Jonathan Sacoor
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| Nationality | Belgian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 1 September 1999 Namur, Belgium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Belgium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | 400 metres | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Olympic Essenbeek Halle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Jean-Marie Bras Jacques Borlée | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 is currently a member of the University of Tennessee track and field team.[2]
His father is Mozambican, of Portuguese and Indian descent, his mother is Dutch.[3]
International competitions[]
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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Representing  Belgium
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| 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 | 3:07.431 | |
| World Championships | Doha, Qatar | 12th (sf) | 400 m | 45.03 | |
| 3rd | 4 x 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 | |||
1Did not finish in the final
Personal bests[]
Outdoor
- 200 metres – 21.35 (+0.6 m/s, Huizingen 2017)
- 400 metres – 45.03 (Tampere, 2018)
Indoor
- 200 metres – 21.58 (Ghent 2018)
- 400 metres – 46.95 (Ghent 2018)
See also[]
References[]
- ^ Jonathan Sacoor at World Athletics
- ^ "Jonathan Sacoor - Track & Field / XC".
- ^ De medaille die de pijn stilt at De Standaard, 6 March 2018.
External links[]
- Jonathan Sacoor at World Athletics
- Jonathan Sacoor at European Athletic Association (archived)
- Jonathan Sacoor at Diamond League
- Jonathan Sacoor at Olympedia
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- 1999 births
- Living people
- Belgian male sprinters
- European Championships (multi-sport event) gold medalists
- European Athletics Championships medalists
- Belgian people of Dutch descent
- Belgian people of Mozambican descent
- Belgian people of Indian descent
- Indian people of Portuguese descent
- Indian people of Dutch descent
- Belgian people of Portuguese descent
- World Athletics Championships athletes for Belgium
- World Athletics Championships medalists
- Belgian Athletics Championships winners
- World Athletics Indoor Championships medalists
- World Athletics U20 Championships winners
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes of Belgium