Jaime Sancho

Jaime Sancho
Personal information
NationalitySpanish
Born (2003-04-25) 25 April 2003
Sport
SportAthletics
Event
Sprint
Achievements and titles
Personal bests60m: 6.83 (2026)
100m 10.28 (2025)
200m: 20.52 (2025)
400m: 49.91 (2024)
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  Spain
European U23 Championships
Bronze medal – third place2025 Bergen200m
Bronze medal – third place2025 Bergen4x100 m relay

Jaime Sancho (born 25 April 2003) is a Spanish sprinter. He won the bronze medal at the 2025 European Athletics U23 Championships over 200 metres.[1]

Biography

From Madrid and a member of Atletismo Numantino, Sancho played hockey and football before focusing on athletics, his mother Susana Solanas had also been a sprinter. In 2020 he reached three national under-18 finals before becoming Spanish under-20 champion over 200 metres and representing at the 2021 European Athletics U20 Championships, reaching the final. That year, he set a Madrid U20 200m record with a time of 21.28s.[2][3]

In June 2025, Sancho achieved a personal best in the 100 meters in Salamanca with a time of 10.28 seconds.[4] Competing at the 2025 Spanish U23 Championships in Badajozthe following month, he ran a wind-assisted 200 m in 20.40s, which would have been a Spanish U23 record were it not for a very slight excessive wind of +2.1 m/s.[2] He won the bronze medal at the 2025 European Athletics U23 Championships over 200 metres in Bergen, Norway, running 20.76 seconds in the final.[5][6] At the championships, he also won the bronze medal in the men’s 4 x 100 metres relay.[7] The following month, he ran a personal best 20.52 seconds (+2.0) to finish runner-up to Andoni Calbano at the senior Spanish Athletics Championships in Tarragona.[8]

In February 2026, Sancho set a personal best of 6.83 seconds for the 60 metres at the World Athletics Indoor Tour meeting in Madrid.[9] In May, he ran at the 2026 World Athletics Relays in the men's 4 × 100 metres relay in Gaborone, Botswana.[10][11][12]

References

  1. ↑ "Jaime Sancho". World Athletics. 29 April 2026. Retrieved 29 April 2026.
  2. 1 2 Olmeda, Miguel (18 July 2025). "Jaime Sancho threatens Bruno Hortelano's records: "I trained with people who ran under 10 seconds and it's not impossible"". Runners World. Retrieved 29 April 2026.
  3. ↑ "New Madrid Under 20 Records". Atletismomadrid.com. 2 March 2022. Retrieved 29 April 2026.
  4. ↑ Perez, Ismael (7 July 2025). "One detail prevents Jaime Sancho from taking a record from Bruno Hortelano at the Under-23 National Championships in Badajoz". Runners World. Retrieved 29 April 2026.
  5. ↑ Garcia, Alvaro (19 July 2025). "Jaime Sancho overcomes his demons and wins bronze in the 200m at the European Under-23 Championships: "I've dreamed about it a thousand times"". Runners World. Retrieved 29 April 2026.
  6. ↑ Mills, Steven (19 July 2025). "Eduan holds off Jaeger in a dramatic 200m final in Bergen". European Athletics. Retrieved 19 July 2025.
  7. ↑ "European Athletics U20 Championsips". World Athletics. 29 April 2026. Retrieved 29 April 2026.
  8. ↑ "Spanish Championships". World Athletics. 2 August 2025. Retrieved 29 April 2026.
  9. ↑ "World Indoor Tour Gold Madrid 2026". World Athletics. 6 February 2026. Retrieved 29 April 2026.
  10. ↑ "World Athletics Relays". World Athletics. 3 May 2026. Retrieved 20 May 2026.
  11. ↑ "Spain at the 2026 World Relays in athletics: when is the World Relays, who is competing and how to watch it". Olympics.com. 22 April 2026. Retrieved 29 April 2026.
  12. ↑ "EspañaAtletismo quiere volver a brillar en los World Athletics Relays". Atletismorfea.es. 20 April 2026. Retrieved 29 April 2026.
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