Jaime Sancho

Jaime Sancho
Personal information
NationalitySpanish
Born (2003-04-25) 25 April 2003 (age 23)
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.

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.

In June 2025, Sancho achieved a personal best in the 100 meters in Salamanca with a time of 10.28 seconds. 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. 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. At the championships, he also won the bronze medal in the men’s 4 x 100 metres relay. 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.

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. In May, he ran at the 2026 World Athletics Relays in the men's 4 × 100 metres relay in Gaborone, Botswana.

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.