Jonathan Sacoor

{{Infobox sportsperson

| name = Jonathan Sacoor

| image = Jonathan Sacoor Birmingham 2018.jpg

| caption = Jonathan Sacoor in 2018

| nationality = Belgian

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1999|9|1|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Hal, Belgium

| height =

| weight =

| country = Belgium

| sport = Athletics

| event = 400 metres

| club = Olympic Essenbeek Halle

| coach = Jean-Marie Bras
Jacques Borlée

| medaltemplates =

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Jonathan Sacoor (born 1 September 1999) is a Belgian sprinter specialising in the 400 metres.{{World Athletics}}

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 400 m 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.{{Cite web|url=https://utsports.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=10166|title = Jonathan Sacoor - Track & Field / XC}}

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{{cite web | url=https://worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-indoor-championships/world-athletics-indoor-championships-7180312/news/report/glasgow-24-men-4x400m-report | title=Doom delivers again to anchor Belgium to 4x400m gold in Glasgow | publisher=World Athletics |date=3 March 2024 | accessdate=14 June 2024}} 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.{{cite web | url=https://www.rtbf.be/article/athletisme-les-tornados-et-le-relais-mixte-qualifies-pour-paris-repechage-pour-les-cheetahs-et-les-relais-4x100-11369232 | title=World Relays : les Tornados et le relais mixte qualifiés pour Paris, repêchage pour les Cheetahs et les relais 4X100 | publisher=RTBF |date=5 May 2024 | accessdate=13 June 2024 |language=French}} 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{{cite web | url=https://www.belganewsagency.eu/gold-and-bronze-for-belgian-men-and-women-in-4x400m-relay | title=Gold and bronze for Belgian men and women in 4x400m relay | publisher=Belga (news agency) |date=12 June 2024 | accessdate=13 June 2024}} 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.{{cite web | url=https://www.belganewsagency.eu/alexander-doom-european-champion-in-the-400-metres-jonathan-sacoor-finishes-fourth | title=Alexander Doom breaks records to become European 400m champion | publisher=Belga (news agency) |date=10 June 2024 | accessdate=13 August 2024}} 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.

In March 2025, he won a bronze medal at the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Apeldoorn, The Netherlands as a member of the Belgium men's 4 × 400 m relay team.{{cite web |url=https://www.european-athletics.com/home/news/five-gold-medals-super-sunday-as-dutch-close-apeldoorn-2025-with-glorious-finale |title=Five gold medals! Super Sunday as Dutch close Apeldoorn 2025 with glorious finale |publisher=European Athletic Association |access-date=10 March 2025 |date=10 March 2025}}

Personal life

His father is Mozambican, of Portuguese and Indian descent, his mother is Dutch.[http://www.standaard.be/cnt/dmf20180305_03392721 De medaille die de pijn stilt] at De Standaard, 6 March 2018.

International competitions

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colspan="6"\|Representing {{BEL}}
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 \|bgcolor=cc9966\|3rd \|400 m \|46.23
2018 \|World Indoor Championships \|Birmingham, United Kingdom \|bgcolor=cc9966\|3rd \|4 × 400 m relay \|3:02.51
rowspan="2"\|2018 \|rowspan="2"\|World U20 Championships \|rowspan="2"\|Tampere, Finland \|bgcolor=gold\|1st \|400 m \|45.03
5th \|4 × 400 m relay \|3:07.05
2018 \|European Championships \|Berlin, Germany \|bgcolor=gold\|1st \|4 × 400 m relay \|2:59.47
rowspan=4\|2019 \|World Relays \|Yokohama, Japan \|bgcolor=cc9966\|3rd \|4 × 400 m relay \|3:02.70
European U23 Championships \|Gävle, Sweden \|6th (h) \|4 × 400 m relay \|3:07.43¹
rowspan=2\|World Championships \|rowspan=2\|Doha, Qatar \|12th (sf) \|400 m \|45.03
bgcolor=cc9966\|3rd \|4 × 400 m relay \|2.58.78
rowspan=2\|2021 \|rowspan=2\|Olympic Games \|rowspan=2\|Tokyo, Japan \|22nd (sf) \|400 m \|45.88
4th \|4 × 400 m relay \|2:57.88
rowspan=3\|2022 \|World Indoor Championships \|Belgrade, Serbia \|bgcolor=gold\|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 \|align="center" bgcolor=cc9966 \|3rd \|4 × 400 m mixed \|3:12.97
rowspan=8\|2024 \|World Indoor Championships \|Glasgow, Scotland \|bgcolor=gold\|1st \|4 × 400 m relay \|3:03.54
World Relays \|Nassau, Bahamas \|bgcolor=cc9966\|3rd \|4 × 400 m relay \|3:01.16
rowspan=3\|European Championships \|rowspan=3\|Rome, Italy \|bgcolor=gold\|1st \|4 × 400 m relay \|2:59.84 EL
4th \|400 m \|44.98
4th \|4 × 400 m mixed \|3:11.03
rowspan=3\|Olympic Games \|rowspan=3\|Paris, France \|21st (h) \|400 m \|45.08
4th \|4 × 400 m mixed relay \|3:09.36 {{AthAbbr\|NR}}
4th \|4 × 400 m relay \|2:57.75 {{AthAbbr\|NR}}
rowspan=3\|2025 \|rowspan=2\|European Indoor Championships \|rowspan=2\|Apeldoorn, Netherlands \|10th (sf) \|400 m \|47.25
bgcolor=cc9966\|3rd \|4 × 400 m relay \|3:05.18 {{AthAbbr\|SB}}
\|World Relays \|Guangzhou, China \|align="center" width=40 bgcolor=silver \| 2nd \|4 × 400 m \|2:58.19 {{AthAbbr\|SB}}

colspan="6"|Representing {{BEL}}

2015

|European Youth Olympic Festival

|Tbilisi, Georgia

|6th

|400 m

|49.86

2016

|European Youth Championships

|Tbilisi, Georgia

|4th

|400 m