Sven Roosen

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Sven Roosen
2022-08-15 European Championships 2022 - Men's Decathlon - 100 Metres by Sandro Halank-050.jpg
Roosen in 2022
Personal information
NationalityDutch
Born (2001-07-27) 27 July 2001 (age 24)
Eindhoven, Netherlands
Sport
Sport Athletics
Event Decathlon
Achievements and titles
Personal bestDecathlon: 8,607 (2024)
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
European U23 Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2023 Espoo Decathlon
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2021 Tallinn Decathlon

Sven Roosen (born 27 July 2001) is a Dutch decathlete. He is a two-time medalist at the European Athletics U23 Championships, winning the silver medal in 2021 and the bronze medal in 2023. He finished fourth overall in the decathlon at the 2024 Paris Olympics. [1]

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Career

In 2021, he won the silver medal in the decathlon at the European U23 Championship in Tallinn, Estonia. This was the first time he scored over 8000 points for the decathlon. [2] [3]

He became Dutch national champion in the decathlon in Apeldoorn in June 2022 at the 2022 Dutch Athletics Championships. [4] Later that summer, he finished in tenth place at the 2022 European Athletics Championships in Munich, Germany, in what was his debut appearance at a senior major competition. [5]

In July 2023, he won the bronze medal at the European U23 Athletics Championships in the decathlon in Espoo, Finland. [6] [7]

He scored a personal best decathlon points tally of 8511 as he finished as runner-up at the Hypo-Meeting in Götzis, Austria in May 2024, also achieving the qualifying standard for the 2024 Paris Olympics. [8] Competing at the Olympic Games in August 2024, he achieved fourth place overall in a new personal best and national record of 8607 points. [9] [10] He finished third at the decathlon at the Decastar meeting in Talence, France in September 2024. [11] Also in 2024, he finished fourth overall in the 2024 World Athletics Combined Events Tour. [12]

He was selected for the Dutch team for the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan. [13]

Personal bests

Information from World Athletics profile unless otherwise noted.

Outdoor

As of 24 June 2025
EventPerformanceLocationDatePoints
Decathlon Paris 2–3 August 20248,607 points
100 metres 10.49 (+1.2 m/s) Götzis 18 May 2024977 points
Long jump 7.56 m (24 ft 9+12 in) (-0.6 m/s) Paris 2 August 2024950 points
Shot put 15.10 m (49 ft 6+14 in) Paris 2 August 2024796 points
High jump 1.92 m (6 ft 3+12 in) Götzis 18 May 2024723 points
400 metres 46.40 Paris 2 August 2024998 points
110 metres hurdles 13.96 (+0.2 m/s) Breda 20 July 2024980 points
Discus throw 46.88 m (153 ft 9+12 in) Paris 3 August 2024806 points
Pole vault 4.85 m (15 ft 10+34 in) Breda 20 July 2024865 points
Javelin throw 64.04 m (210 ft 1+14 in) Götzis 19 May 2024799 points
1500 metres 4:18.43 Munich 16 August 2022822 points
Virtual Best Performance8,706 points
EventPerformanceLocationDate
150 metres 15.62 (+1.6 m/s) Lisse 7 May 2022
200 metres 21.31 (-0.8 m/s) Hengelo 29 June 2024
300 metres 32.96 Lisse 13 May 2023
800 metres 1:58.80 Utrecht 3 August 2018
400 metres hurdles 51.48 Schothorst 12 September 2020

Indoor

As of 24 June 2025
EventPerformanceLocationDatePoints
Heptathlon Apeldoorn 13–14 February 20215,706 points
60 metres 7.01 Leverkusen 3 February 2024879 points
Long jump 7.12 m (23 ft 4+14 in) Apeldoorn 8 February 2020842 points
Shot put 14.59 m (47 ft 10+14 in) Apeldoorn 26 February 2022769 points
High jump 1.90 m (6 ft 2+34 in) Apeldoorn 13 February 2021714 points
60 metres hurdles 7.93 Apeldoorn 27 February 2022999 points
Pole vault 4.35 m (14 ft 3+14 in) Apeldoorn 14 February 2021716 points
1000 metres 2:34.52 Apeldoorn 5 February 2023935 points
Virtual Best Performance5,850 points

Personal life

He is from Eindhoven, in the province of North Brabant in the Netherlands. [14] His uncle Marcel Dost is also a decathlete, and participated in the 1996 Olympic Decathlon in Atlanta. [15]

References

  1. "Sven Roosen". World Athletics. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
  2. "Italy whip them at European U23 Championships". Track Alerts. 15 July 2021. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
  3. Piest, Tijn (4 August 2021). "CTS talent Sven Roosen: 'Meerkamp feels like a weekend away with friends!'". Hardloopneywerk.nl. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
  4. "Dutch Championships". World Athletics. 15 June 2022. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
  5. "Eindhoveen resident Sven Roosen is 'the pacesetter of the group' at the European Championship decathlon". ed.nl. 17 August 2022. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
  6. "European U23 Championships end on high with Rooth's decathlon triumph". World Athletics. 16 July 2023. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
  7. Juck, Alfonz (17 July 2023). "Norwegian Decathletes Dominate European U23 Championships in Espoo". Track Alerts. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
  8. "Warner wins for eighth time in Götzis, Vetter scores world-leading 6642". World Athletics. 18 May 2024. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
  9. "Paris 2024 Men's Decathlon Results" (PDF). Olympics. 3 August 2024. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
  10. "IJzersterke Roosen vierde op olympische tienkamp in Nederlands record" [Rock solid Roosen fourth in Olympic decathlon with Dutch record]. NOS (in Dutch). 3 August 2024. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
  11. "Erm back on top at Decastar". European Athletics. 16 September 2024. Retrieved 15 April 2025.
  12. "Atherley and Erm win World Athletics Combined Events Tour". World Athletics. 17 September 2024. Retrieved 9 March 2025.
  13. "53 TeamNL atleten naar WK atletiek in Tokio". Atletiek.nl. 1 September 2025. Retrieved 1 September 2025.
  14. Darksen, Linda (19 May 2024). "Eindhoven decathlete Roosen surprises with a large Olympic limit and second place in Götzis". ed.nl. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
  15. Lara de Kluizenaar (24 July 2024). "Opa was een toptrainer bij FC Twente, zijn oom een kampioen: neefje Sven gaat in Parijs voor nieuw succes". Tubantia.nl (in Dutch). Grandfather was a top trainer at FC Twente, his uncle a champion: nephew Sven goes for new success in Paris.