 400 m relay
3:06.52
World Championships
Eugene, United States
4th (h)
4 × 400 m relay
3:01.96
European Championships
Munich, Germany
4th (h)
4 × 400 m relay
3:01.80
2023
European Games
Chorzów, Poland
3rd
4 × 400 m mixed
3:12.97
2024
World Indoor Championships
Glasgow , Scotland
1st
4 × 400 m relay
3:03.54
World Relays
Nassau, Bahamas
3rd
4 × 400 m relay
3:01.16
European Championships
Rome, Italy
1st
4 × 400 m relay
2:59.84 EL
4th
400 m
44.98
4th
4 × 400 m mixed
3:11.03
1 Did not finish in the final
Personal bests
Outdoor
Indoor
See also
References
External links
Men's winners Women's winners Men's talent winners Women's talent winners G-athlete winners G-promotors
1991: Germany (Lieder , Carlowitz , Just , Schönlebe )
1993: United States (Hall , Irvin , Rouser , Everett )
1995: United States (Tolbert , Davis , Long , Atwater )
1997: United States (Rouser , Everett , Maye , Minor )
1999: United States (Morris , Johnson , Minor , Campbell )
2001: Poland (Rysiukiewicz , Haczek , Bocian , Maćkowiak )
2003: United States (Davis , Young , Campbell , Washington )
2004: Jamaica (Haughton , Colquhoun , McDonald , Clarke )
2006: United States (Washington , Merritt , Campbell , Spearmon )
2008: United States (Davis , Torrance , Nixon , Willie )
2010: United States (Torrance , Nixon , Tate , Jackson )
2012: United States (Wright , Smith Jr. , Mitchell , Roberts )
2014: United States (Clemons , Verburg , Butler III , Smith Jr. , Parros , Babineaux )
2016: United States (Clemons , Smith Jr. , Giesting , Norwood )
2018: Poland (Zalewski , Omelko , Krawczuk , Krzewina )
2022: Belgium (Watrin , Doom , Sacoor , K. Borlée )
2024: Belgium (Sacoor , D. Borlée , Iguacel , Doom , De Smet )
1934 : Germany (Hamann , Scheele , Voigt , Metzner )
1938 : Germany (Blazejezak , Bues, Linnhoff, Harbig )
1946 : France (Santona, Cros , Chef d'Hôtel , Lunis )
1950 : Great Britain (Pike , Lewis , Scott , Pugh )
1954 : France (Haarhoff , Degats , Martin-du-Gard , Goudeau )
1958 : Great Britain (Sampson , MacIsaac, Wrighton , Salisbury )
1962 : West Germany (Kindermann, Schmitt , Reske , Kinder )
1966 : Poland (Werner , Borowski , Grędziński , Badeński )
1969 : France (Bertould , Nicolau , Carette , Nallet )
1971 : West Germany (Schlöske , Jordan , Jellinghaus , Köhler )
1974 : Great Britain (Cohen , Hartley , Pascoe , Jenkins )
1978 : West Germany (Weppler , Hofmeister , Herrmann , Schmid )
1982 : West Germany (Skamrahl , Schmid , Giessing , Weber )
1986 : Great Britain (Redmond , Akabusi , Whittle , Black )
1990 : Great Britain (Sanders , Akabusi , Regis , Black )
1994 : Great Britain (McKenzie , Black , Whittle , Ladejo )
1998 : Great Britain (Hylton , Baulch , Thomas , Richardson )
2002 : Great Britain (Deacon , Elias , Baulch , Caines )
2006 : France (Djhone , M'Barke , Keïta , Raquil )
2010 : Russia (Dyldin , Aksyonov , Krasnov , Trenikhin )
2012 : Belgium (Gillet , J. Borlée , Bouckaert , K. Borlée )
2014 : Great Britain (Rooney , Bingham , Williams , Hudson-Smith )
2016 : Belgium (Watrin , J. Borlée , D. Borlée , K. Borlée )
2018 : Belgium (D. Borlée , J. Borlée , J. Sacoor , K. Borlée )
2022 : Great Britain (Hudson-Smith , Dobson , Davey , Haydock-Wilson )
2024 : Belgium (Sacoor , Vanderbemden , D. Borlée , Doom )
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