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Dutch athlete

Sven Jansons
Personal information
NationalityDutch
Born (2001-07-19) 19 July 2001 (age 23)
Sport
SportAthletics
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)Decathlon: 7850 (Götzis, 2024)
Heptathlon 6025 (Apeldoorn, 2024)
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing the  Netherlands
European U18 Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Győr Decathlon

Sven Jansons (born 19 July 2001) is a Dutch track and field athlete. He is a national champion in long jump and indoor heptathlon.

Career

From 2018 he trained full-time at the Papendal National Sports Center. That year, he won bronze at the 2018 European Athletics U18 Championships in the boys decathlon.

Jansons finished ninth in the at the 2019 European Athletics U20 Championships. He competed at the 2021 European U23 Athletics Championships in Tallinn. He won the long jump at the 2021 Dutch Athletics Championships in Breda.

He was selected for the European U23 Athletics Championships in Espoo in July 2023. However, he could not participate due to injury.

At the Dutch national championships in Apeldoorn in February 2024 he set a new personal best for the indoor heptathlon with a score of 6025 points. This placed him fifth in the Dutch all-time rankings. He was selected to compete in the heptathlon at the 2024 World Athletics Championships in Glasgow in March 2024 in which he finished seventh overall. In Götzis (May 2024) he set a new personal best for decathlon with a tally of 7850 points.

References

  1. "Sven Jansons". World Athletics. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
  2. "Sven goes for gold: in his studies and on the athletics track". nti.nl. 11 August 2022. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
  3. "Győr European U18 Championships". World Athletics. 5 July 2018. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
  4. "Preview: 2021 European U23 Championships, Tallinn". Decathletes of Europe. 8 July 2021. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
  5. "Dutch National Championships". 25 June 2021. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
  6. "Sven Jansons naar EK U23 op de Meerkamp". Atlis.nl. 6 July 2023. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
  7. "EKo23 day 3: Stefan Nillessen European champion". Atletiek.nl. 15 July 2023. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
  8. "Sven Jansons takes the World Cup limit!". Atlis.nl. 5 February 2024. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
  9. "World Athletics Indoor Championships Glasgow 2024 men's heptathlon results". Watch Athletics. 2 March 2024.
  10. "Naast Femke Bol óók Amersfoorter Sven Jansons in actie op WK indoor atletiek Glasgow dit weekeinde". destadamersfoort. 28 February 2024. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
  11. "Meerkamper Roosen dankzij geweldige meerkamp in Götzis naar Spelen". nos.nl (in Dutch). 19 May 2024. Retrieved 31 May 2024.


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