Daniel Segers

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Daniel Segers
Personal information
Born (2001-02-01) 1 February 2001 (age 24)
Sport
Sport Athletics
Event Sprint
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)400m: 44.63 (2025)
Long Jump 7.89m (2020) NU20R
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
World Relays
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2025 Guangzhou 4×400 m relay

Daniel Segers (born 1 February 2001) is a Belgian sprinter. He was the Belgian indoor national champion in 2025 in the 400 metres. He previously won the Belgian Athletics Championships in the long jump. [1]

Career

From Dendermonde, as a junior athlete he competed in the decathlon. [2] He represented Belgium at the 2017 European Youth Olympic Festival in Győr, Hungary winning gold in the long jump. [3] He won the senior Belgian Athletics Championships long jump title in Brussels in 2020, with a best jump of 7.89 metres. [4]

Having given up long jump due to a succession of injuries, he switched to train under Jacques Borlée from mid-October 2024. In February 2025, he won the Belgian national indoor 400 metres title. [5] He subsequently competed for Belgium at the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Apeldoorn, Netherlands. [6] He was the fifth fastest qualifier for the semi-finals with a new indoor personal best of 46.11 seconds. [7]

He was selected for the Belgian relay pool at the 2025 World Athletics Relays in China, where he was a silver medalist in the Men's 4 × 400 metres relay. [8] He also competed in the Mixed 4 × 400 metres relay at the event. [9] He set a personal best of 44.63 seconds to win the 400 metres at the Golden Spike Ostrava on 24 June. [10] He ran 44.90 seconds to place fourth in the 2025 Diamond League at the 2025 Memorial Van Damme in Brussels, Belgium, on 22 August. [11] He placed sixth in the 400 metres at the Diamond League Final in Zurich on 28 August. [12] He was selected for the Belgian team for the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan. [13]

References

  1. "Daniel Segers". World Athletics. Retrieved 10 May 2025.
  2. "KVV MULTI-EVENTS: DANIEL SEGERS WITH TWO RECORDS". Atletiek.be. 31 July 2017. Retrieved 11 May 2025.
  3. "EYOF: DANIEL SEGERS CONFIRMS FAVOURITE ROLE WITH GOLD!". Atletiek.be. 26 July 2017. Retrieved 11 May 2025.
  4. "Belgian Championships". World Athletics. 15 August 2020. Retrieved 11 May 2025.
  5. "Daniel Segers prepares for his first European Championship as a senior: "The fear I once had has now turned into self-confidence"". Nieuwsblad.be. 4 March 2025. Retrieved 11 May 2025.
  6. "Euro d'athlétisme en salle : Sacoor bloqué, Segers blessé… les Belgian Tornados déforcés avant la finale de ce dimanche". Lavenir.net. 8 March 2025. Retrieved 11 May 2025.
  7. "400m: Daniel Segers' series Euro Indoor 2025 - Apeldoorn". rtbf.be. 7 March 2025. Retrieved 11 May 2025.
  8. "World Relays: Belgian Tornados take silver medal in 4x400m". lesoir.be. 11 May 2025. Retrieved 11 May 2025.
  9. "Mixed 4x400 Metres Relay - World Athletics Relays Championships 2025". Watch Athletics. 11 May 2025. Retrieved 13 May 2025.
  10. "Duplantis and Koech among meeting record-breakers in Ostrava". World Athletics. 24 June 2025. Retrieved 25 June 2025.
  11. "Results - Brussels Diamond League 2025". Watch Athletics. 22 August 2025. Retrieved 26 August 2025.
  12. Collett, Jasmine (28 August 2025). "Results - Weltklasse Zurich Diamond League 2025". Watch Athletics. Retrieved 29 August 2025.
  13. "Belgian Athletics maakt volledige selectie WK Tokio bekend: Anne Zagré mee met Rockets". atni.be. 29 August 2025. Retrieved 29 August 2025.