Douwe Amels

Douwe Amels
Amels at the 2023 European Indoor Championships in Istanbul
Personal information
Born (1991-09-16) 16 September 1991 (age 33)
Drachten, Netherlands
Height1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)
Sport
CountryNetherlands
SportAthletics
EventHigh jump
Coached bySierd Wijnalda, Rini van Leeuwen, Marlies Larsen, Hans-Jörg Thomaskamp
Achievements and titles
Personal bests
  • 2.28 m (7 ft 5+3⁄4 in) (Tampere 2013)
  • Indoors
  • 2.31 m (7 ft 6+3⁄4 in) =NR (Istanbul 2023)
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing the  Netherlands
European Indoor Championships
Gold medal – first place 2023 Istanbul High jump
European U23 Championships
Gold medal – first place 2013 Tampere High jump

Douwe Jorn Amels (Dutch: [ˈdʌu.ə ˈjɔr(ə)n ˈaːməls]; born 16 September 1991)[1] is a Dutch track and field athlete who specialises in the high jump. He won the gold medal at the 2023 European Indoor Championships, becoming the first Dutchman ever to win gold in the event and the first Dutch high jump medallist at these championships since 1977.[2] Amels claimed also gold at the 2013 European Under-23 Championships.

He represented Netherlands at the World Championships in Athletics in 2013 and 2019. He is the joint Dutch indoor record holder for the high jump, and won over 20 national titles (outdoors and indoors).

  1. ^ "Douwe AMELS – Athlete Profile". World Athletics. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference 2023EIChampsTitle was invoked but never defined (see the help page).