Thijmen Kupers
- Born
- Oct 4, 1991 (35 years old)
- Birthplace
- Doetinchem, Netherlands
- Events
- 1000 Metres Short Track · 800 Metres Short Track
Thijmen Kupers (born 4 October 1991) is a Dutch middle-distance runner who specialises in the 800 metres Raised in Lengel, Gelderland, he participated in football and long-distance running as a child He gradually became more interested in running and signed up with Running Team Achterhoek, a local group He competed in national junior competitions and began to train regularly around 2008 He placed in the top three in the Dutch junior 800 m race in 2009 and 2010.
Kupers began to make an impact nationally in 2012 He set a personal best of 1:48 71 minutes to win the indoor Dutch title, then set a best of 1:46 46 minutes at the FBK Games, which ranked him second among Dutch athletes behind Robert Lathouwers He was selected for the 2012 European Athletics Championships and made the semi-finals at the competition – his first senior international event.
He defended his national indoor title in 2013 and went on to run in the semi-finals at the 2013 European Athletics Indoor Championships Outdoors, he came fifth at the European Team Championships first league race, then sixth at the 2013 European Athletics U23 Championships, where he was also seventh in the 4×400 metres relay He won his first Dutch outdoor title in Amsterdam that season Kupers won a third straight indoor title at the start of 2014 and went on to record a best of 1:46 55 minutes at the 2014 IAAF World Indoor Championships, where he came fifth in the final.
As of Oct 28, 2026: 1000 Metres Short Track 2:17.02, 800 Metres Short Track 1:46.21, 2022 season best 2:00.85 (Aug 5, 2022, U-Track, Utrecht (NED)) · 35 years old
Personal bests
WA points calculator →Progression
| Season | Discipline | Result | Wind | Date | Competitions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 800m | 2:00.85 | – | Aug 5, 2022 | U-Track, Utrecht (NED) |
| 2021 | 800m-short-track Indoor | 1:46.91 | – | Feb 10, 2021 | Omnisport, Apeldoorn (NED) (i) |
| 2021 | 800m-short-track | 1:46.91 | – | Feb 10, 2021 | – |
| 2021 | 800m Indoor | 1:46.91 | – | Feb 10, 2021 | Omnisport, Apeldoorn (NED) (i) |
| 2020 | 1500m | 3:44.94 | – | Aug 15, 2020 | Atletiekbaan Brakkenstein, Nijmegen (NED) |
| 2019 | 400m | 48.74 | – | May 18, 2019 | Ter Specke Bokaal, Lisse |
| 2019 | 800m | 1:47.32 | – | Aug 21, 2019 | Pfungstadt (GER) |
| 2019 | 800m-short-track Indoor | 1:47.63 | – | Feb 17, 2019 | Dutch Indoor Championships |