Antoine Snyders

Antoine Snyders
Personal information
Born (1997-02-10) 10 February 1997
Sport
SportAthletics
Event
Sprint
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  Belgium
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place2026 Birmingham4 × 100 m relay
European U23 Championships
Bronze medal – third place2019 Gävle4 × 100 m relay

Antoine Snyders (born 10 February 1997) is a Belgian sprinter.[1]

Biography

A member of RFC Liégeois athletics club,[2] Snyders was a member of the Belgian 4 × 100 metres sprint relay team which won the bronze medal in the final at the 2019 European Athletics U23 Championships in Gävle, Sweden.[3]

Snyders competed for Belgium at the 2024 World Athletics Relays in Nassau, The Bahamas, where alongside Ward Merckx, Simon Verherstraeten and Kobe Vleminckx, they ran a time of 38:68, five hundredths faster than the previous national record they had achieved with a similar lineup at the 2022 European Championships.[4] He was a member of the Belgian 4 × 100 metres sprint relay team which placed fourth in the final at the 2024 European Athletics Championships in Rome, Italy, missing out on a medal in the final by just over one hundredths of a second.[5][6]

In May 2025, he competed at the 2025 World Athletics Relays in China, helping the Belgian 4 × 100 metres team qualify for the upcoming World Championships.[7] In September 2025, he competed in the men's 4 × 100 metres at the 2025 World Championships in Tokyo, Japan.[8][9][10]

In May 2026, he ran for Belgium in the 2026 World Athletics Relays in the mixed 4 × 100 metres relay.[11] He also ran in the men's 4 × 100 metres relay at the championships in Gaborone, Botswana as Belgium qualified their men's team for the 2026 World Athletics Ultimate Championship.[12][13] In July, he won the 2026 Belgian Championships 100 metres title.[14][15] Snyders competed for Belgium at the 2026 European Athletics Championships in Birmingham, England, winning the bronze medal in the men's 4 × 100 m relay final alongside Verherstraeten, Ibrahim Camara and Emiel Botterman.[16][17]

References

  1. ↑ "Antoine Snyders". World Athletics. Retrieved 15 August 2026.
  2. ↑ "Athlétisme : L'ode des clubs liégeois aux Intercercles masters". qu4tre.be. 15 Jun 2025. Retrieved 15 August 2026.
  3. ↑ "European U23 Championships". World Athletics. 14 July 2019. Retrieved 21 August 2025.
  4. ↑ "FALCONS FLASH TO BR 4X100M AND GAIN CONFIDENCE FOR WORLD RELAYS". Atletiek.be. 29 April 2024. Retrieved 21 August 2025.
  5. ↑ "Belgian Falcons bid farewell to established team and dive optimistically into new Olympiad: "European Championship medal and final in LA"". atni.be. 29 November 2024. Retrieved 21 August 2025.
  6. ↑ "European Championships". World Athletics. 12 June 2024. Retrieved 21 August 2025.
  7. ↑ "World Relays". World Athletics. 10 May 2025. Retrieved 20 Feb 2026.
  8. ↑ "World Athletics Championships, Tokyo 2025". World Athletics. 18 Sep 2025. Retrieved 29 September 2025.
  9. ↑ "Belgian Athletics maakt volledige selectie WK Tokio bekend: Anne Zagré mee met Rockets". atni.be. 29 August 2025. Retrieved 29 August 2025.
  10. ↑ Cuvelier, Maixent (20 Sep 2025). "WK Tokio – Tornados en Cheetahs naar 4x400m-finales, Falcons en Rockets grijpen naast kwalificatie". Retrieved 22 Feb 2026.
  11. ↑ "World Athletics Relays". World Athletics. 3 May 2026. Retrieved 20 May 2026.
  12. ↑ "World Athletics Relays". World Athletics. 3 May 2026. Retrieved 20 May 2026.
  13. ↑ "Budapest and Beijing qualifiers confirmed at Debswana World Athletics Relays Gaborone 26". World Athletics. 3 May 2026. Retrieved 15 August 2026.
  14. ↑ "Ibrahim Camara (WS Woluwe) equals a 25-year-old Belgian U23 record in the 100m: "I didn't expect to do it today"". Sudinfo. 27 July 2026. Retrieved 15 August 2026.
  15. ↑ "Belgian Championships". World Athletics. 25 July 2026. Retrieved 15 August 2026.
  16. ↑ "European Athletics Championships". World Athletics. Retrieved 15 August 2026.
  17. ↑ "Ibrahim Camara (White Star) et Amine Kasmi (Excelsior Bruxelles) en bronze avec les Belgian Falcons". Sudinfo. 15 August 2026. Retrieved 15 August 2026.
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