Belgian sprinter (born 1999)
Jonathan Sacoor
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/Jonathan_Sacoor_Birmingham_2018.jpg/220px-Jonathan_Sacoor_Birmingham_2018.jpg) Jonathan Sacoor in 2018 |
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Nationality | Belgian |
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Born | (1999-09-01) 1 September 1999 (age 24) 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 Belgian sprinter specialising in the 400 metres.[1]
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 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.
His father is Mozambican, of Portuguese and Indian descent, his mother is Dutch.[7]
International competitions
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Year |
Competition |
Venue |
Position |
Event |
Notes
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Representing Belgium
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2015
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European Youth Olympic Festival
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Tbilisi, Georgia
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6th
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400 m
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49.86
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2016
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European Youth Championships
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Tbilisi, Georgia
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4th
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400 m
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47.71
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2017
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European U20 Championships
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Grosseto, Italy
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3rd
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400 m
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46.23
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2018
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World Indoor Championships
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Birmingham, United Kingdom
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3rd
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4 × 400 m relay
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3:02.51
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2018
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World U20 Championships
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Tampere, Finland
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1st
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400 m
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45.03
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5th
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4 × 400 m relay
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3:07.05
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2018
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European Championships
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Berlin, Germany
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1st
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4 × 400 m relay
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2:59.47
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2019
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World Relays
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Yokohama, Japan
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3rd
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4 × 400 m relay
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3:02.70
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European U23 Championships
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Gävle, Sweden
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6th (h)
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4 × 400 m relay
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3:07.431
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World Championships
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Doha, Qatar
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12th (sf)
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400 m
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45.03
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3rd
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4 × 400 m relay
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2.58.78
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2021
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Olympic Games
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Tokyo, Japan
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22nd (sf)
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400 m
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45.88
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4th
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4 × 400 m relay
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2:57.88
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2022
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World Indoor Championships
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Belgrade, Serbia
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1st
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4 × 400 m relay
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3:06.52
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World Championships
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Eugene, United States
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4th (h)
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4 × 400 m relay
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3:01.96
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European Championships
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Munich, Germany
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4th (h)
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4 × 400 m relay
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3:01.80
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2023
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European Games
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Chorzów, Poland
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3rd
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4 × 400 m mixed
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3:12.97
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2024
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World Indoor Championships
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Glasgow, Scotland
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1st
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4 × 400 m relay
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3:03.54
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World Relays
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Nassau, Bahamas
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3rd
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4 × 400 m relay
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3:01.16
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European Championships
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Rome, Italy
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1st
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4 × 400 m relay
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2:59.84 EL
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4th
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400 m
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44.98
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4th
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4 × 400 m mixed
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3:11.03
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Olympic Games
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Paris, France
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4th
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4 × 400 m mixed relay
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3:09.36 NR
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4th
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4 × 400 m relay
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2:57.75 NR
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1Did not finish in the final
Outdoor
Indoor
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Men's talent winners | |
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Women's talent winners | |
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G-athlete winners | |
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G-promotors | |
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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)
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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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