Jonas Phijffers

Jonas Phijffers

Personal information
Nationality	Dutch
Born	(2003-06-20) 20 June 2003 (age 22)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	Sprints
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	400 m: 44.72 (Hengelo, 2025) NU23R Indoors 400 m: 45.90 (Apeldoorn, 2025)
Medal record Men's athletics Representing  Netherlands European U23 Championships 2025 Bergen 400m

Jonas Phijffers (born 20 June 2003) is a Dutch sprinter. He competed over 400 metres at the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships. ^[1]

Career

He is from Hellendoorn, and competed as a member of ASV Atletics in Nijverdal, as well as for Team Sotra in Apeldoorn. When he was 15 years-old, he competed as a multi-event athlete, placing second overall in the combined events competition in his age-group at The Open Gelders and Overijssels Athletics Championship in May 2018. He became Dutch U20 champion over 400 metres in 2021, and retained that title in 2022. ^{[2] [3] [4] [5]}

He competed at the 2023 European Athletics U23 Championships in Espoo, Finland in the 400 metres. ^[6] He set a personal best of 45.38 seconds and won the silver medal at the Dutch Athletics Championships in 2024. He signed a professional contract with New Balance ahead of the 2025 indoor season. ^[7]

He ran an indoors 400 metres personal best of 46.17 and then lowered it again to 45.90 seconds whilst competing in February 2025. However, at the senior Dutch Indoor Athletics Championships in Apeldoorn later that month, he went out fast to lead the 400 metres race after the first lap before being caught and eventually overtaken by the rest of the field to place sixth overall. He was selected for the 400 metres at the home 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships, held in Apeldoorn. ^{[8] [9] [10] [11]} Competing at the championships, he ran 46.49 seconds to qualify from his heat into the semi-finals. In his semi-final, he finished fifth in his race in time of 46.89 seconds, and did not proceed to the final. ^[12] He competed at the 2025 World Athletics Relays in China in the Men's 4 × 400 metres relay in May 2025. ^{[13] [14]} On 9 June 2025, he won in Hengelo and set a new Dutch U23 record of 44.93 seconds. ^[15]

He was selected for the 400 metres at the 2025 European Athletics Team Championships in Madrid in June 2025, running 45.13 seconds to finish fifth in the first division. ^[16] He ran a championship record of 44.82 seconds to win the gold medal in the 400 metres at the 2025 European Athletics U23 Championships in Bergen, Norway. ^[17]

References

1. "Jonas Phijffers". World Athletics. Retrieved 4 March 2025.
2. "Jonas (18) uit Hellendoorn wint 400 meter op NK onder 20 jaar en probeert nu WK-limiet te halen". Tubantia.nl. 1 November 2022. Retrieved 4 March 2025.
3. "Jonas Phijffers is Dutch champion". Hartvannijverdal.com. February 24, 2022. Retrieved 4 March 2025.
4. "Jonas Phijffers van asv Atletics Nijverdal pakt NK titel op de 400 meter U-20". Sportintwente.nl. 14 September 2021. Retrieved 4 March 2025.
5. "Success for Athletics". hartvannijverdal.com. May 24, 2018. Retrieved 15 April 2025.
6. "Bekroning voor Hellendoornse 400 meter-specialist: Jonas Phijffers naar EK U23". Tubantia.nl. 3 July 2023. Retrieved 4 March 2025.
7. "Photo diary of Jonas Phijffers in Nerja". Hardloopnetwerk.nl. 15 January 2025. Retrieved 4 March 2025.
8. Mills, Steven (4 March 2025). "Records under threat in the men's sprints in Apeldoorn 2025". European Athletics. Retrieved 4 March 2025.
9. "46 TeamNL atleten in actie tijdens EK Indoor Atletiek in Apeldoorn". Atletiek.nl. February 25, 2025. Retrieved 25 February 2025.
10. "Another Dutch indoor record Chapple, this time on the 800 meters. Jonas Phijffers and Baltus run indoor limit". Hardliipniews.nl. February 2, 2025. Retrieved 4 March 2025.
11. Roeske, Eric (February 23, 2025). "Dutch world-class athletes shine at National Indoor Championships". hardloopnetwerk.nl. Retrieved 25 February 2025.
12. "European Athletics Indoor Championships". World Athletics. 6 March 2025. Retrieved 17 March 2025.
13. "Men's 4x400 Metres Relay - World Athletics Relays Championships 2025". Watch Athletics. 11 May 2025. Retrieved 13 May 2025.
14. "Atletiekunie maakt selectie WK estafette bekend". Atletiek.nl. 22 April 2025. Retrieved 22 April 2025.
15. Broadbent, Chris (9 June 2025). "Femke Bol wins in Hengelo with meeting record 52.51 as Mark English sets Irish 800m record". European Athletics. Retrieved 10 June 2025.
16. "European Athletics Team Championships First Division". World Athletics. 27 June 2025. Retrieved 27 June 2025.
17. Mills, Steven (19 July 2025). "Championship record! Jaeger blazes to European U23 400m gold in 49.74". European Athletics. Retrieved 19 July 2025.