Jonathan Sacoor

Jonathan Sacoor

Jonathan Sacoor in 2018
Personal information
Nationality	Belgian
Born	(1999-09-01) 1 September 1999 (age 24) Namur, Belgium
Sport
Country	Belgium
Sport	Athletics
Event	400 metres
Club	Olympic Essenbeek Halle
Coached by	Jean-Marie Bras Jacques Borlée
Medal record Representing  Belgium World Championships 2019 Doha 4×400 m relay 2022 Eugene 4×400 m relay World Relay Championships 2019 Yokohama 4×400 m relay World Indoor Championships 2022 Belgrade 4×400 m relay 2024 Glasgow 4×400 m relay 2018 Birmingham 4×400 m relay European Championships 2018 Berlin 4×400 m relay 2022 Munich 4x400 m relay European Games 2023 Kraków-Małopolska 4×400 m mixed World U20 Championships 2018 Tampere 400 m European U23 Championships 2021 Gävle 400 m European U20 Championships 2017 Grosseto 400 m

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

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 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 is currently a member of the University of Tennessee track and field team.^[2]

His father is Mozambican, of Portuguese and Indian descent, his mother is Dutch.^[3]

International competitions

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Belgium
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 x 400 m mixed	3:12.97
2024	World Indoor Championships	Glasgow, Scotland	1st	4 × 400 m relay	3:02.54

¹Did not finish in the final

Personal bests

Outdoor

• 200 metres – 21.35 (+0.6 m/s, Huizingen 2017)
• 400 metres – 45.03 (Tampere, 2018)

Indoor

• 200 metres – 21.58 (Ghent 2018)
• 400 metres – 46.95 (Ghent 2018)

See also

• Belgian men's 4 × 400 metres relay team

References

External links

• Jonathan Sacoor at World Athletics
• Jonathan Sacoor at European Athletics
• Jonathan Sacoor at Diamond League
• Jonathan Sacoor at Olympics.com
• Jonathan Sacoor at Olympedia
• Jonathan Sacoor at Team Belgium (in Dutch)