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Douwe Jorn Amels (; born 16 September 1991) is a Dutch track and field athlete who specialises in the high jump. He won the gold medal at the 2023 European Indoor Championships, becoming the first Dutchman ever to win gold in the event and the first Dutch high jump medallist at these championships since 1977. Amels claimed also gold at the 2013 European Under-23 Championships.
He represented Netherlands at the World Championships in Athletics in 2013 and 2019. He is the joint Dutch indoor record holder for the high jump, and won over 20 national titles (outdoors and indoors).
In 2010, he set a national junior record for the high jump and competed at the World Junior Championships in Athletics held in Moncton, Canada. His first senior national titles followed in 2011 and 2012, when he won both outdoor and indoor titles. Having reached the peak of senior national athletics, he remained in the age category competitions internationally, jumping at the 2011 European Under-23 Championships and then the 2013 European U23 Championships, winning the gold medal at the latter with a personal best jump of .
Amels was selected to compete for the Netherlands at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics, but at that competition he was some way off his new best, being eliminated in the qualifying rounds with a best jump of . He failed to improve upon his best in the 2014 and 2015 seasons (jumping 2.23 m and 2.24 m, respectively), Douwe Amels. IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-01-31. though he was also undertaking a degree in corporate law at the Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam during this period. Amels appeared for the Netherlands at the 2014 European Team Championships Super League, placing ninth, and jumped in the qualifying round of the 2015 Summer Universiade.
He equalled his personal best of 2.28 m in Zoetermeer (NED) on 28 August 2019, qualifying for the 2019 World Championships in Doha, Qatar, where he did not advance to the final.
At the 2023 European Indoor Championships in Istanbul, the 31-year-old equalled Wilbert Pennings' Dutch record of 2.31 m dating back to 2002 to claim the gold medal, the biggest success of his career up to that point. It was the first Dutch title in the men's high jump in history and the first high jump medal for the Netherlands in these championships since Ruud Wielart's bronze in 1977.
In 2025 he ended his professional sports career.
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International competitions
1No mark in the final
2010 World Junior Championships Moncton, Canada 9th (q) 2.14 m 2011 European U23 Championships Ostrava, Czech Republic 15th (q) 2.08 m 2013 European U23 Championships Tampere, Finland 1st 2.28 m World Championships Moscow, Russia 25th (q) 2.17 m 2014 European Team Championships Super League Braunschweig, Germany 9th 2.15 m 2015 Universiade Gwangju, South Korea 14th (q) 2.10 m 2018 European Championships Berlin, Germany 8th 2.19 m 2019 World Championships Doha, Qatar 19th (q) 2.22 m 2022 European Championships Munich, Germany 5th (q) 2.21 m1 2023 European Indoor Championships Istanbul, Turkey 1st 2.31 m = World Championships Budapest, Hungary 20th (q) 2.22 m 2024 European Championships Rome, Italy 11th 2.17 m 2025 European Indoor Championships Apeldoorn, Netherlands 15th (q) 2.13 m
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Categories: 1991 Births, Living People, Dutch Male High Jumpers, Dutch Athletics Championships Winners, Dutch Indoor Athletics Championships Winners, Sportspeople From Drachten, Athletes From Friesland, World Athletics Championships Athletes For The Netherlands, Competitors At The 2015 Summer Universiade, European Games Competitors For The Netherlands, Athletes At The 2023 European Games, 21st-century Dutch Sportsmen
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