Belgian sprinter (born 1999)
Jonathan Sacoor
 Jonathan Sacoor in 2018 |
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Nationality | Belgian |
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Born | (1999-09-01)1 September 1999 (age 25) Hal, Belgium |
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Country | Belgium |
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Sport | Athletics |
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Event | 400 metres |
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Club | Olympic Essenbeek Halle |
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Coached by | Jean-Marie Bras Jacques Borlée |
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Jonathan Sacoor (born 1 September 1999) is a Belgiansprinter specialising in the400 metres.[1]
He first came to prominence early 2018, winning a bronze medal in the4 × 400 metres relay at the2018 World Indoor Championships in a newnational 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 the2018 IAAF World U20 Championships. He then followed up this performance with a gold in the4 × 400 metres relay at the2018 European Athletics Championships
He was a member of theUniversity 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 themen's 4 × 400 m relay at theWorld Indoor Championships inGlasgow, Scotland[3] and at theWorld Athletics Relays inThe 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 the2024 Summer Olympic Games inParis, 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 theEuropean Athletics Championships[5] and he ran a personal best in the final of theindividual 400 metres, finishing 4th and posting for the first time in his career a sub 45 seconds.[6] At the2024 Summer Olympics, he ran the heats and finals of themixed andmen's 4 × 400 metres relay, finishing 4th in both.
In March 2025, he won a bronze medal at the2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships inApeldoorn,The Netherlands as a member of the Belgium men's 4×400 m relay team.[7]
His father is Mozambican, of Portuguese and Indian descent, his mother is Dutch.[8]
International competitions
[edit]Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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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 × 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 |
2022 | World Indoor Championships | Belgrade,Serbia | 1st | 4 × 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 | 3rd | 4 × 400 m mixed | 3:12.97 |
2024 | World Indoor Championships | Glasgow,Scotland | 1st | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:03.54 |
World Relays | Nassau, Bahamas | 3rd | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:01.16 |
European Championships | Rome, Italy | 1st | 4 × 400 m relay | 2:59.84EL |
4th | 400 m | 44.98 |
4th | 4 × 400 m mixed | 3:11.03 |
Olympic Games | Paris, France | 21st (h) | 400 m | 45.08 |
4th | 4 × 400 m mixed relay | 3:09.36NR |
4th | 4 × 400 m relay | 2:57.75NR |
2025 | European Indoor Championships | Apeldoorn, Netherlands | 10th (sf) | 400 m | 47.25 |
3rd | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:05.18SB |
1Did not finish in the final
Outdoor
Indoor
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- 1991:
Germany (Lieder,Carlowitz,Just,Schönlebe) - 1993:
United States (Hall,Irvin,Rouser,Everett) - 1995:
United States (Tolbert,Davis,Long,Atwater) - 1997:
United States (Rouser,Everett,Maye,Minor) - 1999:
United States (Morris,Johnson,Minor,Campbell) - 2001:
Poland (Rysiukiewicz,Haczek,Bocian,Maćkowiak) - 2003:
United States (Davis,Young,Campbell,Washington) - 2004:
Jamaica (Haughton,Colquhoun,McDonald,Clarke) - 2006:
United States (Washington,Merritt,Campbell,Spearmon) - 2008:
United States (Davis,Torrance,Nixon,Willie) - 2010:
United States (Torrance,Nixon,Tate,Jackson) - 2012:
United States (Wright,Smith Jr.,Mitchell,Roberts) - 2014:
United States (Clemons,Verburg,Butler III,Smith Jr.,Parros,Babineaux) - 2016:
United States (Clemons,Smith Jr.,Giesting,Norwood) - 2018:
Poland (Zalewski,Omelko,Krawczuk,Krzewina) - 2022:
Belgium (Watrin,Doom,Sacoor,K. Borlée) - 2024:
Belgium (Sacoor,D. Borlée,Iguacel,Doom,De Smet) - 2025:
United States (Godwin,Faust,Patterson,Bailey)
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- 1934:
Germany (Hamann,Scheele,Voigt,Metzner) - 1938:
Germany (Blazejezak,Bues,Linnhoff,Harbig) - 1946:
France (Santona,Cros,Chef d'Hôtel,Lunis) - 1950:
Great Britain (Pike,Lewis,Scott,Pugh) - 1954:
France (Haarhoff,Degats,Martin-du-Gard,Goudeau) - 1958:
Great Britain (Sampson,MacIsaac,Wrighton,Salisbury) - 1962:
West Germany (Kindermann,Schmitt,Reske,Kinder) - 1966:
Poland (Werner,Borowski,Grędziński,Badeński) - 1969:
France (Bertould,Nicolau,Carette,Nallet) - 1971:
West Germany (Schlöske,Jordan,Jellinghaus,Köhler) - 1974:
Great Britain (Cohen,Hartley,Pascoe,Jenkins) - 1978:
West Germany (Weppler,Hofmeister,Herrmann,Schmid) - 1982:
West Germany (Skamrahl,Schmid,Giessing,Weber) - 1986:
Great Britain (Redmond,Akabusi,Whittle,Black) - 1990:
Great Britain (Sanders,Akabusi,Regis,Black) - 1994:
Great Britain (McKenzie,Black,Whittle,Ladejo) - 1998:
Great Britain (Hylton,Baulch,Thomas,Richardson) - 2002:
Great Britain (Deacon,Elias,Baulch,Caines) - 2006:
France (Djhone,M'Barke,Keïta,Raquil) - 2010:
Russia (Dyldin,Aksyonov,Krasnov,Trenikhin) - 2012:
Belgium (Gillet,J. Borlée,Bouckaert,K. Borlée) - 2014:
Great Britain (Rooney,Bingham,Williams,Hudson-Smith) - 2016:
Belgium (Watrin,J. Borlée,D. Borlée,K. Borlée) - 2018:
Belgium (D. Borlée,J. Borlée,J. Sacoor,K. Borlée) - 2022:
Great Britain (Hudson-Smith,Dobson,Davey,Haydock-Wilson) - 2024:
Belgium (Sacoor,Vanderbemden,D. Borlée,Doom)
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