Tony van Diepen

Dutch athlete

Tony van Diepen

Van Diepen in 2022

Personal information

Born

(1996-04-17) 17 April 1996 (age 28)
Heerhugowaard, Netherlands

Height

1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)

Weight

68 kg (150 lb)

Sport

Country

Netherlands

Sport

Athletics

Event(s)

400 metres, 800 m

Club

Haag Atletiek

Coached by

Grete Koens
Laurent Meuwly^[1]

Medal record

Men's athletics

Representing the Netherlands
Olympic Games
	2020 Tokyo	4×400 m relay
World Championships
	2022 Eugene	4×400 m mixed
World Indoor Championships
	2022 Belgrade	4×400 m relay
World Relays
	2021 Chorzów	4×400 m relay
European Indoor Championships
	2021 Toruń	4x400 m relay
	2021 Toruń	400 m
	2019 Glasgow	400 m

Tony van Diepen (Dutch: [ˈtoːni vɑn ˈdipən]; born 17 April 1996) is a Dutch track and field athlete competing in the 400 and 800 metres.^[2] He won the bronze medal in the 400 m at the 2019 European Indoor Championships and silver at the 2021 European Indoor Championships. Van Diepen earned five medals with Dutch 4 × 400 m relays, either men's or mixed, at major championships, including silver for the men's relay at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

He took four national titles.

Achievements

Representing the Netherlands
Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Time
2013	European Junior Championships	Rieti, Italy	24th (h)	800 m	1:53.44
2014	World Junior Championships	Eugene, OR, United States	16th (sf)	800 m	1:50.86
2015	European Junior Championships	Eskilstuna, Sweden	19th (sf)	800 m	1:53.60
2017	European Indoor Championships	Belgrade, Serbia	22nd (h)	400 m	48.57
2017	European U23 Championships	Bydgoszcz, Poland	16th (h)	800 m	1:50.38
2018	European Championships	Berlin, Germany	9th (h)	4 × 400 m relay	3:04.93
2019	European Indoor Championships	Glasgow, United Kingdom	3rd	400 m	46.13 NR
2019	World Relays	Yokohama, Japan	5th (B)	4 × 400 m relay	3:05.15
2021	European Indoor Championships	Toruń, Poland	2nd	400 m	46.25
	European Indoor Championships	Toruń, Poland	1st	4 × 400 m relay	3:06.06
	World Relays	Chorzów, Poland	1st	4 × 400 m relay	3:03.45
	Olympic Games	Tokyo, Japan	23rd (h)	800 m	1:46.03
	Olympic Games	Tokyo, Japan	2nd	4 × 400 m relay	2:57.18
2022	World Indoor Championships	Belgrade, Serbia	19th (h)	800 m	1:49.80
	World Indoor Championships	Belgrade, Serbia	3rd	4 × 400 m relay	3:06.90
	World Championships	Eugene, OR, United States	18th (sf)	800 m	1:46.70
	World Championships	Eugene, OR, United States	2nd	4 × 400 m mixed	3:09.90 NR
	European Championships	Munich, Germany	6th (sf)	800 m	1:47.64
2023	European Indoor Championships	Istanbul, Turkey	14th (h)	800 m	1:48.50
2024	World Indoor Championships	Glasgow, United Kingdom	3rd	4 × 400 m relay	3:04.25

400 metres – 45.83 (La Chaux-de-Fonds 2019)
- 400 metres indoor – 46.06 (Toruń 2021)
600 metres – 1:16.08 (Pliezhausen 2018)
- 600 metres indoor – 1:17.73 (Ulsteinvik 2020)
800 metres – 1:44.14 (Paris 2022)
- 800 metres indoor – 1:46.36 (Liévin 2023)
1500 metres – 3:53.58 (Tilburg 2020)

^ "Meuwly receives Coaching Achievement Award" (press release), World Athletics, 4 December 2023. Retrieved 9 May 2024.
^ Tony van Diepen at World Athletics