Jonathan Sacoor

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Jonathan Sacoor
Jonathan Sacoor Birmingham 2018.jpg
Jonathan Sacoor in 2018
Personal information
NationalityBelgian
Born (1999-09-01) 1 September 1999 (age 26)
Hal, Belgium
Sport
CountryBelgium
Sport Athletics
Event 400 metres
ClubOlympic Essenbeek Halle
Coached byJean-Marie Bras
Jacques Borlée
Medal record
Representing Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
World Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2019 Doha 4 × 400 m relay
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2022 Eugene 4 × 400 m relay
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2025 Tokyo 4 × 400 m mixed
World Relay Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2025 Guangzhou 4 × 400 m relay
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2019 Yokohama 4 × 400 m relay
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2024 Bahamas 4 × 400 m relay
World Indoor Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Belgrade 4 × 400 m relay
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2024 Glasgow 4 × 400 m relay
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2018 Birmingham 4 × 400 m relay
European Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2018 Berlin 4 × 400 m relay
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2024 Rome 4 × 400 m relay
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2022 Munich 4 × 400 m relay
European Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2023 Kraków-Małopolska 4 × 400 m mixed
European Indoor Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2025 Apeldoorn 4 × 400 m relay
World U20 Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2018 Tampere 400 m
European U23 Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2021 Gävle 400 m
European U20 Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2017 Grosseto 400 m

Jonathan Sacoor (born 1 September 1999) is a Belgian sprinter specialising in the 400 metres. [1]

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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 400 m 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] and he ran a personal best in the final of the individual 400 metres, finishing 4th and posting for the first time in his career a sub 45 seconds. [6] At the 2024 Summer Olympics, he ran the heats and finals of the mixed and men's 4 × 400 metres relay, finishing 4th in both.

In March 2025, he won a bronze medal at the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Apeldoorn, The Netherlands as a member of the Belgium men's 4 × 400 m relay team. [7]

Personal life

His father is Mozambican, of Portuguese and Indian descent, his mother is Dutch. [8]

International competitions

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
2015 European Youth Olympic Festival Tbilisi, Georgia 6th400 m49.86
2016 European Youth Championships Tbilisi, Georgia 4th400 m47.71
2017 European U20 Championships Grosseto, Italy 3rd400 m46.23
2018 World Indoor Championships Birmingham, United Kingdom 3rd4 × 400 m relay 3:02.51
2018 World U20 Championships Tampere, Finland 1st400 m45.03
5th4 × 400 m relay3:07.05
2018 European Championships Berlin, Germany 1st4 × 400 m relay 2:59.47
2019 World Relays Yokohama, Japan 3rd4 × 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
3rd4 × 400 m relay 2.58.78
2021 Olympic Games Tokyo, Japan 22nd (sf)400 m 45.88
4th4 × 400 m relay 2:57.88
2022 World Indoor Championships Belgrade, Serbia 1st4 × 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 3rd4 × 400 m mixed 3:12.97
2024 World Indoor Championships Glasgow, Scotland 1st4 × 400 m relay 3:03.54
World Relays Nassau, Bahamas 3rd4 × 400 m relay 3:01.16
European Championships Rome, Italy 1st4 × 400 m relay 2:59.84 EL
4th400 m 44.98
4th4 × 400 m mixed 3:11.03
Olympic Games Paris, France 21st (h)400 m 45.08
4th4 × 400 m mixed relay 3:09.36 NR
4th4 × 400 m relay 2:57.75 NR
2025 European Indoor Championships Apeldoorn, Netherlands 10th (sf)400 m 47.25
3rd4 × 400 m relay 3:05.18 SB
World Relays Guangzhou, China 2nd4 × 400 m 2:58.19 SB

1Did not finish in the final

Personal bests

Outdoor

Indoor

See also

References

  1. ↑ Jonathan Sacoor at World Athletics OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  2. ↑ "Jonathan Sacoor - Track & Field / XC".
  3. ↑ "Doom delivers again to anchor Belgium to 4x400m gold in Glasgow". World Athletics. 3 March 2024. Retrieved 14 June 2024.
  4. ↑ "World Relays : les Tornados et le relais mixte qualifiés pour Paris, repêchage pour les Cheetahs et les relais 4X100" (in French). RTBF. 5 May 2024. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
  5. ↑ "Gold and bronze for Belgian men and women in 4x400m relay". Belga (news agency). 12 June 2024. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
  6. ↑ "Alexander Doom breaks records to become European 400m champion". Belga (news agency). 10 June 2024. Retrieved 13 August 2024.
  7. ↑ "Five gold medals! Super Sunday as Dutch close Apeldoorn 2025 with glorious finale". European Athletic Association. 10 March 2025. Retrieved 10 March 2025.
  8. ↑ De medaille die de pijn stilt at De Standaard , 6 March 2018.
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