Jonathan Sacoor


Jonathan Sacoor is a Belgian sprinter specialising in the 400 metres.

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.
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 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. 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 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. 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. In September at the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan he ran with the Belgian team in the heats of the mixed 4 × 400 metres relay qualifying the team for the final where he was replaced by Alexander Doom and the team won the bronze medal. He also participated in the heats and final of the men's 4 × 400 metres relay, finishing fourth in the final.

Personal life

His father is Mozambican, of Portuguese and Indian descent, his mother is Dutch.

International competitions

1Did not finish in the final

Personal bests

Outdoor
  • 200 metres – 20.90
  • 400 metres – 44.98
Indoor
  • 200 metres – 21.58
  • 400 metres – 46.30