Sven Jansons
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| Nationality | Dutch | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 19 July 2001 | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | Decathlon: 7734 (Tilborg, 2021) Heptathlon 6025 (Apeldoorn, 2024) | ||||||||||||||
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Sven Jansons (born 19 July 2001) is a Dutch track and field athlete. He is a national champion in long jump and indoor heptathlon.[1]
Career[edit]
From 2018 he trained full-time at the Papendal National Sports Center.[2] That year, he won bronze at the 2018 European Athletics U18 Championships in the boys decathlon.[3]
Jansons finished ninth in the decathlon at the 2019 European Athletics U20 Championships. In Tilburg in 2021, he set senior personal best with a tally of 7734 points. He competed at the 2021 European U23 Athletics Championships in Tallinn.[4] He won the long jump at the 2021 Dutch Athletics Championships in Breda.[5]
He was selected for the European U23 Athletics Championships in Espoo in July 2023.[6] However, he could not participate due to injury.[7]
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.[8] 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.[9][10]
References[edit]
- ^ "Sven Jansons". World Athletics. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
- ^ "Sven goes for gold: in his studies and on the athletics track". nti.nl. 11 August 2022. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
- ^ "Győr European U18 Championships". World Athletics. 5 July 2018. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
- ^ "Preview: 2021 European U23 Championships, Tallinn". Decathletes of Europe. 8 July 2021. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
- ^ "Dutch National Championships". 25 June 2021. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
- ^ "Sven Jansons naar EK U23 op de Meerkamp". Atlis.nl. 6 July 2023. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
- ^ "EKo23 day 3: Stefan Nillessen European champion". Atletiek.nl. 15 July 2023. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
- ^ "Sven Jansons takes the World Cup limit!". Atlis.nl. 5 February 2024. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
- ^ "World Athletics Indoor Championships Glasgow 2024 men's heptathlon results". Watch Athletics. 2 March 2024.
- ^ "Naast Femke Bol óók Amersfoorter Sven Jansons in actie op WK indoor atletiek Glasgow dit weekeinde". destadamersfoort. 28 February 2024. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
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