Niels Laros
Niels Laros during 2023 Gouden Spike
Personal information
Born (2005-04-17) 17 April 2005
Oosterhout, Netherlands
Sport
SportTrack and field, cross country
Event(s)800m, 1500m, one mile, 2000m, 3000m, 5000m
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)
  • 800m: 1:44.78 (2023)
  • 1500m: 3:31.25 (2023, NR)
  • one mile: 3:48.93 (2023, NR)
  • 2000m: 4:49.68 (2023, NR)
  • 3000m: 7:48.25 (2022)
  • 5000m: 13:23.01 (2023)
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  Netherlands
European Games
Bronze medal – third place2023 Kraków-Małopolska1500 m
European U20 Championships
Gold medal – first place2023 Jerusalem1500 m
Gold medal – first place2023 Jerusalem5000 m

Niels Laros (Dutch: [nils laːˈrɔs]; born 17 April 2005) is a Dutch middle and long-distance runner. In 2022, he became European under-18 champion over 3000m and 5000m. In 2023, he set a new Dutch senior record in the 1500 metres.[1]

Early and personal life

From Oosterhout, Laros' parents, Marcel Laros and Sandra Laros-Hofmans, were both runners. His brother Lars is a college athlete. He attended school at Oelbert Gymnasium in Oosterhout. He began to be coached by Tomasz Lewandowski in 2022.[2][3][4] He divided his final high school in two parts to allow him to participate in training camps with Lewandowski.[5]

Career

In 2022, Laros set new U18 European 1500m and 3000m records which had previously been held by Jakob Ingebrigtsen.[6] In May 2023, he lowered the Dutch national junior record in the 5000 meters to 13.23.01.[7]

In June 2023 running in Nice, aged eighteen, he equalled the 22 year-old Dutch 1500m national record of 3:32.89 held by Gert-Jan Liefers.[8] He was selected to represent the Netherlands in the men's 1500m at the 2023 European Athletics Team Championships.[9] He finished third in the event, behind winner Mohamed Katir.[10]

Selected for the 1500m at the 2023 World Athletics Championships, he qualified for the final, in which he ran a new national record time of 3:31.25.[11]

In September 2023, he set a new national record of 3:48.93 in the mile, at the Diamond League final in Eugene, Oregon.[12]

Personal bests

Information from his World Athletics profile unless otherwise noted.[1]

TypeEventTime (m:s)VenueDateRecord
Outdoor 800 metres1:44.78Monaco City, Monaco21 July 2023NU20R
1500 metres3:31.25Budapest, Hungary23 August 2023NR
One mile3:48.93Eugene, OR, USA16 September 2023NR AU20R
2000 metres4:49.68Brussels, Belgium8 September 2023NR
3000 metres7:48.25Zagreb, Croatia11 September 2022NU20R
5000 metres13:23.01Oordegem, Belgium27 May 2023NU20R

International competitions

Information from his World Athletics profile unless otherwise noted.[1]

Representing the  Netherlands
YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventResultNotes
2022 European U18 Championships Jerusalem, Israel 1st 1500m 3:49.99 CR
1st 3000m 8:11.49
2023 European Team Championships First Division Chorzów, Poland 3rd 1500m 3:37.59
European U20 Championships Jerusalem, Israel 1st 1500m 3:56.78
1st 5000m 14:11.82
World Championships Budapest, Hungary 10th 1500m 3:31.25 NR

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Niels Laros". World Athletics. Retrieved 17 June 2023.
  2. ↑ Geula, Alex (16 June 2023). "Meet Niels Laros, The 18-Year-Old Dutch Sensation Who Has Run 1:45.8 for 800m and 13:23 for 5,000m". Lets Run. Retrieved 17 June 2023.
  3. ↑ Schelvis, Wouter (15 May 2022). "Loopbaan Niels Laros in stroomversnelling: 17-jarige tekent bij Nike, gaat naar Papendal en pakt record". bndestem.nl. Retrieved 17 June 2023.
  4. ↑ Schelvis, Wouter (11 July 2021). "Niels Laros hoopt dat familie hem ziet schitteren op de 3000 meter tijdens jeugd-EK". bndestem.nl.
  5. ↑ "Rising Dutch Runner Niels Laros Sets New Middle-Distance Standards". Runnerstribe. 17 June 2023. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
  6. ↑ Dickinson, Marley (12 September 2022). "The 17-year-old Dutch runner who's quietly breaking Jakob Ingebrigtsen's junior records". Runningmagazine.ca. Retrieved 17 June 2023.
  7. ↑ "Niels Laros breaks another record: 'But that's not what I'm doing it for'". bd.nl. 28 May 2023. Retrieved 17 June 2023.
  8. ↑ "18-year-old Niels Laros Equalls Dutch 1500m record with 3:32.89 in Nice". Watch Athletics. 18 June 2023. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
  9. ↑ "Running talent Laros endures a pounding headache for top times". Welingelichtekringen. 23 June 2023. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
  10. ↑ "Men's 1500m Results - 2023 European Athletics Team Championships 1st Division". Watch Athletics. 24 June 2023. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
  11. ↑ "Men's 1500m Results: World Athletics Championships 2023". Watch Athletics. 20 August 2023. Retrieved 20 August 2023.
  12. ↑ Henderson, Jason (16 September 2023). "Ingebrigtsen out-duels Nuguse at Diamond League final". World Athletics. Retrieved 4 October 2023.
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