Jonathan Sacoor (born 1 September 1999) is a Belgian sprinter specialising in the 400 metres.[1]
 Jonathan Sacoor in 2018 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Belgian |
| Born | 1 September 1999 Hal, Belgium |
| Sport | |
| Country | Belgium |
| Sport | Athletics |
| Event | 400 metres |
| Club | Olympic Essenbeek Halle |
| Coached by | Jean-Marie Bras Jacques Borlée |
Medal record | |
Career
editHe 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 400m 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.
Personal life
editHis father is Mozambican, of Portuguese and Indian descent, his mother is Dutch.[7]
International competitions
edit1Did not finish in the final
Personal bests
editOutdoor
- 200 metres – 20.90 (+0.4 m/s, Bruxelles 2024)
- 400 metres – 44.98 (Rome, 2024)
Indoor
- 200 metres – 21.58 (Ghent 2018)
- 400 metres – 46.95 (Ghent 2018)
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Jonathan Sacoor at World Athletics
- ^ "Jonathan Sacoor - Track & Field / XC".
- ^ "Doom delivers again to anchor Belgium to 4x400m gold in Glasgow". World Athletics. 3 March 2024. Retrieved 14 June 2024.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Gold and bronze for Belgian men and women in 4x400m relay". Belga (news agency). 12 June 2024. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
- ^ "Alexander Doom breaks records to become European 400m champion". Belga (news agency). 10 June 2024. Retrieved 13 August 2024.
- ^ De medaille die de pijn stilt at De Standaard, 6 March 2018.
