| Sven Jansons | |
| Nationality: | Dutch |
| Birth Date: | 19 July 2001 |
| Sport: | Athletics |
| Pb: | Decathlon: 7850 (Götzis, 2024) Heptathlon 6025 (Apeldoorn, 2024) |
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]
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 at the 2019 European Athletics U20 Championships. 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] In Götzis (May 2024) he set a new personal best for decathlon with a tally of 7850 points.[11]